Element Denver Park Meadows

In the maze of business travelers’ lodgings that is the Denver Tech Center, this extended-stay Starwood property offers the most bang for the buck. The look is unusually stylish for the suburban genre: modern, clean and serene in earth tones from the lobby flanked by a patio with an open-access BBQ grill to the rooms and suites designed with both ergonomics and ecology in mind—not to mention hunger, as all contain kitchenettes. Of course, there’s also free breakfast and happy-hour service and a 24-hour bodega (but if you’re up for a quick outing, you’ll find excellent Peruvian food at Pisco Sour and fine pizza at popular parlor Racca’s nearby). Add a 24/7 gym and business center as well as an indoor pool, and you’ve got a reliably complete package.