Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Athens

Perfect location to stop on the way to beaches! Very close to I65 & many restaurants. Easy check in & rooms very nice & clean. Pool & hot tub nice & clean. Excellent breakfast with many choices. Parking lot seemed to be very safe too. Lots of hotels at this exit (Athens) but this hotel will be our go-to!

We booked ahead and it was nice to be already checked in when we walked through the lobby door. Room was clean and smelled fresh. Bathroom clean and so nice to find plenty of towels and face cloths. Bed was super comfortable with nice pillows. Lots of interstate noise all night long. We love a Holiday Inn Express breakfast but this was not the case here. Unfortunately they were only using the self service coffee machines and not the dispensers (although we could see them in the kitchen). There was quite a line waiting for coffee because the machine - although it makes a great cup of coffee- takes quite a while to grind the beans then make the coffee. There was one employee filling the food - 1 item at a time. Then both coffee machines needed to have the grounds dumped. Needless to say we left without the experience or breakfast we would have liked. Just needed another employee or two running breakfast.

The accommodations were Great, the one thing that I thought was a negative was the fact you had to pay $3.00 to park your car in a parking lot that is like most Hampton Inns. Nothing special, just a regular parking lot!