Take Advantage of our Appleton Hotel's Convenient Location
The Radisson Paper Valley Appleton Hotel is located on College Avenue off Hwy 41 in the heart of downtown, a prime spot for exploring the city's attractions. Over 40 unique bars and restaurants are within walking distance of the hotel, as well as several museums and the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. Take an exciting day trip to Milwaukee or Madison, less than two hours from our Appleton hotel, or visit the busy city of Chicago, only three hours away.
Attractions near our Appleton hotel include:
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center(0.1 miles from hotel) Located in the heart of downtown Appleton, the Arts Center brings you sophisticated entertainment in a grand setting. Phone: (920) 730-3782
Barlow Planetarium (2.9 miles from hotel) The Barlow Planetarium's 48-foot projection dome has wowed many a starry-eyed spectator. Located in the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, the planetarium is an adventure that is literally out of this world. Phone: (920) 832-2868
The Building for Kids Children's Museum(0.2 miles from hotel) Building imagination, creativity and confidence, this museum near our Appleton hotel provides families with educational entertainment and fun. Phone: (920) 734-3226
Fox River Mall(0.2 miles from hotel) The Fox River Mall provides sensational shopping at over 180 stores. Phone: (800) 876-6255
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers(3.4 miles from hotel) Baseball fans will enjoy supporting this Class A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. Take your kids out to the ballgame for nine innings of family fun. Phone: (920) 733-4152
Houdini Museum(0.4 miles from hotel) Unlock the mystery behind some of Harry Houdini's famous tricks at this museum dedicated to his life and career, located in his hometown of Appleton, WI. Phone: (920) 735-9370
Weis Earth Science Museum(2.9 miles from hotel) Get your hands dirty at the official State Mineralogical Museum of Wisconsin. Interesting and educational for the whole family, this interactive museum allows you to witness the geological evolution of Wisconsin's landscape and learn the history of the mining industry that was central to the state's development. Phone: (920) 832-2925
Outagamie County Regional Airport(5.2 miles from hotel) This former home to Midwest Airlines has service to six major hubs. Phone: (920) 832-5267
Lambeau Field(30 miles from hotel) Visit the home of Wisconsin's beloved Green Bay Packers. Attend a game, or take a tour of the stadium where the history of football's most storied franchise comes alive. Phone: (920) 569-7513
Sitting on bluffs high above the Fox River, Appleton has long been considered the cultural heart and soul of the Fox River Valley, in large part due to the presence of Lawrence University, a liberal arts college with strong music and performing arts programs. The city itself has spawned a few performers and artists over the years, from writer Edna Ferber to actor Willem Dafoe and master illusionist and "debunker of fake mediums and spiritualists" Harry Houdini. College Avenue - or "The Ave," as locals call it - is the city's social, economic, and cultural centerpiece, featuring an eclectic cross-section of bars, pubs, restaurants, and coffee shops, as well as specialty shops and the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, which opened in early 2003. Meanwhile, along the Highway 41 corridor are the Fox River Mall, strip malls, Regal Cinemas College Avenue 16, and dozens of popular chain restaurants, all of which give Appleton an impressive mix of old and new, of locally-owned and franchised. For outdoor enthusiasts, the area around Appleton offers the chance to enjoy nature, whether taking in views from High Cliff State Park, fishing for sturgeon on Lake Winnebago, or boating on the river itself. Indeed, Appletonians take pride in the big city opportunities available in their small town, and well they should - as Edna Ferber once wrote, "Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets."
Did you know?
The star of such movies as "The Last Temptation of Christ," "Mississippi Burning," "Platoon," and "Spiderman," noted stage and screen actor Willem Dafoe was born in Appleton on 22 July 1955. His role as the noble, shaman-like Sergeant Elias in "Platoon" earned him the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1986, and he is immortalized in promo material for the movie, on his knees, arms thrown to the heavens.