Hotel at a Glance: Jaslin Hotel

Jaslin Hotel puts visitors smack dab in the beating, lantern-clad heart of Chicago’s Chinatown, which brims with authentic Asian shops and restaurants, including the award-winning Lao Sze Chuan. It’s convenient location has a lot more going for it than the cool neighborhood surrounding it, though. It’s the perfect home base for exploring Chicago without having to stay directly in the suit-and-tie hubbub of the Loop, sitting within minutes of the Magnificent Mile, the city’s world-class museums, and the towering skyscrapers downtown.

• Where you’ll stay: Elegantly simple guest rooms adequately prepare guests for long days on their feet with comfy pillow top mattresses. The views of the Chicago skyline, meanwhile, distract gazes from the calming glow of 42” flatscreen TVs.
• Jumpstart the day with a complimentary continental breakfast.
• Stay connected thanks to the complimentary WiFi.
• Get nice and cozy beside the lobby’s sleek, modern fireplace, which is surrounded by tufted leather couches that act as perfect perches for cracking open a book after a long day exploring the city.

Chicago’s South Loop: Historic Downtown Neighborhood Near World-Class Museums and Lake Michigan

A cultural renaissance in recent years has seen Chicago’s South Loop turn into one of the city’s most vibrant residential and industrial centers. The downtown neighborhood is bordered on the north by Printer’s Row, a two-block stretch along Dearborn Street once known as the printing capital of the Midwest. Here you’ll find some of the buildings that made Chicago one of the world’s leaders in architecture in the 1880s and ’90s—a title it’s held ever since.

To the east lies Lake Michigan and the Museum Campus, a 57-acre lakefront park home to the city’s trio of natural-sciences museums. The Field Museum houses more than 21 million artifacts, including its most famous resident, Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever unearthed. Bullfrogs, beluga whales, and moon jellies dwell at Shedd Aquarium, and stargazers will want to make a stop at Adler Planetarium, the first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.

You don’t have to limit yourself to the Loop during a trip to Chicago. The city’s public transportation system is among the best in the nation.