Holiday Inn Express & Suites • Palatka Northwest • FL

Holiday Inn Express & Suites – Palatka Northwest – FL

The Holiday Inn Express & Suites Palatka Northwest provided a quiet room that allowed me to get a good nights sleep.

Have you ever stayed in a hotel where the walls were paper thin and you could hear banging around from other guests in the other rooms or upstairs? The next morning I woke up and thought to myself, maybe no one else stayed here last night…

Where is this Holiday Inn Express & Suites?

Holiday Inn Express is a very big chain of hotels of something like 3,000 hotels.
This specific Holiday Inn & Suites is referred to as “Palatka Northwest” due to it’s location.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Palatka Northwest is located on the northwest side of Palatka, Florida.
It’s right next to the Lowe’s entrance on 100, or Reid St.

Address:
3813 Reid St, Palatka, FL 32177

Booking.com:
Holiday Inn Express & Suites – Palatka Northwest

Nearby:
Ravine Garden State Park (Flowers / Nature Preserve)
Hog Waller (ATVs / Mud Bogs)
Fishing the St. Johns River (Info / Guides)

The look of a suite, at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Palatka Northwest FL

Holiday Inn Express & Suites – A Suite

The first thing that caught my attention was the floors and the colors. I thought the carpets looked really nice, and the colors all fit really well together. There was also white tile where I was standing that met with the carpet right at the bottom corner of the fridge. The bathroom was to my left and the white tile continued in there. There was also two shelves to the right that you can’t see in this photo. The suite had a fridge (that I opened, just to show), a microwave, a couple of sinks, a Keurig coffee maker with a couple of different types of coffee along with tea and plenty of cups.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites – Keurig coffee maker

J.R. Watkins Shampoo, Conditioner, Shower Gel

Holiday Inn Express & Suites – King bed

The lights above and to the side of the bed were nice and easy to work with. The bed had four pillows. Two of the pillow cases were marked firm, and two were marked soft. They should have marked the bed “very comfortable”.

Floor level option

If you were curious, the white box on the wall with the wooden frame is the window. When I first checked in at the front desk, they asked me if I preferred to stay on a certain floor. I had the choice to say anything above the 1st floor but it didn’t matter to me at the time.

Right outside the window when I was taking these photos was a family in a van in the parking lot and I didn’t want to take photos of them, so I closed the cover on the window. If I had stayed a floor higher I would have left the window open to see a much better view. I guess this is also a good example on how well the window shades can be at providing privacy. If you would like a better view though, just ask for a higher level when checking in. There are many rooms here and they were also very friendly at the front desk.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites – Chair, Desk, & TV

The TV worked well along with everything else. The A/C was also easy to work with and did a fantastic job! It blew clean and cold air. There were options to keep the fan on, or turn the fan on only when needed. Everything in the room was great!

The room was quiet

The next morning after I woke up I realized that I hadn’t heard a single sound from anyone. At that time I wondered, did anyone else stay here last night? I went back to the cover that I closed on the window before and opened it. I was very surprised to see a parking lot that was packed. There wasn’t that many people in the parking lot when I arrived. There must have been many people that arrived later that night.

Parking lot, Holiday Inn Express & Suites

I walked out into the parking lot and took this photo. In the parking lot there were multiple trucks pulling ATVs, trucks with bass boats, other vehicles, and even a tour bus. Where did all of these people go? I didn’t hear anyone…

Maybe things change here depending on what’s going on or what rooms people stay in. I don’t know, but it was silent where I stayed. Maybe the Holiday Inn & Suites Palatka Northwest are doing a great job at spreading the people out in the hotel, or maybe the hotel was just built well. I don’t know, and I’m only able to tell you about my one night experience here. If you are looking for a quiet place to sleep, I think you will probably find that here.

A little more info

A couple of other things I didn’t mention, was that they do have a pool in the back, and they did have free breakfast in the morning. I noticed in the parking lot a couple of trucks taking up 5 parking spots, so it looked like they were pretty relaxed about that. The ATVs were probably heading to Hog Waller in the morning, and the bass boats were probably headed to the Saint Johns river where there is extremely good bass fishing. There are more photos and information on this hotel if you follow the booking link below.

Have you stayed at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Palatka Northwest? Let us know your thoughts! Also, do you know of any interesting, enjoyable things to do near this hotel? Let us know in the comments below!