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Hi. We are planning a vacation to St. Louis, MO. We have never been there before and are wanting to travel the metrolinks so we don't have to do a lot of driving. Does anyone know where there is a Metrolink station that is "near" a hotel. I need to know where to book us a room. I tried to call metrolink but he didn't seem to know much about it, which was odd. If anyone knows...thank you.

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The Mayfair, Renaissance, Radisson, Omni, Sheraton (near 15th St) are all .< 2 blocks from the Metro Station. I would still recommend renting an economy sized car to get around because the metro system is still fairly new and doesn't really go to many of the sites, with the exception of those downtown. For example, the metro can take you to Forest Park where the Zoo, Art Museum, Muni Opera, History Museum are located, but the walk to the zoo from the station is at least a mile. The Science Center (great place to visit) is across from Forest Park, but at least a1.5 mi or more from the closest metro station.

My recommendation would be to either get a hotel in Clayton or Downtown. Metrolink could take you from the airport to one of the downtown hotels. You could use the metrolink to take you to the sites around downtown for a day or two. Then you can rent a car at one of the downtown facilities to do things like go to Forest Park, visit the brewery, Grant's Farm, or even drive out to Meramec Caverns, then drop of the car on your last day and take the Metro back out to the airport.
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Maybe this set of system maps, along with your searching for hotels in St. Louis, might help (after all, there's 1000's of hotels, and you probably want to narrow that down a little first):

http://www.metrostlouis.org/metrobus/sys...

Good luck!
http://www.metrostlouis.org/

shows you maps within STL.

Be careful visiting the murder capital of the US. It can be a rough place.
We've stayed a couple of times near the North Hanley station - lots of hotels (midrange and below) between there and the airport. If you want to go more upscale, there are lots of hotels downtown, and several in the Union Station area.

If you have a chain you like, search their website for Slu locations, and most will give you directions or a map to the nearest Metro site.

The Metrolink is very reasonable and convenient, and gets you most anywhere you want to go (although you'll need to transfer to a bus to get to the zoo).

Check out explorestlouis.com; they sometimes have good hotel deals there.

Have fun!
Any of the hotels in downtown St. Louis will be close enough to the MetroLink for you. Personally, I recommend the Hyatt Regency at Union Station. It's adjacent to Union Station (shopping complex) and next door to the ScottTrade Center (where the Blues play) and you can hop on the MetroLink to get to Busch Stadium, the Arch, Forrest Park, and the Airport.
Metrolink starts at the Airport and goes all the way through downtown and into Illinois. I would sugget staying at a hotel near the Airport or downtown. Most anything inbetween is not near a hotel, or in a bad neighborhood. Downtown look for a hotel that is near Bush Stadium or the Scott Trade Center for there is a metrolink stop near there. The Adam's Mark is one, but expensive. I hope you enjoy your stay here and get to do all the fun things we have here. Don't forget Six Flags is only about 45 mins to an hour away!
on it's route through downtown, it stops at Union Station...where you'll find the Hyatt Regency and the Drury Union Station. at the next stop at Scottrade Center, the Sheraton City Center is right across from the stop. the next stop, at Busch Stadium is right next to the Westin, and the Hilton at the Ballpark is just around the corner. There are hotels with in walking distance at every downtown stop after that up to the Laclede's Landing stop.