What you get
Modern Decatur Getaway 8 Mi to Downtown Atlanta is a three star property, and the listed facilities are the practical kind rather than the decorative. There is a kitchen with a microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, coffee, a desk, air conditioning and a fan, free wifi and internet access, a TV, and a bathroom with a shower, WC, hairdryer, towels and toiletries. Iron and board, smoke detector and first aid are listed too. Parking and pets allowed are stated. The list is thin where a hotel earns its stars: no breakfast, no restaurant, no lounge, no gym, no pool, no reception desk named, and no lift, though the unit is described as a basement one. Non smoking rooms are specified. Twelve photos are on file.
Modern Decatur Getaway 8 Mi to Downtown Atlanta is a self contained basement unit rather than a serviced hotel, and what it lists tells you the shape of a stay here: you cook, you wash clothes, you park, and you come and go without a front desk to pass. Decatur, Blue/Green is the rail label, and the trail side is Off the loop. Suit it to a longer visit with a car and a pet, to someone who wants a kitchen and their own washing machine and does not mind a basement. Do not book it for a one night airport stop or if you want to be in the middle of the city.
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Where it puts you
Decatur is its own small city six miles out, with a square, a rail station and the best restaurants-per-capita in Georgia. That rail station is on the Blue and Green lines, so you can reach the rest of the system without driving and without a transfer at a downtown hub. The square, the station and the surrounding streets are the walkable part, and they hold most of what you would come here for.
This is off the loop, so the BeltLine trail is not on your doorstep; the trail label reads off the loop. Suits anyone who wants a self-contained town with a rail link and a real restaurant scene. Does not suit anyone who wants to step out onto the BeltLine or be in central Atlanta.
Booking it
Book this one only after you have checked that a basement unit with no reception and no breakfast is genuinely what you want for the length of your stay. 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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