Good hotel in Good Area

Trying to find a good hotel and a resonable price for a few days for just seeing what is in KC. if you know if a good area for a hotel please let me know. Im single and dont want to stay in a bad area of town.

Thanks from Oklahoma

Good hotel in Good Area

First a few questions.

Do want Kansas City Missouri, Kansas City Kansas or metro Kansas City? (I%26#39;m guessing one of the later 2)

Will you have a car?

What is your budget? (One person%26#39;s reasonable is another person%26#39;s expensive.)

Good hotel in Good Area

Im not sure where i want that is why i ask, not sure where is the safest.. LOL im a big chicken when im by myself.

Yes i will have a car.

Yes i will have a budget some where from 90 - 120 a night.

thanks for your responce,

OK. There are two ways you could decide to go.

Many people sightseeing in Kansas City stay in the Country Club Plaza/Westport area. They are where much of the street life is - with restaurants, bars and shopping within walking distance of each other.

But you may not feel as comfortable staying there. (I wouldn%26#39;t be uncomfortable)

Kansas City is an easy town to drive in. There are lots of limited access highways and only a couple of areas where you have to pay to park. Traffic is only bad during rush hour and compared to most cites, even the rush hour isn%26#39;t bad.

So I would recommend you staying suburban.

You could do that in several directions from the heart of town. Since you are coming from the southwest, there is no reason not to stay in the SW suburbs. Overland Park is the closest and largest, but Olathe or Lenexa could also work. With a few exceptions, that will put you a 20 minute drive or less from the places you are likely to visit.

It sounds like you are here to see attractions more than shop. The ones cool and unique to KC include the Steamboat Arabia Museum, National World War 1 Museum, and Negro Leagues/Jazz Museums. Trust me, the Steamboat Arabia is more interesting that it sounds, and it is in the City Market which is loaded with produce and plant sellers on weekend mornings and also has many small locally owned restaurants.

Other major attractions include the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and Harry Truman%26#39;s home %26amp; Presidential Library/museum. The Truman things are in Independence and would be more like a 45 minute drive.

Crown Center is a pretty cool older mall near the downtown. It currently has a free Oz exhibit, has outdoor ice skating, shopping, free Hallmark Visitor%26#39;s Center (neat exhibits) and is attached by covered walkway to the old Union Station. It is near the WWI museum.

Kansas City, Kansas has the Legends Shopping Center, a new outdoor mall with more to do than just shop. http://www.kansastravel.org/kansaslegends.htm

Out in Overland Park you will find the largest museum of contemporary art in the region - the Nerman Museum. The Overland Park Arboretum is a wonderful place for a quiet walk. And Oak Park Mall is a large, nice shopping center where the right person could enjoy spending hours

There are more, but they depend on your interests. And many fine restaurants and places for entertainment.