Dave Smith wrote in message ...

The Sheraton Fallsview and the Marriot are both on the hill overlooking
the falls and have lots of rooms facing it. Neither is cheap, but the
tourist business has been slow for the last year or so and there are some
deals available.

We stayed at the Sheraton Fallsview last July. We had a "fallsview"
room w/ the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the falls. The
door/window when open is not for the faint-of-heart/heights. The
rooms were nice but I don't remember the hotel being particularly
memorable. IIRC, I think we paid in the neighborhood of $175-$200 US.
This was over a holiday in the summer, and although it wasn't rack
rate, it was close. Nice view. Good location.

Be aware that Starwood/Sheraton operates two Sheraton's in the area
--- and we found that their 800# is a little sneaky in where they put
you. The two are "Sheraton by the Falls" and "Sheraton Fallsview",
which are of course two different hotels. "Sheraton Fallsview" seems
to be the more popular of the two, and offers slightly lower rates
than "Sheraton by the Falls". "Sheraton by the Falls" isn't on the
"strip" perse, and is located about 1 mile away from the action. I
wouldn't suggest staying here unless you want to do a lot of walking.

I could swear the 800# tries the push the less popular "Sheraton by
the Falls", probably as a result of low occupancy. When both myself
and another couple called(multiple times) to specifically ask
prices/availability for "Sheraton Fallsview", the customer service
agent consistently said, "Why don't you stay at the Sheraton by the
Falls instead?". After the second time, I asked, "Why this one and
not the one located immediately next the action, casino, etc?" She had
no real answer.

Niagara Falls on the whole is overly commercialized, too touristy, etc
Cheap plastic souvenir / t-shirt shops everyplace. Big neon-signs
ala Las Vegas come to mind. If we went again, we would definitely
stay at Niagara-on-the-Lake, and visit Niagara Falls for one day,
rather than the other way around.

Several people suggested we spend more time at Niagara-on-the-lake
before we went, and I really should have listened!
Niagara-on-the-lake is very quaint, nice cafes, shops, etc. The
vineyards are fun to visit as well. It's literally 20 mins? from
Niagara falls.

Hope this helps.

Keith
Pittsburgh