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What to do in St. Louis for a few days? |
Travel Info I am staying at St. Louis from April 1-3. I already have a hotel at the Hyatt. What are some good things to see, do, and eat in St. Louis? Do you recommend renting a car? Can the Metro station go from the hotel to Washington University? Travel Tips The metro does run near Wash U I have no idea how close it is to your hotel. I do believe there is a stop very close to your hotel if you go to www.metrostlouis.org you can look up all of the stops of the metro link. If you want to use the metro as your primary transportation be ready to walk! There are a lot of stops but you will find that you have to walk a block or more to get to your destination. This is good if you are going to be in a position where driving is not the best idea. We do also have cabs here which is another good option here are some of the numbers: ABC Cab Co. (314) 725-2111 Allen Cab (314) 241-7722 Yellow Cab (314) 991-5300 or (314) 993-TAXI (8294). Laclede Cab Co. (314) 652-3456 They are cheaper than NY I can say that! Since I don't know your age I will just put some general things here about what to do, there is plenty in Forest Park, we have a FREE zoo that is just wonderful, the science center is also free. The boathouse has a cafe (they also have adult beverages) you can sit and enjoy the sites or rent a boat and paddle out onto the lake. There is also the Art Museum again free and the Jewel box. For night life near Forest Park there is the central west end. I recommend Cafe Balaybans for dinner or drinks, nice place good music. There are also a lot of restaurants, cafe's and coffee houses down there. McDuffs is a good Irish bar. The hill is your Italian place good food all round not one bad restaurant that I can think of there, right down from the hill is Ted Drew's Route 66 icon and best frozen custard around! You can also go down to the landing, there are different clubs and restaurants down there if you drive parking is like $8 for all night. Safe place. St. Louis Fish Company is located on the landing nice seafood, good service. The is also the Spaghetti Company STL tradition, neat place. For something different the Royal Dumpe dinner theater is also located on the landing. Good time you can watch the women beg for salt, and they give you a bagger! The arch is interesting nice museum and a good movie on how the Arch was made. Interesting, I live here and I try to go at least once a year. The Cards will be in town so STL will be hopping, check out visitor centers web site, they post special events going on downtown when the Cards are in. The City Museum is fun for all ages, you can run play and have a great time (yes they have adult beverages). Neat place check out their website, trust me it is not a museum of art but of play! Washington Ave downtown has just been remodeled and now there are several cool places. Try out Kitchen K great food, wonderful service. Different for STL. Have a great trip I hope this helped! Others No sure about the metro, but i think it goes close to Wash U. you may have to walk a few blocks. The College can probably inform you better on this. However, visit the Zoo. It is in Forest Park and just beautiful, and free the park also has other sights to see. The Arch, Anheiser-Busch Brewery, Forest Park, and The Riverfront. there are a few things you could do you can go to Forest Park they have a Zoo the science center a boat house were you can rent paddle boats they have a couple museums actually Forest Park has a lot to do you could make a day out of just being there- there is the Arch and Riverfront-Lacledes Landing has a lot of clubs bars and restaraunts and it's close to the Hotel your staying at if it's the Hyatt downtown there is also the Delmar loop it has stores bars,clubs retaurants etc.. and the metrolink can get you most places you just might have to walk a little bit but there is a metrolink station not to far from Wash U Off the beaten path a little bit go across the river and go south on Rt 3 to a village of Cahokia not very far from the bridge. In Cahokia there is a old church, By the name of Holy Family the Church there is open for visitors and is one of the oldest in the country. It was built in 1699 and it is free, Afterward stop off at the Micky Ds on the river It is built on river barges and looks like the old river boat than go back across the river follow the sign to Our lady of the Snows this is a wonderful place in the late fall at night with all of the Christmas lights these are just a few but there is also Grant's farm just south of the city Visit the arch, six flags, or the zoo. In St. Louis I'd recommend renting a car. In theory, you could get by without one, but having a car would make life a lot easier. For things to do, you could go to the Hill neighborhood for great Italian restaurants. Do a search for 'the Hill St. Louis' and it'll tell you where to go. Also, near the Hill and Wash U is the Central West End, which has some cool places to eat and shop. St. Louis has a world-class zoo also, which is near all of these things. The St. Louis Cardinals home opening day is the 1st against the NY Mets. They play them again on the 3rd also. |
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