Midtown Travel Guide
Tourist Guide
Popular places to visit
Memorial Stadium
Catch an event at Memorial Stadium during your trip to Champaign. You can attend a sporting event while in the area.
Hessel Park
Choose the pattern of the fountain jet with the push of a button, get the grill going and see 50 different species along the tree walk.
Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes
Find out about the history of Champaign when you spend time at Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes. You can attend a sporting event while in the area.
Krannert Art Museum
Piece together the history of art around the world through the varied galleries of this large museum with a focus on pre-Columbian and Asian art.
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Enjoy a stop at Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery, an entertaining place to visit in Champaign. Attend a sporting event or simply enjoy the top-notch restaurants while you're in the area.
Champaign County Historical Museum
You can spend an afternoon browsing the exhibits at Champaign County Historical Museum in Champaign. Attend a sporting event or simply enjoy the top-notch restaurants while you're in the area.
Our pick of the best Midtown Hotel Deals
I Hotel And Illinois Conference Center
Amazing property. If my son chooses to go to uiuc, this would be my home any time I visit him. Good fitness room, nice hot breakfast and they even provided a quiet room for my son to practice for his music audition
Reviewed on 4 Mar 2026
Hyatt Place Champaign-Urbana
Great location but our room was "worn" . Room 733 TV broken, armoire door broken, only stayed one night so did not report to hotel. Hopefully they address these.
Reviewed on 2 Mar 2026
Eastlake Suites Hotel & Conference Center By OYO Urbana
Will never stay there again. Never ever.
Reviewed on 2 Mar 2026
Best Western Plus Champaign/Urbana Inn
The whole property was really clean! I was really impressed with the staff, especially the cleaning crew. The room was great! It even had great water pressure in the shower. I was really impressed with the equipment in the gym. Breakfast had some great options and I really appreciated the Nespresso ...
Reviewed on 2 Mar 2026
Hotel Royer Urbana Champaign, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
Room was clean, breakfast was good. Restaurant was very cold and music playing was not to my liking (infinite jazz loop) but food and coffee were very good.
Reviewed on 3 Mar 2026
Microtel Inn by Wyndham Champaign
Nice, clean, comfortable hotel. No complaints there. Entrance door a little odd. It's locked, ckerk needs to give you a card thru a little window in order to open the door just to come in and check-in. He or she may leave you standing there for a minute or two as well. Just seemed an odd way to greet ...
Reviewed on 28 Feb 2026
Other neighbourhoods around Midtown
Hill Street East
While Hill Street East may not have many sights to explore, venturing just a little farther will lead you to top things to see and do like Alma Mater and Illini Union Rec Room.
Campustown
When in Campustown, you can plan a visit to Alma Mater and Illini Union Rec Room, some noteworthy sights in the nearby area.
Downtown
If you're spending some time in Downtown, The Virginia Theatre and Orpheum Children's Science Museum are top sights worth seeing.
Clark
While visiting Clark, you might make a stop by sights like Hessel Park and Champaign Public Library.
Champaign Northwest
Champaign Northwest might not have many top sights, but Kaufman Lake and Sholem Aquatic Center are two attractions nearby that you can check out.
Bolten Field
While Bolten Field isn't home to many top sights, Hessel Park and University of Illinois Assembly Hall are some notable places to visit nearby.
