Luxury, full-service hotel overlooking Lake Michigan designed in the Italian Renaissance style
General Information
Check-in: 3:00pm
Check-out: 12:00pm
Standard guest rooms typically start around $163+ per night before taxes and fees
Parking and additional hotel services may incur extra charges
How to Get There
From Chicago, IL: Travel north on Michigan Avenue through the Magnificent Mile, turn east on Walton Place, and continue one block to The Drake Hotel at 140 E Walton Pl near Oak Street Beach and the Gold Coast district.
Overview
The Drake, a Hilton Hotel, in Chicago, is a luxury, full-service hotel, located downtown on the lake side of Michigan Avenue two blocks north of the John Hancock Center and a block south of Oak Street Beach at the top of the Magnificent Mile. Overlooking Lake Michigan, it was founded in 1920, designed in the Italian Renaissance style by the firm of Marshall and Fox, and soon became one of Chicago's landmark hotels, a longtime rival of the Palmer House. It has 535 bedrooms (including 74 suites), a six-room Presidential Suite, several restaurants, two large ballrooms, the "Palm Court" (a club-like, secluded lobby), and Club International (a members-only club introduced in the 1940s). It is known for the contribution that its silhouette and sign on the lake (Oak Street) façade make to the Gold Coast skyline.
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