22% off (Sale price $70.00, Reg. Price $90.00) :: Youre viewing a property from our Premium Collection, a selection of top properties that are guaranteed to have a rating of 4 stars or higher.Hotel at a Glance: Warwick Allerton Hotel ChicagoAs night falls on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, the Tip Top Tap sign illuminates the Warwick Allerton Hotel Chicagos Italian Renaissance–style façade. A recent $60 million renovation has restored the original 1920s brickwork and updated the interior for the 21st century. Landmark status: The Allerton is an official Chicago landmark. Five-minute walk to Water Tower Place, the John Hancock Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Onsite restaurant: M Avenue Restaurant is a stylish spot specializing in contemporary American cuisine; the adjacent lounge is a good place to grab a cocktail. Distinctive rooms: The hotel’s historical floor plan gives each of the guest rooms a unique layout, though they all feature marble bathrooms, upholstered headboards, and flat-screen TVs. The press says: If you want to stay in a place in the middle of it all, this is a very good choice. — FodorsChicagos Magnificent Mile: Upscale Boutiques and Historic ArchitectureOn Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, landmark skyscrapers such as the John Hancock Center and the Wrigley Building tower over the citys liveliest retail corridor. In total, this stretch of high-end real estate houses some 460 stores, ranging from exclusive designers such as Armani and Chanel to beloved brands including Apple, American Girl, and Gap. Double-decker buses and horse-drawn carriages circle the Chicago Water Tower, a limestone icon that survived the Great Chicago Fire, and droves of shoppers navigate eight levels of boutiques and cafés at the nearby Water Tower Place.Lake Shore Drive runs two blocks east of Michigan Avenue. Travel + Leisure calls this stretch “the greatest architecture road on earth” thanks to the superstar skyscrapers lined up along the lakefront. Looming above them all, of course, is the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower)—the second-tallest buil
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