Fodor's Expert Review Crowne Plaza Portland

This modern, upscale, chain hotel is popular with business travelers but makes a good base for leisure visitors, too, as it's just a short MAX or streetcar ride across from downtown and within walking distance of the Rose Quarter, the Coliseum, the convention center, and the Lloyd Center mall. Rooms are attractive if standard-issue, with microwaves, refrigerators, DVD players, and large flat-screen HDTVs.