Hotel Crescent Court
400 Crescent Ct. 75201

214/871-3200
A very posh hotel modeled after the Royal Crescent in England is almost reminiscent of a manor house in the style of its furnishings. It offers about 200 rooms located above a very high-end, air-conditioned shopping mall that is perfect for taking the little ones out in the stroller. The hotel offers a pool, cribs, and babysitting services upon request.

Hyatt Regency Dallas
300 Reunion Blvd. 75207
214/651-1234 or 800/233-1234
This pricier business hotel is well equipped and offers an excellent location in modern downtown Dallas. Its many amenities include 1,122 renovated guestrooms surrounding an 18-story atrium, including 41 suites, a southwestern café, bar, Italian restaurant, and is next to the 50-story Reunion Tower, topped by a revolving restaurant and lounge that the kids will love. The Hyatt also offers its guests cribs, an outdoor pool, whirlpool, sauna, health club, and tennis, basketball and golf at the Hyatt Bear Creek Golf & Racquet Club.

Mansion on Turtle Creek
2821 Turtle Creek Blvd. 75219
214/559-2100
Situated just north of the downtown area, this very plush, converted 1926 mansion offers its guests country quiet in the middle of the bustling city. Considered Dallas' finest hotel because of its exceptional service, the hotel contains 143 spacious rooms, a nationally acclaimed restaurant, health club, pool, cribs, and is decorated throughout with European antiquities.

Radisson Hotel & Suites Dallas
2330 West Northwest Highway 75220
214/351-4477
This modern 200-room Radisson offers poolside garden suites equipped with microwave, refrigerator, and coffee service that provide a good amount of space for the traveling family. The hotel also offers an exercise facility, heated pool, whirlpool, complimentary shuttle service to and from both Dallas airports, cribs, and a dining room. Be sure to ask about the sleep number bed which allows you to adjust the firmness of the mattress to your exact level of comfort with a touch of a button.

Stoneleigh Hotel
2927 Maple Ave. 75201
214/871-7111 or 800/255-9299
This homey 11-story art deco hotel has been family run since the 1940s. Its location in the Turtle Creek area and individually decorated rooms have long attracted celebrity guests. Returning and often long-term guests are pampered with twice-daily maid service, a complimentary Dallas Morning News daily, a large heated swimming pool nestled in a forest glade, adjoined by a rock and flower garden, and a bridge leading to a children's playground. The hotel also offers an excellent restaurant, 2 night-lit tennis courts, and a laundry. Children under 16 stay for free, ask about specially priced weekend packages.

Planning a night on the town?

All of the above hotels are affiliated with Dallas area babysitting services. They provide you with the phone numbers in order to allow you to select which service to entrust the care of your children. Two of the most highly accredited babysitting services used by area hotels are AAA Babysitters (972/272-8556) and Babysitters of Dallas
(214/692-1354).

For general information on the Dallas, Texas area, contact the Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800/C-DALLAS or 214/571-1000.

Here is a list of Dallas, TX hotels based on user reviews from across the web at www.uptake.com.