Independence Square Hotel — Hotel in Aspen

Quirky nice hotel with a great central location. The entrance to the hotel is on the pedestrian plaza so you can't drive any closer than 50-100 feet. The entrance is a stairwell below ground. So you have to lug your luggage from the car to the stairs then down 2 flights of stairs to the elevator. The rooms are on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the building, there are stores on the first floor. We had a late check in so they gave us the security code to get in and our info/room key was at the lobby desk. Our room was very large with a good view. We stayed for 3 nights and enjoyed it. fridge, microwave and sink, walk in closet. The hotel is right next to Belly Up - the concert venue at Aspen. There were shows while we were there and you could hear it, and the patrons when they left late at night. Roof top area was very nice. We did not try the hot tub, but it looked nice. Location is right in the heart of Aspen, pretty much everything is easily walkable. Parking in Aspen is a royal pain. The hotel will give you a pass for your car and then you can park on any residential street, but they are not near the hotel, so you will be walking a few blocks to your car. This was not a problem for us as once we parked we didn't go back to our car til we left. The free bus service main station is right next door - including the bus to Aspen Highlands which takes you to the Maroon Bells shuttle. This definitely is the easiest and cheapest way to go to Maroon Bells. The gondola to the top of the mountain is a block or 2 away. Shops and restaurants are very close. Overall a good place to stay, however if you have any physical disabilities this may be a difficult one...

Quirky nice hotel with a great central location. The entrance to the hotel is on the pedestrian plaza so you can't drive any closer than 50-100 feet. The entrance is a stairwell below ground. So you have to lug your luggage from the car to the stairs then down 2 flights of stairs to the elevator. The rooms are on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the building, there are stores on the first floor. We had a late check in so they gave us the security code to get in and our info/room key was at the lobby desk. Our room was very large with a good view. We stayed for 3 nights and enjoyed it. fridge, microwave and sink, walk in closet. The hotel is right next to Belly Up - the concert venue at Aspen. There were shows while we were there and you could hear it, and the patrons when they left late at night. Roof top area was very nice. We did not try the hot tub, but it looked nice. Location is right in the heart of Aspen, pretty much everything is easily walkable. Parking in Aspen is a royal pain. The hotel will give you a pass for your car and then you can park on any residential street, but they are not near the hotel, so you will be walking a few blocks to your car. This was not a problem for us as once we parked we didn't go back to our car til we left. The free bus service main station is right next door - including the bus to Aspen Highlands which takes you to the Maroon Bells shuttle. This definitely is the easiest and cheapest way to go to Maroon Bells. The gondola to the top of the mountain is a block or 2 away. Shops and restaurants are very close. Overall a good place to stay, however if you have any physical disabilities this may be a difficult one...

Would not stay here again for the price. This is a condo-hotel, not a true hotel. Every room is different. Ours was dated which we didn’t mind. We loved the location and the roof top hot tub and that was it.

Our stay was extremely noisey at night and early mornings as the building is old with thin glass windows. Yes there is a bar on the same block but the location is the middle of town- some night life noise is to be expected. We had housekeeping (i hope?) use the trash chute every morning at 5:30am ish- right ouside our room; snow sweeping at 6:30am right outside our window on Saturday morning, and pillows are basically tissue paper and our bed didn’t have a comforter- just two flat sheets with a blanket between. Our room’s window treatments were shutters, which don’t block out the light coming from outside. We got about 3 hours of sleep per night (morning, actually) because if the noise and unavoidable ambient light.

The hot tub is great but doesn’t heat past 100 degrees

Pillows, window treatments, new bedding could definitely make a big difference. I would not stay here again because of the daily late night AND early...