TRAVEL AND LOCATION
For those who fly to St. Louis, airport limousines may be taken directly to some of the hotels listed on this page. You may also use the Metrolink lightrail system to travel from the airport to the Missouri Botanical Garden via a city bus: depart Metrolink at the Central West End station and board the #13 Union-Missouri Botanical Garden southbound bus to the Garden's Ridgway Center. For those who drive, highway signs directing you to the Garden are posted along Interstate 44 and Vandeventer Ave. The main Garden entrance is at 4344 Shaw Blvd., between Vandeventer and Grand Blvd. For information on airfares and car rentals, please call Brentwood Travel, St. Louis, at 1-800-527-1059.
HOTELS
Some hotel suggestions are listed below for your convenience.
*Hotels closest to the Garden.
| *Holiday Inn Forest Park 5915 Wilson Ave. at I-44 (314) 645-0700
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| *Red Roof Inn 5823 Wilson Ave. at I-44 1-314-645-0101
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| *Drury Inn - Near Forest Park 2111 Sulphur Avenue at I-44 and Hampton Ave. 1-314-646-0770 or 1-800-378-7946
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| *Best Western Inn at the Park 4630 Lindell Blvd. (314) 367-7500 or 1-800-373-7501
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| *Motel 6 6500 S. Lindbergh Blvd. (314) 892-3664 or 1-800-466-8356
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| *Water Tower Inn 3545 Lafayette 63104 at I-44 and Grand (314) 977-7500
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RESTAURANTS: Well known fast-food restaurants can be found along Kingshighway, Chippewa and Hampton Roads. There are many inexpensive Asian restaurants nearby along Grand Ave. and many Italian restaurants on the hill, the neighborhood southwest of the Garden.