Hotels near University of Central Florida

Many of the travelers who come to Orlando for a vacation might not realize that Orlando is also a college town. Even though the University of Central Florida is among the youngest of Florida’s state universities (it was founded in 1963 to provide technically trained graduates for the nearby Space Coast) UCF is currently Florida’s largest university and the third largest university in the nation by enrollment with almost 54,000 students. With a university this big, there needs to be a variety of places for guests to stay, and fortunately there a number of hotels near the University of Central Florida to choose from.

Hotels within a two mile radius of the University of Central Florida include the LaQuinta Inn and Suites, Crestwood Suites Orlando UCF Hotel, Homewood Suites by Hilton and Days Inn & Suites UCF/Research Park. Many more hotels are located in east Orlando as well as nearby Winter Park, Florida. These hotels are ideally situated for business travelers and are close enough to the local expressways to access downtown Orlando as well the world-famous attractions just south of downtown. Although the main campus of the University of Central Florida is on the east side of town, the newly opened UCF medical school is on the south side of Orlando off of the 417 Greeneway expressway, making it very accessible to the Walt Disney World resort area.