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During your Charlotte vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
Mint Museum of Art
With the recently added Dalton Wing, this stately museum displays a fine survey of European and American art, as well as the internationally recognized Delhom Collection of porcelain and pottery. Also featured are pre-Columbian art, contemporary American prints, African objects, vast collections of costumes and antique maps, and gold coins originally minted at the facility. New galleries exhibit studio glass and pottery from North Carolina studios. An admission ticket also gains you admittance to the Mint Museum of Craft & Design (220 N. Tryon St.).
Wing Haven Gardens & Bird Sanctuary
Since 1927, one of Charlotte's special attractions, created by Elizabeth and Edwin Clarkson, has been a 3-acre enclosed area in the heart of a residential neighborhood. Mrs. Clarkson was known as the city's "bird lady." Some 142 winged species have been sighted in the walled garden, which was once a bare clay field. Birders and garden lovers will have a field day as they browse through the Upper, Lower, Main, Wild, Herb, and Rose gardens. The gardens are at their most splendid in the spring, when birds are returning from their winter migration. A bulletin board tells you which birds are around at the moment.
Discovery Place & the Nature Museum
Discovery Place is one of the top hands-on science and technology museums in the region. This uptown center features such permanent exhibits as a tropical rain forest and an aquarium. There's also an OMNIMAX theater. The static-electricity demonstration, which literally makes your hair stand on end, is a perennial favorite. Temporary exhibits on loan from other science centers keep the place forever changing.
Marriott Charlotte Executive Park
The newly renovated Charlotte Marriott Executive Park is ideally located at Interstate 77 and Tyvola Road five miles southwest of downtown Charlotte. This full-service hotel offers superior accommodations including concierge level rooms, bar and restaurant, meeting facilities and a variety of recreational activities. Complimentary airport transportation is provided from 6am to 10pm daily. Guests should call hotel from courtesy telephone at lower level baggage claim. Pick-up is outside double ...
Comfort Suites Airport
One mile to airport. Charlotte Coliseum 3 miles. Uptown Charlotte 5 miles. On May 1, 2007, All Comfort Suites will be smoke ...
Residence Inn by Marriott Charlotte Uptown
Residence Inn by Marriott is designed to make you feel at home for a day, a week, a month or more. Our suites give you fifty percent more space than most traditional hotel rooms. The Residence Inn Charlotte Uptown is located city center within one half mile of the headquarters of Bank of America and First Union National Bank. Bank of America Stadium, the convention center, Duke Energy and the federal courthouse are all within walking distanace of the hotel. Indoor parking is USD 8 per night ...
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