Jacksonville lies in northeastern Florida on the Atlantic Ocean.
San Jose, Florida is a small town on the southern edge of Jacksonville, Florida. The town is close to Interstate 95 and the I-295 loop that rings Jacksonville. Numerous hotels and motels are near San Jose, given its proximity to St. Luke's Hospital, the Mayo Clinic, the University of Florida and abundant shopping areas. The hotels range from more luxurious hotels like the Marriott and the Radisson to more basic hotels like Best Western and La Quinta.
Radisson
The Radisson Hotel in south Jacksonville lies close to San Jose, the I-95, I-295, and St. Luke's Hospital. The hotel has 164 rooms along with three suites. All the rooms and suites have inflatable beds, a type of mattress that allows users to inflate or deflate their beds for maximum comfort. The rooms and suites include 32 inch plasma televisions, secure safes, a cordless phone, along with another speaker phone. The hotel provides room service from its on-site restaurant. Hotel amenities include an outdoor pool and hot tub, a sundries shop and shuttle services to local businesses within a three-mile radius, including the newly constructed St. John's Town Center Mall, which has many shops and restaurants.
Marriott: Jacksonville
The Marriott Hotel in Jacksonville has nine floors, five suites and 250 rooms. The hotel has 16 meeting rooms, making it one of the largest hotels in the area to host meetings or conventions. Two restaurants provide meals for guests. The state of Florida certified the Marriot in this Jacksonville location as Green Certified. The hotel provides wired and wireless Internet throughout. The hotel has both an indoor and outdoor pool and a hot tub. Hotel guests can use the on-site fitness center. The Mandarin Museum and Historical Society operates the Walter Jones Historical Park not far from this hotel where visitors can tour the grounds of the old farmhouse and picnic in the park.
La Quinta
The La Quinta near I-295 in the Jacksonville area has six floors, six suites and 131 rooms. The hotel allows pets for an extra charge, provides a complimentary breakfast, has a fitness center and an outdoor pool. Three restaurants are within walking distance of La Quinta, including Cracker Barrel, Applebee's and Dave & Busters. La Quinta is not far from the Regency Square Mall and the Baymeadows Golf Club, a par 72, semi-private golf course.
Best Western
The Best Western has 183 guest rooms, all of which have microwaves and refrigerators, irons and ironing boards, coffee makers, hair dryers, and in-room movies. The hotel provides a coffee or tea maker, dataports in each room, and work desks. Access to the rooms is through interior corridors and elevators. Guests can work out in the fitness room and swim in the outdoor pool or use the sauna. The Best Western also provides meeting rooms and some business services including faxing and copying, along with an Internet cafe. An on-site laundry is available for guests. The front desk is open 24 hours a day. The hotel is just 10 miles from Jacksonville Beach and the TPC at Sawgrass golf course, and eight miles from downtown Jacksonville.
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