What you get
Holiday Inn Express Atlanta NE I 85 Clairmont by IHG is a 2 star property on Clairmont Road. The listed facilities cover the basics well: free wifi, free car parking, air conditioning, a 24 hour front desk, express check in, non smoking rooms, family rooms, lifts and a business centre. Rooms list a desk, microwave, refrigerator, TV, hairdryer, iron and board, safe, toiletries and a sofa bed in some cases. A fitness centre and lounge are on the list too. Where it thins out is anything beyond the essentials: bars and a smoking area are about the extent of it, and there is no rail line here, bus and bike are your alternatives.
For a driver breaking a trip on I 85, Holiday Inn Express Atlanta NE I 85 Clairmont by IHG does the job: you park free, sleep, eat breakfast and leave. The 0.3 mi to trail gives you somewhere to walk without moving the car. Families get the sofa bed and family rooms. If you are visiting Atlanta without a car, the Greater Atlanta setting and the lack of rail work against you, and the 2 star rating means no restaurant or lounge beyond the listed bars. Suits drivers and short stays, not a car free city break.
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Where it puts you
These hotels are not in Virginia-Highland. They sit outside the twenty four neighbourhoods this site covers, in the wider metro, and Virginia-Highland is only the nearest of them. Treat that as the main fact about where you are sleeping: you are not in the loop, you are in Greater Atlanta, and you should expect to travel for the things the loop is famous for.
The nearest neighbourhood is bungalow blocks and a walkable village of bars. Almost no hotels, mostly short-let rooms, so book well ahead. The area sits on the northeast side, with no rail, bus and bike instead, and the trail is close by. If you want to be inside the neighbourhood itself, these hotels will not put you there.
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Booking it
Book this one direct if you want the free parking and the I 85 position locked in before you arrive. 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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