Missoula - Montana - United States. Guide & Hotel Reservations from Cheap Hotels

With its strategic location near the head of five valley systems, Missoula, Montana, has been a major commercial center since it was established in 1860. Today it is the county seat and the site of the state university as well as the headquarters of the USDA Forest Service. Due to its mild winters, it has been called the "Garden City" and is only hours away from both Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park.

For accommodations in Missoula, you can choose from charming bed and breakfasts, such as the Cougar Ranch Bed & Breakfast, the Foxglove Bed & Breakfast, which is a 100-year old home with a beautiful garden and swimming pool, or one of many others where you will enjoy home cooked meals. The Snowbowl is a lodge where you can stay to enjoy the great winter sports of the area and even get instruction in skiing. Enjoy the outdoors when you stay in a rustic cabin from either Rock Creek Cabins or the USDA Forest Service. There are four locations where you can park your RV or pitch a tent as well as a plethora of hotels and motels with amenities at your fingertips.

Vegetarians will love the menu at Tipu's Indian Café and Buck's Club is a cyberspace bar where you will meet many new friends. Enjoy the Mexican cuisine at Casa Pablo's and the best pizza around at MacKenzie River Pizza. If fine dining is in your plans, then make reservations at Marianne's at the Wilma and the Pressbox will not only supply you with food, but you can try your hand at the tables in the casino.

Take a tour of the Lola Peak Winery and taste the fine wines this facility produces. However, if it is history you crave, then you will find it at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. Enjoy the elk and natural displays at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the art lover will want to stop at both the Art Museum of Missoula and the Museum of Fine Arts.

Missoula is the outdoor enthusiast's idea of a dream vacation. Opportunities for fishing, hunting, hiking and rafting are all in abundance and you can take summer wilderness horse pack trips, guided and unguided. Winter or summer, this is the ideal place to visit.