What you get
The Atlanta Marriott Marquis lists the things you would expect from a four star hotel in a downtown district. There is a 24 hour front desk, 24H. Security, a concierge, express check in and luggage storage. Eat and drink on site at the restaurant, the bar or snack bar, or order breakfast in room and room service. For meetings there is a banquet room, a business center, copy facilities and wifi. Rooms come with air conditioning, a desk, a safe, iron and board, hairdryer, refrigerator and sofa bed in some cases. The list is thinner on anything specific to Sweet Auburn itself, and the hotel gives nothing about its own neighbourhood.
What that adds up to for someone staying here is a self contained hotel, not a base for exploring on foot. The Atlanta Marriott Marquis has a spa, sauna, steam room, massage, fitness center, outdoor pool and a barber or beauty salon, so you can fill a day without leaving. It has a car rental service, garage parking and valet parking if you arrive by car. Couples and families on an event weekend will find the space and staff. If you want a guesthouse with local colour, or to walk out to bars in Sweet Auburn, this is the wrong choice.
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Where it puts you
These hotels sit in Sweet Auburn, on the east side of town, with the King birth home, Ebenezer Baptist and the curb market inside four blocks. The rail connection is King Memorial, Blue/Green, which puts the rest of the city within reach without a car. The BeltLine is close too: the trail is a short hop from these doors, and the site logs the address at 0.9 on the BeltLine.
Daytime here is walkable and dense with history. After dark it goes quiet, and the quiet suits some travellers and not others. If you want nightlife outside your door, this is the wrong pocket of the city. If you want the civil rights district on foot and a straightforward train ride to everything else, it works. Couples and solo travellers here for the history get the most out of it; groups chasing bars should look elsewhere.
Booking it
Book the Atlanta Marriott Marquis if you want a large hotel with facilities you never have to leave. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. We have not stayed here; the neighbourhood copy is our own.
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