The Brown Hotel, Louisville

Built by the philanthropist J. Graham Brown in 1923, the award-winning Brown Hotel is in the theater district, next door to the Brown Theater, and approximately six miles from Louisville International Airport. This location is also a block from the Palace Theater, two blocks from 4th Street Live, four blocks from the Kentucky International Convention Center, a mile from the Louisville Slugger Museum, and four miles from Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum. Hotel amenities include the ground-level jewelry and art shops, fitness room, J. Graham's Cafe, Thoroughbred Lounge, Lobby Bar, and English Grill's award-winning gourmet fare. The Georgian Revival-style exterior is faced with brick and trimmed with stone and terra cotta. Interiors designed in the English Renaissance mode are appointed with antique furnishings and feature preserved details such as intricate plaster moldings, coffered ceilings, stained glass, Bottocino marble, polished brass, and mahogany and oak accents. The hotel also offers concierge assistance, a doorman/doorwoman, 24-hour room service, valet laundry service, overnight shoeshine, parking (fee applies), 24-hour front desk service, complimentary airport shuttle service, 24-hour business center, portable laptops, and complimentary wireless Internet access in all public areas. All rooms feature European goose down duvets, feather beds, 310-thread count sheets, three multi-line phones, voicemail, work desks, complimentary newspapers, high-speed Internet access, in-room movies, turndown service (on request), hairdryers, bathroom telephones, irons and ironing boards. Refrigerators are available upon request. Self Parking is $20 per night and Valet Parking is $24 per night.