hotels and motels pendry chicago Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois best western route 66 haven Springfield, Missouri Starting in the heart of Chicago, the ‘Windy City’ on the shores of Lake Michigan, plan your accommodation across eight states to reach the Pacific. Route 66 is full of colourful towns and stunning sights, and the experience is enhanced by some truly quirky roadside stopovers. Plan carefully to mix some indulgent hotels in the bigger cities with memorabilia-rich and kitsch inns on the roadside. indeed, some of these motels are themselves key attractions along Route 66. Travel back in time as you step through the doors at The Best Western Route 66 Haven Hotel. Located in the birthplace of Route 66, this hotel offers all the mod-cons you would ever need, but the vintage hotel signs, classic cars and polished gas pumps create a real sense of ‘old meets new’. Claiming to have hosted Elvis Presley in the 1950s, the hotel now has a suite entirely dedicated to him. 70 big texan steak ranch & motel Amarillo, Texas Before heading west on Route 66 from Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, why not spend a few days acclimatising in style. A great place to stay is The Pendry. Set within the iconic 1929 Art Deco Carbide & Carbon Building in Chicago’s Loop neighbourhood, Pendry Chicago is a modern-day luxury hotel that pays homage to both the past and the present with contemporary, comfortable interiors, signature culinary and cocktail concepts, and inspired gathering spaces throughout that embody the spirit of Chicago. Designed to resemble a typical street in an old Western Town, this is one of the quirkiest hotels not to be missed. Projecting Texas through and through, the colourful motel doesn’t miss a trick with the decor. With Texas-sized beds, a Texasshaped swimming pool and when you get hungry, pop next door for a Texas-sized meal.
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