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Champaign, Illinois
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| Champaign and its twin city, Urbana, host the main | Can I make the Champaign reservation by phone? |
| campus of the University of Illinois. They have the | We would be happy to help you make any |
| state's most active nightlife and widest cultural | Champaign hotel reservation by phone. You can call |
| offerings south of Chicago. There's a good selection | our toll free number between the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 |
| of restaurants and bars in Campustown, and | p.m. Monday through Friday (CST). 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| entertainment includes plays, concerts, movies and | Saturday and Sunday. |
| Big Ten sporting events. | |
| | How can I be sure information about my credit card is |
| The campus area has the Midwestern-college | secure? We use secure-socket-layer (SSL) |
| atmosphere you might expect frame houses along | encryption, the standard encryption on the Internet. |
| shady streets and old buildings lining a quadrangle. | This type of encryption allows you to feel confident |
| There are several excellent libraries and a botanical | and secure about supplying personal and credit |
| garden. The university's best museum is the Krannert | card information. |
| Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, which houses | |
| works from 4000 BC to the present. Its collection of | Is free breakfast available? Some hotels offer free |
| U.S. and European Masters and 20th-century art | breakfast with each room night booked. This |
| includes pieces by Picasso, Mark Rothko, Frank | information can be found on the property information |
| Stella, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Yves Klein. | "detail" page for your specific property. |
| You may also wish to visit the Museum of Natural | |
| History and the World Heritage Museum. Kids will | How will I know when my reservation is confirmed? |
| enjoy a tour of the automated dairy at the University | Our confirmation number displayed immediately |
| of Illinois South Farms. | upon successfully making your reservation. Our |
| | systems work behind the scenes to email you the |
| Plan to spend half a day visiting Allerton Park in | final confirmation number. |
| Monticello (20 mi/32 km west of Champaign/Urbana). | |
| This 1,500-acre/600-hectare park is owned by the | Is there a minimum age requirements to reserve a |
| University of Illinois, and it has lots of surprises | room? A minimum age of 18 is required by most |
| hidden amongst its meadows and forest trails: a | hotels to book a room. Some require the guest(s) be |
| Rodin statue, fish sculptures that once belonged to a | 21. These requirements and other amenities |
| Chinese prince, an English-style manor house | information on the property "Detail" pages. |
| fronted by a small reflecting lake and formal gardens | |
| fashioned after those found in Europe in the 1800s. | Are free shuttles supplied from the airport to the |
| The park, open 8 am-sunset, was once the | hotel? Some hotels do offer free shuttle services |
| playground of wealthy eccentric Robert Allerton, who | from the airport but not all. Please verify this |
| donated it to the university in 1946. Its trails are | information on the property information page, if this is |
| largely unmarked, and the sculptures are hidden | import to you. |
| along them, unidentified, which adds to the sense of | |
| adventure. You might want to combine your visit to | Can I book the reservation to stay tonight? Some |
| Allerton Park with a stop at the Early American | hotels accept reservations until 3:00pm on the arrival |
| Museum and Botanical Gardens in Mahomet (15 | day. Only hotels that follow this policy will show when |
| mi/25 km northwest of Champaign/Urbana), which | the today's arrival date is typed into the search form. |
| includes exhibits about pioneer life in addition to its | |
| flowers, plants and herbs. Champaign and Urbana | |
| are 135 mi/215 km south of Chicago. | |
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