1. Dallas Plaza Downtown Convention Center
This contemporary downtown hotel is less than one-half mile from the Dallas Convention Center. Guestrooms include complimentary wireless Internet access, balconies and premium cable TV channels.
The hotel restaurant offers panoramic skyline views of Dallas. Amenities include an indoor pool and a fitness center. Rates start at about $89.99.
2. Hotel Lawrence
Built in 1925, this recently renovated, 10-story hotel is located across the street from Union Station. It’s only two blocks from the Sixth Floor Museum and three blocks from the convention center. The hotel offers a library of music CDs and serves evening milk and cookies. In the morning, a complimentary buffet breakfast includes hot waffles fresh off the griddle. The hotel’s 118 guestrooms offer city views, CD players and high-speed Internet access. White-tiled bathrooms have pedestal sinks and stylish chrome-and-glass fixtures. Rates begin at around $100.
3. The Adolphus-A Noble House Hotel
This 1912, Baroque-style hotel is within a half-mile of the convention center, the JFK Memorial, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Farmers' Market. Traditional afternoon tea is served Thursday through Sunday in the lobby, and the hotel offers a collection of antiques, ceiling murals, tapestries, engravings and other artwork. The 428 rooms provide fine cotton sheets, feather pillows and custom fabrics. European lithographs hang on the walls and the sitting areas offer antique-style furnishings. Rates begin at around $200.
4. Adam's Mark Hotel Dallas
This business-friendly, 38-story hotel is in the downtown arts and financial district, two blocks from the Majestic Theater and eight blocks from the convention center. The hotel has a 230,000-square-foot conference and exposition center with wireless Internet access; a health club includes cardio machines and indoor and outdoor lap pools. All 1,840 guestrooms offer high-speed Internet access, work desks, complimentary premium channels, video-game consoles, Garden Botanika bath products and city views. Rates start around $143.
5. The Magnolia Hotel
Occupying a 1922 bank building, the 29-story Magnolia is located in the financial and historic district of Dallas, four blocks from Dealey Plaza and five blocks from the convention center. The Magnolia offers a 24-hour fitness center and a tiled spa tub; a daily Continental breakfast and evening milk and cookies are complimentary. All 330 guestrooms have pillow-top mattresses with custom bedding, oversized work desks, high-speed wireless Internet access, refrigerators, bathrobes, and soaking tubs. Rates begin around $156.50.