[cool_chick]

The two closest hotels to Old Town are the Marriott Suites Old Town on Third Avenue and a Hyatt. I stayed at the Marriott at the end of November and highly recommend this very nice hotel. This is less than a block away from the Old Town entrance.

Not sure what you mean by nightlife, but there are a few nice bars in Old Town. They're not boom-boom clubs or anything though. But they are nice and fun. Was only there three nights, so if you define what you mean by nightlife, maybe there's another area someone else can recommend....