Downtown Denver Hotels

There are seven “major” hotels in the downtown Denver area. They are all close to attractions such as the Pepsi Center, Coors Field, the Downtown Aquarium and Six Flags Elitch Gardens. However, only Coors Field is within walking distance (and it is a bit of a walk). You may want to ride Light Rail to Coors and will want to either take a cab or ride Light Rail to the other attractions.

The newest of these major hotels is the 1,000 room Hyatt Regency at the Convention Center which just opened in December, 2005.

I call these major hotels as they are basically part of major chains such as Hyatt, Marriott and Westin. In addition, each has more than 400 rooms and offers a complete suite of amenities, including wireless Internet service , restaurants, lounges and coffee shops, room service, big and small meeting rooms, and business centers. All of them are just about what you would expect – big, clean, well-appointed, professionally-staffed and, well, sort of homogenized.

Hyatt Regency at the Convention Center
650 15th Street
888-421-1442

The Hyatt Regency offers high-speed Internet access in every room, T-mobile Hot Spot wireless Internet, a lavishly-appointed lounge and restaurant and coffee shop. It also has a Mobile Office, and ad FedEx/Kinko's Serviced Business Center.

Denver Marriott City Center
marketing on the internet 1701 California St,
(800) 228-9290

The recently renovated Denver Marriott City Center offers guest rooms equipped with Mobile Work Stations and high speed Internet access in all guest rooms. The rooms are on the small side but well decorated with an executive feel. It has the Great Divide Lounge, a restaurant, room service, cable TV, in-room data ports, indoor pool, gym, hot tub, sauna, bar, dry cleaning, laundry service, concierge, business services, and an Internet room.

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts: Hyatt Regency Denver
1750 Welton St # 38, Denver, CO
(303) 295-1234

This Hyatt Hotel has a business center, meeting rooms, a fitness center, newsstand/gift shop, hot tub, jacuzzi, indoor pool and tennis. It also features a Sky Court rooftop mini-resort for tennis, swimming and jogging, as well as a full service restaurant plus lobby cocktail terrace..

Westin Tabor Center Denver
1672 Lawrence St,
.(303) 572-9100

The Westin Tabor Center is a four-diamond premier hotel. It is well located as it is adjacent to the 16th Street Mall, just blocks from the Colorado Convention Center, Coors Field, and the Denver Performing Arts Complex. High Speed Internet Access is available in all guest rooms and meeting rooms. Every room has a Data Port and coffee and Tea maker. There is also concierge service, heated indoor and outdoor pools. WestinWORKOUT® Powered by Reebok Gym and three restaurants, as well as a Starbuck's coffee kiosk.

Adam's Mark Hotels & Resorts
1550 Court Place
(800) 444-2326

In Room Amenities in Adams Mark include A/C, TV w/pay movies, coffeemaker, fridge, hair dryer, high-speed Internet, iron, minibar. The hotel also has a fitness center,outdoor pool, sauna, and three popular restaurants and three lounges. Plus a business center, and a newsstand / gift shop

Embassy Suites Hotel
1881 Curtis St.
(303) 297-8888

The Embassy Suites features spacious two-room suites that include wireless Internet access, two televisions, video-game consoles, and kitchenettes. It also offers complimentary cooked-to-order breakfasts and cocktail hours, as well as a restaurant and 24-hour room service.

Brown Palace
321 17th St.
(303) 297-3111

The Brown palace is my all-time favorite Denver hotel. It is the “grande dame” of Denver hotels, having first opened its doors 111 years ago. Over the course of these years, the Brown (this is what old-time Denverites call it) has played host to presidents, kings, and queens, and dignitaries such as Winston Churchill, as well as rock stars like the Spice Girls.

Presidents who have stayed at the Brown include Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan..

The Brown palace has long stood as the pride of luxury hotels in Denver and is the city's only Four-Star and AAA Four-Diamond hotel. It features a truly great restaurant, the Palace Arms, Ellyngton's, the Churchill Bar, a Lobby Tea in the afternoons, and the Ship Tavern, one of Denver;s all-time favorite watering holes. Lasts year (2005), the Brown added a $2 million Spa for skin care, massage therapy, and hair and nail services for both women and men.