Hotwire Hotel: ID Help and/or suggestions

[HEksn]

My siblings and I are visiting Chicago for the first time and need some guidance to where would be great hotels to stay in. We're just staying 2 days, walking or public transport only, and will have young kids with us. Suggestions for great, safe areas with shopping and sightseeing and easy activities would be appreciated.

I checked out Hotwire and came up with these. Please help with ID. Thanks!

Dates: 8/31 - 9/2

1. 4.5*, Magnificient Mile-Streeterville, Smoke-free, Fitness, Restaurants, Business Center, HS Internet $99

2. 4*, Magnificient Mile-Streeterville, Fitness, Restaurants, Business Center, HS Internet, Spa Services $99

[AaronJB]

Good morning, and Welcome to Betterbidding. :)

The 4.5* would likely be the Intercontinental, while the 4* would likely be the Hyatt; the Intercontinental for the same price would certainly be the preferable option, in my opinion.

Are you searching for 2 adults only, or 2 adults/2 children? The above results are for searching for 2 adults only; when 2 adults/2 children are searched for, different results appear.

Additionally, in terms of family-friendly activities, a main recommendation of mine continues to be the Lincoln Park Zoo, which is a beautiful (and free) zoo. The Peggy Notabert Nature Center (which does charge admission) is also just to the North about a block or so from the North gate of the Lincoln Park Zoo, and that is a family-friendly, smaller nature museum with a live butterfly exhibit. That's a really nice little museum (in a gorgeous building) that, oddly, is not given much press. The Chicago Historical Society is also nearby, as is the small Old Town neighborhood.

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