Best place to stay for walking around?

We%26#39;ll be going to the Twins in a couple weeks. Just wondering if anyone has recommendations for hotels with nice neighborhood and walking areas, pedestrian malls area would be good.

Minneapolis or St. Paul is fine.

Best place to stay for walking around?

Will you have a car? Or not, which is why you%26#39;re asking?

If you stay in downtown Minneapolis, Nicollet Mall is right in the middle of everything - pedestrian mall for shopping, eating, drinking, etc. There%26#39;s also the riverfront %26amp; St Anthony Main - should be beautiful that time of year - lots to see and do. And the Loring Park area has some great beauty/restaurants then cross the bridge to the Walker museum %26amp; sculpture garden.

In St Paul, I would recommend exploring the Summit/Cathedral Hill area for beauty %26amp; architecture, or the Grand Ave area for shopping/eating/drinking. However, I don%26#39;t think there%26#39;s much lodging around there. I%26#39;d probably suggest staying in downtown St Paul, which is about a mile+ away.

Hope that helps. If one interests you, let us know and we%26#39;ll provide more detail.

Best place to stay for walking around?

I%26#39;m a big fan of the part of Minneapolis downtown near the Missippi River.

minneapolis.org/media/鈥mriverfront.pdf

Check out the new Guthrie observation deck (free), Gold Medal Park, Farmer%26#39;s Market on weekends, Stone Arch Bridge, St. Anthony Main (restaurants), Nicollet Island, Boom Island, %26amp; Hennepin Ave bridge.

Nicollet Avenue downtown is a bus/taxi zone - lots of walkers there too.

minneapolis.org/media/鈥mnicolletmall.pdf

Also, you can walk thru Loring Bark, across a pedestrian bridge, to the Walker Art Museum, and grounds (infamous Spoon %26amp; Cherry Bridge scuplture).

http://garden.walkerart.org/index.wac

http://www.walkerart.org/index.wac

All of the above spots are walking distance from almost any hotel in downtown Minneapolis.

A quick taxi ride also can take you to the lakes area about 25 blocks south near Uptown.

Walk the Lake of the Isles, Calhoun, and Harriet - all three if you%26#39;re ambitous. Skip the last one to save time.

minneapolis.org/media/鈥mlakesarea.pdf

Thanks to both of you.

We%26#39;ll have a car but being fairly familiar with the Twins (for an Iowan:-) coupled with the time if year, we thought it would be nice if we stayed somewhere that didn%26#39;t necessitate driving everywhere we wanted to go.

Some driving is fine but we%26#39;d like to get out of the hotel and enjoy the weather, go out to eat, etc and still be able to walk back.

Ever stay at the Nicollet Island Inn?

Hotel on the island. Nice park on the southern tip of the island with great skyline views and you can take in the river. The paddleboats might still be taking tours out of Boom Island (bridge at the north tip of Nicollet Island).

Great brunch there too !

http://www.nicolletislandinn.com/

http://www.twincitiescruises.com/

We%26#39;ve never stayed there but I have to say, without ever have been, the rooms look pretty average in pictures for the price point.

I%26#39;m looking more in the $1-150 range.

it is pricey - but old %26amp; nostalgic

I think they do alot of honey mooners.

maybe just check out the sunday brunch

The Hotel Minneapolis is new

so is the W Foshay, and Westin

if there%26#39;s not any conventions or games in town, I%26#39;ve seen prices for all three below $150

Those hotels look great but I%26#39;m not seeing rates even close to $150 let alone $100. Too much for us.

Too bad, that Hotel Minneapolis looks great.

I%26#39;ve stayed at the Holiday Inn Rivercenter in downtown St Paul and had a great experience. It appears to have openings in your price range 2 weeks out. They have a great pub - The Liffey has good grub and live Irish Music, great patio if it%26#39;s warm. There%26#39;s lots of dining, bars down there, and some nightlife, esp if there%26#39;s something happening at the Xcel Center. If you%26#39;re interested, the Wabasha Caves is an interesting place around Halloween with live music, dancing, tours.

However, other than walking around the riverfront and the old neighborhoods (which were the first mansions in the area), you%26#39;d probably need to drive to the other good walking areas. If you%26#39;re ambitious, the Summit/Grand/Cathedral Hill is in the area, but it%26#39;s really a lot of walking - could always cab it back.

what dates are you in town ?

Oct. 26-28th