There is a much more attractive alternative to a central location in Lexington. About a 15 minute cab drive south from the downtown area, there is an area known as Lexington Green.

This area houses the Hilton Lexington Green suites hotel. All rooms have an attractive bedroom, and adjoining living area.
The hotel is one of the few in the city to offer an outdoor pool (though it's small and open in summer only). But it does overlook a small man-made lake, and is right beside the city's best book shop, a multiplex cinema that claims to be 'arthouse', and the city's most popular seafood restaurant (Regatta's) that often has live music on its patio area.

In addition to this, you are just a five-minute walk from Fayette Mall, the city's best shopping complex that houses Macy's, Dillards, and many stores much loved by the fashion-conscious. The Mall also has some attractive restaurants including P F Changs, a trendy chain featuring quality Chinese dishes. A 10 minute drive away you can find the discreetly located, Guiseppe's, renowned for its excellent Italian food, service, and jazz nights.

Lexington is also home to Keaneland racing track. A visit to the track is enjoyable, and the track has its main annual meeting in October of each year. Lexington is very much a city dominated by a University – the University of Kentucky – but despite the large population of young students, the downtown area lacks the vitality one might thus expect.

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Although downtown Lexington is relatively quiet in terms of traffic, it can be surprisingly noisy. There appears to be sirens wailing from emergency services vehicles on a very frequent basis.

The downtown area lacks any clearly identifiable focal point, but there are a few restaurants that are particularly popular, mainly offering French or Italian cuisine.

There are a limited number of bars and McCarthy's Irish Bar is conspicuously popular. The patio at the back is a very pleasant place to enjoy a post-work pint, but at the weekends the bar is very busy with a young clientele.

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