Welcome to the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites of Sparta, Illinois Ideally located two miles from historic downtown Sparta & one mile from the community airport, our friendly Sparta, IL accommodations offer travelers easy access to a number of local businesses, restaurants and attractions. Just minutes from our hotel near downtown Sparta, guests can tour the Misselhorn Art Gallery, explore the Illinois Caverns, attend events at the Randolph County Fairgrounds, golf at the Sparta Country Club or watch a tournament at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex. Visitors can also enjoy local restaurants such as Southside Ribs, Frontier Steakhouse, Cam's Pizza or Carmichael's. Business travelers can appreciate this Sparta hotel's convenient location near corporate interests such as Baldwin Power Plant, Prairie State Energy Campus, Sparta Hospital, Red Bud Industries, Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation, CTS Telecommunications Services, Spartan Light Metal Products Inc, Harrisonville Telephone