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| Hotel | USD* | Distance | Rating |
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| SpringHill Suites Boise ParkCenter | $111 | 1.2 mi 1.9 km |
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| Doubletree Club Boise | $105 | 2.0 mi 3.2 km |
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| Courtyard by Marriott Boise Downtown | $142 | 2.0 mi 3.3 km |
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| The Grove Hotel | $138 | 2.9 mi 4.7 km |
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| Hampton Inn & Suites Boise Downtown | $110 | 3.0 mi 4.8 km |
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| restaurant | Distance | Rating |
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| Aubergine | 1.1 mi 1.8 km |
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| Barbacoa | 1.5 mi 2.4 km |
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| Cobby's Sandwich Shops | 2.1 mi 3.4 km |
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| Thing to Do | Distance | Rating |
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| Idaho Botanical Garden | 0.2 mi 0.2 km |
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| Morrison-Knudsen Nature Center | 1.6 mi 2.6 km |
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| Zoo Boise | 2.8 mi 4.5 km |
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| Title | Source |
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| “Old Idaho Penitentiary” | Wcities.com |
| “Old Idaho Penitentiary State Historic Site” | PlanetWare.com |
On a recent trip to Boise, ID, we toured the Old State Penitentiary and Rose Garden. The tour was led by man who was at one time at inmate at the prison. The prison was built in 1870, just 10 years after Idaho became a territory. More than 13,000 men spent time in one or another of it's cellhouses during... more
There is not much I can add regarding the penitentiary tour itself that others haven't said other then the lady at the desk immediately asked if we had AAA, and she gave us a discount (keep in mind, admission is only $5 per adult, and her 10% discount came to $1 total, but the effort was nice! Plus, we were... more
Be sure to check this place out! We could've stayed longer but got there an hour to closing time. There's a place where you can see solitary confinement - it was remarkable and a terrible place to have to exist. Also, there's a cool gun room with war memorabilia and next door is an exhibit of wagons, gigs, buggies, up... more
We expected to spend 30 minutes looking over the penitentiary and we ended up staying for 2.5 hours. You can join a tour or you can wander the grounds yourself. Inside some of the buildings, they have displays on electricity and communications and in another they have the herse and several horse carriages from the past. Then they have a... more
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