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title: "Illinois"
description: "Independent hotel guides, travel articles, and travel videos for Illinois."
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# Illinois
Primary place hint: Illinois
## Breadcrumbs
[North America](https://www.indietravelguides.com/en/destinations/north-america) > [USA](https://www.indietravelguides.com/en/destinations/usa) > [Illinois](https://www.indietravelguides.com/en/destinations/illinois)
## Places in this area
- [Chicago](https://www.indietravelguides.com/en/destinations/chicago) (0 destinations)
## Hotel Guides
- [Spectacular Hotel Views](https://spectacularhotelviews.com/en/rankings/illinois) (spectacularhotelviews.com)
  Spectacular Hotel Views is the defintive guide to the world's best hotel views. It has over 600 destination rankings with hotels ranked by view quality, uniqueness, and breadth of availability across the property, has a searchable database of 2,500+ hotels with exceptional views and also allows you to browse by view type. Their Illinois ranking provides a useful guide for finding hotels in Illinois with the best hotel views.
## Travel Guides And Blogs
- [ViaTravelers](https://viatravelers.com/destinations/illinois/) (viatravelers.com)
  ViaTravelers is a travel media and planning site combining destination guides with structured trip-planning and comparison tools. Their Illinois travel guide is a practical statewide overview, covering things to do, where to stay, getting around, and trip-planning tips.
- [Lonely Planet](https://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/usa/great-lakes/illinois) (lonelyplanet.com)
  Lonely Planet is a major travel guide publisher offering professionally edited destination guides, articles, books, and planning resources. Their Illinois destination guide gives readers a well-rounded introduction to travel in the state, including when and where to visit.
- [Be My Travel Muse](https://www.bemytravelmuse.com/illinois-guide/) (bemytravelmuse.com)
  Be My Travel Muse is a solo female travel blog and travel business with adventure, nature, and planning-focused coverage. The Illinois guide is a helpful planning resource, bringing together things to do, when to visit, and where to stay.
- [Ciao Bambino](https://ciaobambino.com/blog_destinations/north-america/usa/illinois) (ciaobambino.com)
  Ciao Bambino is a family travel agency and travel site with destination-planning content focused on custom family vacations. Their Illinois family-travel collection is useful for parents, directing readers toward expert posts about planning trips in the state.
## Travel Videos
- [Through My Lens](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1u6sUBfqjA) (youtube.com)
  Through My Lens is a travel channel sharing informative videos from trips to places around the world. This Route 66 road trip video gives a helpful Illinois-focused route, including the Gemini Giant, Cozy Dog Drive-In, and Pontiac Museum.