Visitors to Casper, Wyoming can take in history at Fort Casper, a part of the Oregon-California-Mormon-Pony Express during the 1840s. They can also fish the North Platte River or enjoy a baseball game with the Casper Ghosts. Whatever draws you to Casper, there are a handful of hotels and inns that stand ready to offer accommodations with diverse features to help you relax and enjoy your vacation.
Located on Interstate 25, the Hilton Garden Inn offers rooms with amenities like blackout curtains, an ergonomic desk and chair, complimentary high-speed Internet, a mini-fridge and microwave. The hotels features a swimming pool, workout facility, business center and a whirlpool. Guests can dine at the hotel’s Great American Grill, which serves breakfast and dinner. For those looking to dine outside the hotel, Casper’s Good Cooking diner, located three minutes by car to the south, is the open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
For guests in town on vacation or for a convention, the Ramada Plaza Riverside offers rooms ranging in size and beds, from full size to king. Suites offer jacuzzi tubs and kitchenettes with a refrigerator and microwave. The hotel’s services include a complimentary airport shuttle. The hotel also features a bar, Drake’s Lounge, as well as a restaurant -- the Riverside Grille -- that serves items like crab, pasta and steak. The hotel offers a mineral pool and spa, gift shop and a fine art museum. Guests looking for something to do outside the convention center can participate in the town’s ghost tour, which takes participants to historic hotels, restaurants and other reputedly supernatural landmarks.
With free airport shuttle service, an indoor pool and sauna and a gift shop, the Parkway Plaza Hotel and Convention Center offers guests rooms that aim for guest comfort by providing amenities such as a Jacuzzi, wet bar, full kitchen, a multiple-person shower, sauna and a balcony. The hotel also offers two salons, a putt putt golf course, “All That Jazz" -- a bar -- and the Parkway Café, which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The old-fashioned paddleboat exterior of the National 9 Inn Casper brings to mind Mark Twain and the Mississippi. Inside the National 9, standard accommodations include free stays for kids, complimentary hot chocolate, coffee and tea and continental breakfast. The motel allows pets for a $10 fee per night as of January 2011. For nearby dining, JB’s Restaurant, four minutes by car from the motel, offers a breakfast bar and comfort style lunch and dinner menus that include items like pot roast and chicken fried steak. For a little bit of nighttime adventure, guests can visit the Casper Planetarium and admire the stars.
