Downtown Hotels and Events

Cleveland Summertime (Picture from www.dys.ohio.gov)

For all its politics and working-class ambiance Cleveland remains a great city. Its great because it can look straight into the future while staying put with the basics. Frank G. Jackson, the 56th Mayor of Cleveland endorses well laid plans that will turn rust-city to the envisioned green city on the blue lake. Its a city that looks inwards at a time when everybody wants to follow the boom. Its back to the roots here and the season favors exploring your own backyard.

Cleveland is a happening city that is also concerned about its bike paths and clean waters. While bidding goodbye to an industrial past it is coming to terms with a future full of hope and new possibilities. It is attempting to keep the simple things in place – clean air, clean water and clean forests. And most importantly keeping the community feeling alive and kicking. With happy events like the Summer Flower Display, Taste of Cleveland and the Cleveland National Air Show regulars and home towners create an inbound traffic each summer. The much awaited Ohio City Blues and Brew Fest are also in the offing just before summer wraps up.

What one might like best about this city located on the shores of Lake Erie is that it has a wide variety of entertainment options. Best of all everything seems to be within easy reach being close at hand. The professional sports teams, the museums, the restaurants- all can be done without much ado! Well known for its association with rock music it sounds a real fun destination. Why just booking into Cleveland’s coziest accommodations can be easily accomplished at a simple click on the Downtown Cleveland hotel site. Viola – all your travel plans get coordinated beautifully.

Summer is a good time to explore your naturalist tendencies around Cleveland. It offers one of the most family-friendly vacations. Nature buffs are sure to enjoy the scenic and relaxing trip aboard the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad along the Cuyahoga River and dip in and out of beautiful Cuyahoga Valley. Getting off the train you can hop onto a mountain bike from Century Cycles in Peninsula and ride the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trails. Away from the hustle and bustle of city skyscrapers you and your family can enjoy life in the slow lane for a change. Another great place to enjoy the land and its bounty is the Lake Farmpark thats all about agriculture and is sure to make you feel naturally tranquil. Kids will just love it.

Actually Castaway Bay at Cedar Point is what they may probably like even more. The indoor waterpark resort is a summertime haven with its wave pools, water slides and water obstacles. In fact the Carribean environment has the whole family swishing out together. You can have the same fun at Kalahari Waterpark Resort that is the world’s largest indoor waterpark with more than 173,000 square feet of super soaking fun. The rides here for the kids are super duper.

Some interesting in-house attractions of Cleveland are right besides the shores of Lake Erie. You could check out the North Coast Harbor Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Great Lakes Science Center, and Cleveland Browns Stadium. Families will just love the museum dedicated to music that they enjoy together. Or dive into more than 400 hands-on science exhibits and watch thrilling life-like movies in a six-story-high IMAX theater at the Great Lakes Science Center.

If you are a true outdoor freak then you will love the Cleveland National Forest, thats a wonderful play ground for wildlife and wild life lovers. The Forest Centennial Year is celebrating its hundred years of conservation with a lot of fanfare. Among the events planned here The Fiddlin’ Foresters Concert in Ramona at Palomar District Ranger’s Office is sure to take you into another world. The Living History Weekend would see re-enactments of turn of the century life on the mountains featuring the life of Native Americans, mountain men, cowboys, farm families, the first forest ranger, and gold miners on Laguna Mountain. Cleveland is celebrating life and living this summer and everyone’s invited. “Let’s get to it”.