Chicagos Essex Inn

Hotel Description:

Overlooking Grant Park on Michigan Avenue Chicagos Essex Inn is an intimate 254room full service hotel providing excellent views of the city Grant Park and Lake Michigan with convenient access to Chicagos Magnificent Mile world famous museums sporting venues the Loop and McCormick Place. One of the focal points of the hotel is the complimentary Garden Deck Rooftop Pool and Fitness Center located on the fourth floor. The all season pool and sauna is enclosed with a retractable atrium that offers a comfortable environment with fabulous views. The new 1350 square foot Fitness Center offers over 25 pieces of top of the line equipment. The pool terrace extends onto the rooftop garden showcasing over 25 species of perennials and endangered grasses. Attracting travelers of every type from conventioneers to vacationers this downtown Chicago hotel offers a unique experience that caters to guests from all walks of life. Travelers will enjoy Hi Speed Wireless internet access 24hour Business Center with high speed Internet access complimentary shuttle to the Magnificent Mile shopping district Museum Campus and Navy Pier. All of the attractive guestrooms and suites offer Hi Speed wireless internet connectivity coffee makers hair dryers irons and ironing boards expanded cable TV with free movie channels and a state of the art door locking system. Meeting and banquet facilities are available onsite to accommodate up to 150 people theater style. Complimentary WiFi

Check In:  4:00 PM
Check Out:  11:00 AM

Native currency:  American Dollars
Number of floors:  15
Number of rooms:  254
Time zone:  GMT

Restaurants:

Chicago Fire House Restaurant: The Chicago Firehouse restaurant is in an attractive turn Of the century building that formerly housed the Chicago Fire Department and was completely remodeled in 1999. Owner Matthew O Malley retained its charm with original tin ceilings fire glazed walls
Gioco: Named one of Chicago Magazines Best New Restaurants as well as one of Bon Appetits Favorite Places in 2000 Gioco is a hip Italian eatery and the latest addition to the Marche Red Light family of restaurants. Located at 1312 South Wabash just minutes away

Room Info:

Suite: King Suite -provide view of fireworks at Navy Pier. Boats on Lake Michigan and people strolling in Grant Park. Floor to ceiling windows all around. action. Living room with a sleeper sofa. one bedroom with one king size bed. Automated wake up service.
Standard: Standard Room with two Double Beds. No charges for kids age 17 or younger staying in same room as parents. Hi-Speed wireless Internet access. TVs with extended Cable includes HBO. Coffeemaker and coffee. Phones with voicemail and automated wakeup service.
Standard: Standard King Room - Standard King Bed Rooms are tastefully decorated from the Art Institute's finest reproductions. No room charges for children 17 and younger occupying the same room as their parents. Automated wakeup service
Suite: Double Suite - One bedroom with two double beds and a separate living room with a queen size sleeper sofa. Automated wake up service. Views of the museum campus and our own pool and garden. Plus Lake Michigan and Grant Park.
Deluxe: King Deluxe Room - views of Lake Michigan and Grant Park. One king size bed. There are no room charges for children 17 and younger occupying the same room as their parents. Includes automated wakeup service.
Standard: Standard Queen Room - Standard room with one queen bed. Tastefully decorated with framed art from the Art Institute's finest reproductions. No room charges for children 17 and younger occupying the same room as their parents. Automated wakeup service

Hotel Amenities:

(additional fees may apply to certain amenities)

• Americans with Disabilities ACT ADA Compliant
• Audio Visual Equipment
• Connecting Rooms
• Handicapped Rooms/Facilities
• Express Checkout
• Exercise Gym
• Iron
• Modem Lines in Room
• Phone Service
• Parking
• Room Service
• Smoke Detectors
• TV
• Wake-up Service

• Air Conditioned
• Porters
• Copy Service
• Double Bed
• Family Plan
• Hairdryers Available
• Ironing Board
• Meeting/Banquet Facilities
• Pool
• Valet Parking
• Safe Deposit Box
• Sprinklers In Rooms
• Television with Cable
• Wheel Chair Access

• AM/FM Alarm Clock
• Business Center
• City Center
• Electronic Door Locks
• FAX
• High speed internet access
• Lounge
• No Smoking Rooms/Facilities
• Indoor Pool
• Private Bathroom
• Sauna
• Telephone
• U.S. Government Fire Safety Approved

• ATM/Cash Machine
• Coffee Maker in Room
• 24 Hour Front Desk
• Elevators
• FEMA Approved
• Wireless Internet Access
• Maid Service
• Public Address System
• Indoor Parking
• Restaurant
• Single Bed
• Toilet
• Laundry/Valet Services

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Location Description:
The Essex Inn is conveniently located in the heart of Chicago and any type of traveler will find the perfect local attraction close by. For families you ll want to take your kids to the spectacular Shedd Aquarium the Field Museum The Sears Tower Skydeck or just walk across the street to Buckingham Fountain Grant Park and Millennium Park. For the business traveler you ll find upscale restaurants for entertaining clients. For the cultureseeker you can walk to the Art Institute of Chicago

Adler PlanetariumThe Adler Planetarium Americas First Planetarium was founded in 1930 by Chicago business leader Max Adler. The museum is home to three fullsize theaters including the alldigital projection Defiiti Space Theater the Sky

Grant ParkReferred to as Chicagos front yard Grant Park is among the citys loveliest and most prominent parks and the site of three worldclass museums the Art Institute the Field Museum of Natural History and the Shedd Aquarium.

John G Shedd AquariumAttraction .59 miles south east from the property.

John Hancock ObservatoryExperience spectacular views spanning up to 80 miles and four states. The newly renovated Hancock Observatory will meet your loftiest expectations!

McCormick Place Convention CenterChicagos McCormick Place the premier convention facility in North America. Located just minutes from downtown Chicago McCormick Place is owned and operated by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority MPEA and attracts close to 3 million

Millennium ParkA magnificent public space with extraordinary art and architecture spectacular concerts and events and breathtaking gardens that capture the energy and excitement of Chicago.

Museum of Contemporary Art MCAOne of the nations largest facilities devoted to the art of our time the Museum of Contemporary Art MCA offers exhibitions of the most thoughtprovoking art created since 1945. The MCA documents contemporary visual culture through painting sculpture

Navy PierA family attraction with over 50 acres of parks gardens shops restaurants entertainment cruises an IMAX theatre sculpture garden special events theatre Ferris wheel biweekly seasonal fireworks and so much more.

Soldier FieldOriginally opened in 1924 Soldier Field was known as one of the great venues during the Golden Age of Sports and one of Chicagos most famous landmarks. Now seventynine years later the new Soldier Field has been unveiled

The Art Institute of ChicagoIt is true that art museums are about the stubborn matteroffactness of things: the works of art. But access to the Art Institutes collection has always been enhanced by words and reproduced images. With the launch of our redesigned Web site

The Field MuseumThe Field Museum was founded to house the biological and anthropological collections assembled for the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893. These objects form the core of the Museums collections which have grown through worldwide expeditions exchange

The Sears Tower SkydeckSee Chicagos most breathtaking views from the worlds second largest building. Theres an interactive display and a virtual tour of Chicago and its history.

Water Tower PlaceAt the pinnacle of Chicagos famed Magnificent Mile Water Tower Place is Chicagos premier shopping destination. Its stunning eightlevel atrium features more than 100 of your favorite stores and restaurants plus a mix of distinctive specialty shops

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