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Marriott Gold

Owner of the best hotel gym in Des Moines, Marriott deserves major kudos for changing a small, unimpressive workout room into a significant workout experience. High ceilings, a good mix of top-notch Life Fitness cardio machines, a separate strength/dumbbell area and adequate lighting.

Price: Moderately Expensive
Fitness Facility:
Fantastic, recently revamped hotel gym and even a short lap pool for swimmers.
Sheraton West Des Moines Gold

For travelers needing/wanting to stay in the West Des Moines area, this Sheraton is your athletic-minded best bet. The hotel is centrally located among burgeoning West Des Moines office parks, retail strip malls, and commercial buildings.

Price: Moderately Expensive
Fitness Facility:
Best hotel gym in West Des Moines, but offsite downtown options still better.
Des Lux Hotel Silver

In the heart of downtown Des Moines, Des Lux offers a conveniently located boutique accommodation worth the few extra dollars. Each room is uniquely designed and furnished with pillow top mattresses and deluxe linens.

Price: Moderately Expensive
Fitness Facility:
Great onsite facility with cardio and strength equipment - only 10-minute walk for those in search of a community center's lap pool, classes or more equipment.
Embassy Suites Silver

As the closest hotel property to downtown's YMCA, Embassy's location on the Des Moines River provides quick access to the Capitol, City Hall, the River running path and a worthy fitness center/lap pool. In typical Embassy fashion, its atrium-designed hotel offers 234 guest suites with separate li

Price: Moderately Expensive
Fitness Facility:
New gym equipment recently purchased, down the street from a popular run route and across the river from a community center with appealing fitness facilities, including a lap pool.
Holiday Inn Downtown (Mercy Area) Bronze

The Holiday Inn Downtown - Mercy Campus hotel has recently been updated, and is close to some of the biggest attractions in town.

Price: Least Expensive
Fitness Facility:
Small gym on site but close to downtown options.
Marriott West Des Moines Bronze

Here's the bottom line with this Marriott: rooms and amenities are better than its local competition (Sheraton West Des Moines), and the gym equipment is a tad better, too.

Price: Moderately Expensive
Fitness Facility:
Some cardio gems in the mix, but downtown hotels offer much better gym/fitness experience.