Celebrate a new tradition. Experience Chapel Hill, as you never have before. Come and discover The Franklin Hotel, a premiere luxury boutique hotel on Franklin Street in the heart of historic downtown Chapel Hill, opening Fall 2006. The new hotel offers luxury, convenience and unsurpassed attention to detail and personalized service with a gracious and dedicated expert staff. Centrally located at 311 West Franklin Street, The Franklin Hotel is just steps away from the campus of the University of Carolina, Kenan Memorial Stadium, Dean E. Smith Center, Memorial Hall, Morehead Planetarium, fine restaurants, museums, art galleries, theaters and boutiques, and is convenient to I-40, Raleigh Durham Airport, Research Triangle Park, Durham and Hillsborough. Simple elegance with a distinctive classic style in a warm, inviting atmosphere, the upscale hotel features 67 beautifully appointed guestrooms including 7 luxury penthouse suites. The comfortable guestrooms feature expansive high ceilings and either double glass doors that open on to private furnished patio balconies, or large dome windows, both filling the room with beautiful natural light and offering lovely panoramic views of Franklin Street, downtown Chapel Hill and beyond. The elegant guestrooms offer many of the finest modern amenities and secure comforts featuring King or Double Queen luxury pillow-top beds adorned with the finest linens, executive writing desks with speaker and portable phones, private phone number, voicemail, data port and complimentary high speed wireless internet access for a comfortable working environment; in-room distributed audio with local source connections for Ipod with high fidelity sound, 32? wall-mounted LCD HD TV with 145 channels, refrigerator, nightly turndown service, room service, in-room vanity with make-up mirror, luxurious bath amenities and bathrobe, hairdryer, complimentary morning newspaper, guest-controlled safe and valet/laundry service.