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porary decor done in all-gray. Luxe linens, Keurig coffee makers and Aveda bath products
dress things up.
Lancaster Hotel
( 713-228-9500;
www.lancasterhotel.com
;
701 Texas Ave; r $99-240; )
Original marble
and old-fashioned decor make this gracious hotel feel more like London than Houston.
Say cheers with a gimlet in the Lancaster Bistro, where old-school bartenders preside over
a chatty post-theater crowd.
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Club Quarters
( 713-224-6400;
www.clubquarters.com
; 720 Fannin St; r $105-130; )
When members don't
fill them, you can snag reduced-rate business hotel rooms here. Some have kitchenettes.
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Hilton Americas
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( 712-739-8000;
www.americashouston.hilton.com
;
1600 Lamar St; r $150-250; )
Location,
location, location. At the contemporary convention-center Hilton hotel you're only steps
from Discovery Green, the Toyota Center and Minute Maid baseball park.
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HISTORIC HOTEL
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( 713-224-4266;
www.hotelicon.com
; 220 Main St; r $180-290; )
You can feel the history
in this hotel's ornate red-and-gold lobby with a 1911 bank vault reception area, soaring
marble columns and coffered ceilings. Take the antique elevator up to modern-chic rooms.
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Midtown, Montrose & Museum District
Morty Rich Hostel
( 713-636-9776;
www.hiusa.org/houston
; 501 Lovett Blvd; dm $22-27; )
A classic Mon-
trose home hosts this Hosteling International member. Most of the bright, clean, four- to
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