FL Ocala Holiday Inn Express Silver Springs

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A fairly new hotel (3 yrs old) in Silver Springs which is just a few miles away from Ocala . This

hotel is a bright spot in and around a kind of broken down looking old area that otherwise I would not want to be. While I felt safe on the property and even with my car in their parking lot, I know I would not have had that same feeling just right or left of the property. The back of the hotel is across the street from Silver Springs Park which has environmental things along with water slides etc.

The hotel had a smell to it that I was told came from cleaning the carpets. This hotel has everything you would expect in a Holiday inn express. It offers breakfast, included and their kitchen/eating area is large and spacious. The food is replenished often and variety is offered. hot pancakes, hard boiled eggs, hash brown, scrambled eggs, cinnamon buns. etc. The swimming pool is supposed to be heated but depending on who you talk to you will get two different opinions on whether or not it really is. I thought it was but , I am from the cold CT, Floridians have said absolutely not that this pool is Not heated and is very cold.

The rooms have both refrigerator and microwave. The room I had had two queen beds and were kept very very clean. THe sheets and pillows were clean and changed nightly while i was there. It was refreshing to stay in a hotel where the housekeepers actually have clean sheets to put on the beds and do a good job in your room both prior to your stay and during your stay. The housekeeper was very pleasant. Front desk staff was very pleasant and helpful too. after my stay I was asked to call the hotel direct and they will give me a discount instead of using priceline. I think I will just to see what rate will be given me but we will see if they will give me a lower price than priceline or not. The hotel was not full at all when I was bidding but it seemed kinda hard to get them to accept your offer. SO far the only one in SilverSprings that accepted 2.5 star bids.