Chattanooga sits on a bend of the Tennessee River below Lookout Mountain, with Rock City, Ruby Falls, the Incline Railway and the Tennessee Aquarium. It is a compact, outdoorsy city with good-value hotels, especially away from the riverfront.
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Walkable to the aquarium, the Walnut Street Bridge and restaurants.
A lively area around the historic Terminal Station, with breweries and music venues.
Across the river, with Coolidge Park, shops and small hotels.
Closest to Ruby Falls, Rock City and the Incline Railway, with inns and B&Bs.
Chain hotels by the mall and I-75, usually the cheapest rooms in the area.
A hotel in and around the city’s restored 1909 Terminal Station, with rooms in vintage rail cars.
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Spring and fall are ideal, with mild weather and fall color on the mountains; summer weekends are busiest.
Downtown or the North Shore for walkability; the Hamilton Place area for the lowest chain-hotel rates.
Downtown is walkable, but a car is useful for Lookout Mountain and the outdoor attractions.
Midweek and in winter; rates rise on summer and fall weekends.