Off Interstate 15 with a shuttle to the regional airport, the Best Western Helena/Capitol Hotel in Helena, Montana, is a contemporary base in the state capital, with rooms featuring a 43-inch HDTV, mini-refrigerator, microwave, and coffee maker, free Wi-Fi, a business center, an on-site lounge, and meeting space.
The setting puts the State Capitol, a landmark cathedral, and the historic Last Chance Gulch close by, with a wilderness canyon and the Lewis and Clark trail a short drive out. Two colleges and the state history museum sit nearby.
Helena grew out of an 1864 gold strike in Last Chance Gulch, which still winds through downtown as the city's main street. Gold-rush history fills the downtown around the Capitol and the twin-spired Cathedral of Saint Helena, the Gates of the Mountains offer boat tours through cliffs that Lewis and Clark once paddled, and the surrounding mountains open onto trails and old mining camps.