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54th Annual Systematics Symposium
Missouri Botanical Garden
12–13 October 2007
With support from the National Science Foundation
"Biodiversity and Conservation in the Andes"
Organizing committee: Olga Martha Montiel and Peter Møller Jørgensen
ACCOMMODATIONS
TRAVEL AND LOCATION
For those who fly to St. Louis, airport limousines may be
taken directly to some of the hotels listed on this page. You may also use
the Metrolink lightrail system to travel from the airport to the Missouri
Botanical Garden via a city bus: depart Metrolink at the Central West End
station and board the #13 Union-Missouri Botanical Garden southbound bus to
the Garden's Ridgway Center. For those who drive, highway signs directing
you to the Garden are posted along Interstate 44 and Vandeventer Ave. The
main Garden entrance is at 4344 Shaw Blvd., between Vandeventer and Grand
Blvd. For information on airfares and car rentals, please call Brentwood
Travel, St. Louis, at 1-800-527-1059.
HOTELS
Some hotel suggestions are listed below for your convenience.
*Hotels closest to the Garden.
*Holiday Inn
(web site)
Forest Park
5915 Wilson Ave. at I-44
(314) 645-0700
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*Red Roof Inn
5823 Wilson Ave. at I-44
1-314-645-0101
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*Best Western Inn at the Park
4630 Lindell Blvd.
(314) 367-7500 or 1-800-373-7501
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Drury Inn - Convention Center
711 North Broadway
(314) 231-8100 or 1-800-325-8300
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Drury Inn - Union Station
201 S. 20th St.
(314) 231-3900 or 1-800-378-7946
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Hampton Inn Union Station
2211 Market
(314) 241-3200 or 1-800-HAMPTON
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Motel 6
6500 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
(314) 892-3664 or 1-800-466-8356
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Water Tower Inn
3545 Lafayette 63104 at I-44 and Grand
(314) 977-7500
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RESTAURANTS: Well known fast-food restaurants can be found along Kingshighway, Chippewa and Hampton Roads. There are many inexpensive Asian restaurants nearby along Grand Ave. and many Italian restaurants on the hill, the neighborhood southwest of the Garden.
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