The Ashton Hotel
While there's a bevy of choices when it comes to chain hotels (such as The Days Inn and Sheraton), one hotel unique to the Texas area is the Ashton Hotel. Described on its website as the city's only small luxury hotel, the Ashton offers amenities not usually found in chain hotels. Babysitting services are offered, iPod docking stations are in each room and the entire hotel is a nonsmoking environment.
There are nearly a dozen golf courses located in the Fort Worth downtown area, but the closest to the Ashton is the Sycamore Creek Golf Course. The Sycamore complex offers five municipality-owned courses and hosts tournaments for amateurs year-round.
The Ashton Hotel
610 Main St
Fort Worth, TX 76102
(817) 332-0100
theashtonhotel.com
Sycamore Creek Golf Course
401 Martin Luther King Fwy
Fort Worth, TX 76104-1802
(817) 535-7241
fortworthgolf.org
Hotel Trinity
Teh Golf Club of Fossil Creek won the Most Underrated Award in 2008 from Avid Golfer Magazine.
Just east of downtown Fort Worth is Hotel Trinity, another nonchain hotel exclusive to Texas. Wireless Internet and daily newspapers are available to all the rooms, and when you wake up in the morning, breakfast goes past the typical Continental breakfast fare. The Hotel Trinity starts your morning off right, offering Belgian waffles, eggs and Texas sausage. Also, the hotel hosts a daily social happy hour at the bar for visitors to get to know one another. The hotel is also near several local golf courses including Ideal Golf Ranch and Golf Club of Fossil Creek.
Hotel Trinity
2000 Beach St.
Fort Worth, TX 76103
(817) 534-4801
hoteltrinityfortworth.com
Ideal Golf Ranch
5151 Mansfield Hwy
Fort Worth, TX 76119
(817) 572-7312
thegolfcourses.net/golfcourses/TX/15190.htm
Golf Club of Fossil Creek
3800 Western Center Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76137-1918
(682) 286-0409
thegolfclubatfossilcreek.com
Stockyards Hotel
Stockyards is for the traveler looking to experience all Texas has to offer.
North of downtown is Stockyards Hotel, a modern take on the Old West. The entire hotel is designed with the Wild West in mind. Located in the National Historic Stockyards District, the Stockyards Hotel is surrounded by several Texas steakhouse restaurants, the White Elephant Saloon and a Honky Tonk live entertainment bar called Billy Bob's Texas. There's also Western wear clothing outlets, souvenir shops and antiques stores all within a few blocks of the Stockyards Hotel. If you're looking to experience Texas, past and present, Stockyards is where to do it.
Stockyards Hotel
109 E Exchange Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76164-8211
(817) 625-6427
stockyardshotel.com
About The Author
Ryan Day is a writer who hails from northeast Florida. He graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine and has worked as a freelance writer for five years now and has been published in The St. Augustine Record and The Florida Times-Union. Ryan spends his free time traveling, volunteering with a local college ministry and playing kickball.
Photo Credits
Kevin Stanchfield: EveryStockPhoto.com; National Trust for Historic Preservation: PreservationNation.org; StockyardsHotel.com
