Short Reviews On Motels & Hotels In Butte Montana

Butte is Montana's fifth largest city, but with respect to vacation opportunities, access to ski resorts and lodging options in hotels and motels, it is on a par with other cities in the state. It developed as a mining town, became one of the most important copper boomtowns in the past, and following the general decline of the mining industry went on to develop to a busy town, boasting architectural diversity and tempestuous individualism. Mining continues to play an important part for the economy of Butte. The "Bert Mooney Airport" is a transport hub for convenient access to this unique town once founded by merchants and miners in an area abounding in gold, silver and copper ore reserves, and nowadays built on other industries. Butte has its university, the "Montana Tech", specializing in resources and engineering.

Butte offers several luxury hotels for a pleasant vacation. The Best Western Plaza Inn Butte, close to the airport and the bus station, features 134 rooms and suites, a Plaza Suite and a Bridal Suite, an indoor swimming pool, a sauna, a whirlpool, a fitness center, disabled access, pets welcome. The Hampton Inn Butte has an indoor swimming pool, a spa tub, a business center, and opportunities for fishing, golfing, hunting, horseback riding. The Copper King Hotel Butte, just opposite the airport, features 148 rooms, two executive suites, a sauna, a business centre, an indoor pool with a spiral water slide. The Butte War Bonnet Hotel, close to the airport and several golf courses, offers 133 rooms, an indoor sunroom pool, a Jacuzzi, a fitness center, disabled access, and is pet friendly.

The choice of budget hotels and motels in Butte is also ample, and the proximity to major tourist attractions, ski resorts, sights and landmarks is an added convenience. The five-level Holiday Inn Express Butte offers 83 rooms, cribs and rollaway beds on request, meeting rooms, a business center, a fitness center. The Days Inn Butte, close to a number of sights, features rooms with king-sized or queen-sized beds, a heated indoor pool, a hot tub, a fitness center, complimentary breakfast. The Eddys Motel Butte offers rooms with queen/king/double queen/double king beds, vending machines, free parking; it is pet friendly. The Motel 6 Butte has rooms with king-sized, queen-sized, or double beds, disabled access, a business center, an elevator, and complimentary parking.

Hotels and motels in Butte, as well as the entire surrounding area of the settlement, are attractive with their unique atmosphere testifying to the town's past as a mining centre. There are the "Copper King Mansion" - former home of William Clark, one of Butte's copper kings; the "World Museum of Mining" with a mockup of a frontier mining town; and especially the "Berkeley Pit", a gigantic open air pit with an observation deck on the south side, hark back to the thriving periods of Butte mining industry. The 90-feet high statue of "Our Lady of the Rockies", towering on top of the continental divide near Butte, is truly overpowering. Another major landmark is the "Arts Chateau", the former home of William Clark's son, designed as an impressive mansion in a French chateau style, now an art center and gallery.