Orlando comes with an outstanding and temperate climate that caters to everyone’s understandable need for sun. It has sunny weather year-round, and very moderate seasonal changes. In addition to superb weather, the area also offers practically every outdoor recreational activity imaginable, as well as museums, fine dining, theatre, concerts, sporting events, and several beaches. Since weather is no object, golf, swimming, tanning, tennis, fishing, water skiing and other outdoor activities can be enjoyed year-round. Orlando hotels are available for anyone seeking some fun in the sun.
Areas of Orlando
For convenience, many web sites divide the area into its main zones so that you can choose, by location, where you want to find Orlando hotels.
- Disney Gates is one place where there are numerous hotel options, just outside the three main gates to the attraction.
- Disney/Lake Buena Vista is an area that features the Disney hotels as well as other major chains.
- Airport/Florida Mall includes hotel options on the east end of downtown around the international airport and mall.
- International drive is the three-mile strip, housing Universal Studios and the Orlando Convention Center as well as a nexus of hotels, restaurants, and attractions.
- Metro Orlando has hotel options in areas like Sea World and downtown.
- The Kissimmi/St. Cloud area is just southeast of the Disney resort area and offers travelers hotel and motel selections.
- North Orlando refers to the northern side near the towns of Maitland, Altamonte Springs, Winter Park, and others.
- The University zone is near the University of Central Florida (UCF) campus on the east side of town.
- Winter Haven is an area that provides hotels along the I-4 corridor southwest of Orlando and east of Tampa.
Discount Orlando hotels
Hotels can be pricey. There are, however, hundreds of other options for anyone looking to save a little extra green for the fabulous food and entertainment that Florida has to offer. There are inexpensive and quaint bed and breakfasts for people looking for the more homey approach for their temporary abode. Motels are in abundance as well for a cheap yet nice way to sleep. Hotwire (www.hotwire.com) provides lists of discount hotels. There are slightly less expensive hotels in key areas such as Grosvenor Resort in Walt Disney World resort with rooms available for just $70 a night. The Hilton in the Walt Disney World resort, as well, has rooms for just $80 a night with fantastic room and resort amenities. The Holiday Inn in the Walt Disney World resort also has rooms for $80.
Most popular Orlando hotels
For people with a larger price range, fantastic hotels are plentiful. For all the top attractions, such as Epcot, the Magic Kingdom, SeaWorld, and others, luxury hotels are available practically on site. The most popular place to stay is The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Grande Lakes. It has five hundred and eighty rooms ranging from $239 to $916 a night. The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress is also an incredible hotel with 7,050 rooms ranging in price from $205 to $1400 per night. JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes hotel is on central Florida parkway with a thousand rooms at $229 to $329 a night. Disney’s Wilderness Lodge is also popular. It is nestled in the Magic Kingdom with seven hundred rooms at $151 to $300 per night. Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground is a smaller hotel ranging from $180 to $737. Regardless of what you are looking for in your stay in Florida, there is always something for everyone.
By Kristin Lockwood