In the heart of northwest Indiana, the Best Western University Inn at Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Indiana, is a gateway to the city's culture and community, minutes from the university and the charming downtown, with a full breakfast, free high-speed Wi-Fi, a 24-hour fitness center, a business center, and rooms with blackout curtains and 24 hour lobby coffee.
The setting puts the city's lively events calendar within reach, from the September popcorn festival to brewfeasts and cultural festivals at the central park. Families enjoy the mini-golf and arcade, and art lovers the museum and opera house.
A short drive north, Indiana Dunes National Park runs for fifteen miles along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, the nation's newest national park, where towering sand dunes back wide swimming beaches and more than fifty miles of trails wind through woodlands, prairies, and wetlands among some of the richest bird and plant diversity in the Midwest. On a clear day the Chicago skyline floats on the horizon across the lake.