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Embassy Suites Tampa - USF/Near Busch Gardens
Real Traveler Rating: 4.5 out of 5 based on 180 reviews from 5 sources
Highly Recommended
Clean: Rating of 4.4 out of 5
Service: Rating of 4.5 out of 5
Location: Rating of 4.7 out of 5
Value: Rating of 3.9 out of 5
Room: Rating of 4.5 out of 5
call to book: 1-800-546-4167 hotels.com
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Highly Recommended
Based on 180 reviews
from 5 sources
  • Overall: Rating of 4.5 out of 5

    "Recommend as a great family friendly hotel for family visit and also was close (walking) to the FSU as we visited the bookstore for FSU wear and viewed campus since my 17 year old son is planning to look universities for next year." source Hotels.com

    "1 mile from Busch Gardens and Adventure Island, this hotel has a pool, hot tub, exercise room, manager special every night, arcade for the kids, the hotel restaurant is spend but very nice atmosphere." source Priceline

    "Would stay again when in theTampa area." source Travelocity

    "would stay there again." source Expedia

    "Would reccomend this hotel and will stay there again next time I'm in town." source Hotels.com

  • Clean: Rating of 4.4 out of 5

    "I was impressed by how clean the hotel was in general." source Orbitz

    "Close to Bush Gardens, nice and clean. Hotel was close to Bush Gardens, nice and clean." source Priceline

    "The suite was spotless, and the staff that i came in contact with could not have been nicer." source Travelocity

    "The tables always needed cleaned and they had Â’reservedÂ’ on many tables when a lot of people were standing around to find a seat." source Expedia

    "The rooms were clean and large and having a separate room for kids was definitely a plus." source Priceline

  • Service: Rating of 4.5 out of 5

    "Close to BG, shuttle service was great, the complimentary breakfast and evening cocktails were excellent." source Orbitz

    "Great room, great hotel location, wonderful service." source Hotels.com

    "Good location, nice pool, friendly staff, good breakfast and managers reception in evening, good restaurant, I had stay again in a different room." source Priceline

    "I have stayed at this hotel six times since March 2008 because of the location and shuttle service." source Travelocity

    "It was a man from room service with a tray containing cheese, fruit and crackers and an anniversary card." source Expedia

  • Location: Rating of 4.7 out of 5

    "This hotel is located on the USF campus." source Orbitz

    "The hotel is terrific and the staff is extremely helpful and friendly the location is perfectly near the shopping malls, restaurants, bush gardened." source Priceline

    "Location was right down the road from Busch Gardens. Suite was quite spacious for the four of us with bedroom separate from living room area." source Travelocity

    "We enjoyed our stay at this hotel, we were doing lots of traveling and it was the best by far with comfort, location, and cleanliness." source Priceline

    "The food was ok, but bacon and sausage is rationed out instead of being in the buffet area." source Travelocity

  • Room: Rating of 4.5 out of 5

    "The rooms are nice and big (similar to all Embassy Suites). Unfortunately we were stuck with a smoking room and since there was no front desk staff to be found, we had to push our way through the stubborn Automatic Check-in Machine." source Priceline

    "1 mile from the park, hot breakfast and plenty of space in the hotel room." source Travelocity

    "Room and hotel were clean and well kept." source Expedia

    "I like that the hotel had open indoor room all facing each other. The hotel rooms are very nice." source Priceline

    "Rooms were large and clean; first day it wasn't cleaned though." source Travelocity

More information on Embassy Suites Tampa - USF/Near Busch Gardens

The Embassy Suites Tampa - USF hotel, the proud home of the USF Bulls, is located on the campus of the University of South Florida and the new USF Research Park. The Embassy Suites hotel is just one mile from the Busch Gardens - Adventure Island Tampa Bay Theme Parks, the Moffitt Cancer Center, the Tampa Shriners Children's Hospital, the University Square Shopping Mall and the Museum of Science and Industry - MOSI. This upscale full-service all-suite hotel is just minutes from Raymond James Stadium - home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Legends Field - the spring home of the New York Yankees and Tampa Yankees, the St. Pete Times Forum, Tropicana Field - home of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the Florida Aquarium - Tampa Bay, the Florida State Fairgrounds, Lowry Park Zoo, the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, the Tampa Museum of Art, the Tampa Greyhound Track and the shops and restaurants of Ybor City.Guests of the Embassy Suites Tampa USF hotel stay in spacious two-room suites and receive a complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast, a complimentary nightly manager's reception and high-speed internet access for a nominal charge. The Embassy Suites Tampa USF hotel offers complimentary parking and a complimentary shuttle based on availability to the Busch Gardens theme park.

Check-in Time:

3 p.m.

Check-out Time:

12 p.m.

Year Built:

1998

Year Renovated:

1998

Total Rooms:

247 rooms.247

Total Floors:

7 floors.

Rooms:

247

Cancellation Policy

6 pm day of arrival

Directions

This beautiful garden atrium hotel is located in north Tampa at the intersection of Fowler and Spectrum Blvd. just off I-275 and I-75 adjacent to the University of South Florida in the Tampa Bay area research and development park. Only one mile from Busch Gardens and strategically locatedbetween Orlando and the sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.Tampa International Airport 16 MI NE.Greyhound Bus Company 10 MI NE.Amtrak 10 MI NE.Downtown 10 MI NE.

Area

Tampa, Florida

Pets

False

Attractions

Busch Gardens 1 Mile University of South Florida 1 Mile Florida Aquarium 8 Miles Museum of Science & Industry 1 Mile Tampa Greyhound Track 3 Miles Tampa Museum of Art 10 Miles Lowry Park Zoo 10 Miles University Mall 1 Mile Hyde Park 11 Miles Ice Palace 9 Mile

Dining

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