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With our ideal location, you're only a minute or two from these St. Louis attractions:
ART GALLERIES
· Need a Henry Moore bronze for your garden or a movie poster for your kid’s room? There are nearly two
dozen galleries a short walk from the hotel, selling everything from museum quality sculptures to poster art
ATTRACTIONS
· Downtown St. Louis – With Lacledes Landing (St. Louis’ fur trading warehouses and district rehabbed
into an entertaining and dining district), the Riverfront (and its Casinos), the Gateway Arch (no trip to St. Louis
is complete without a visit to this tallest monument in America—and perhaps even a ride to the top!)
· The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis – The New Cathedral is a revered house of worship and a local landmark.
In the vestibule mosaics depict the life of Catholic patron, Saint Louis IX, King of France, and provide the visitor
with their first hint of the world famous mosaic beauty in the spectacular main body of the church.
FITNESS
· Center of Clayton – Clayton’s world-class indoor recreation center with everything from a rock
climbing wall to yoga classes
PARKS
· Shaw Park – Stroll out our front door and step across the street into
Clayton’s luxuriously landscaped 16-acre playground with swimming pools, an ice rink, and tennis courts.
· Missouri Botanical Gardens – open every day of the year except Christmas, the MBG is one of
America's finest botanical gardens. It is the home of a formal 10-acre Japanese garden that offers a place of deep
serenity for visitors with its gently shifting vistas, its lakes, waterfalls, and Zen-style gardens.
RESTAURANTS
· Over 75 Clayton restaurants are within eight blocks of here, the addresses and phone numbers of some of our
favorites are found in the in-room guide, or you can always ask the concierge for a suggestion.
CLICK HERE FOR LOCAL RESTAURANTS
SALONS
· Dominic Michael, considered by most Claytonian women to be “the best,” is only three blocks away
SHOPPING
· Go to the St. Louis Galleria or the even more upscale Plaza Frontenac or the pragmatic and domestic shops
at Brentwood Square and the Promenade. Also, the new Boulevard-St. Louis "urban designed" upscale shopping
destination features St. Louis' first Crate & Barrel. It is located across Brentwood Boulevard from The Galleria.
· Soulard Market and Historical Neighborhood – Soulard Farmer's Market was created when Julia Cerre
Soulard donated two undeveloped half-blocks of her real estate for use as a public market, in perpetuity, to the
city of St. Louis in the year 1838. Now partly enclosed, partly open air, this farmer’s market is still an
active and vital part of the area’s business and social communities.
· Delmar Loop – For something fun and funky, sometimes upscale but always hip and trendy, try the
shops and ethnic restaurants in the Delmar Loop
SPORTS
· Busch Stadium – Home of the St. Louis Cardinals (baseball)
· Edward Jones Dome – Home of the St. Louis Rams (football)
· Savvis Center – home of the St. Louis Blues (hockey)
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