Best Western Rockaway Hotel
Bring your pet with you as long as he weighs less than 50 pounds because Best Western Rockaway Hotel is pet-friendly. Stay there and walk to many of the community's stores and restaurants. If you have the time, walk to the historic Waterloo Village, a local highlight for natives and visitors. Wake up each morning to a free continental breakfast, swim in the on-site pool or work out in the health center. Relax in your comfortable room with cable television including movie channels, Internet access, a refrigerator and microwave oven, an iron and a hair dryer. Trade up for a suite that has all these amenities plus a Jacuzzi. The 2009 prices fall as low as $68.99.
Best Western Rockaway Hotel
14 Greenpond Rd.
Rockaway, NJ 07866
(973) 625-1200
book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=31055
Hilton Garden Inn Rockaway
The 162-room Hilton Garden Inn Rockaway is next to the Rockaway Mall where you can shop to your heart's content and only an hour's ride to New York City. Unwind in your comfortable accommodations with a microwave oven, a refrigerator and a coffee maker, a cable television, Internet access, two dual-line telephones with voice mail, an ironing board and iron and a hair dryer. Grab a meal at the full-service Great American Grill or a snack at the Pavilion Pantry Gift Shop, which is open 24/7. Take a dip in the on-site heated indoor swimming pool or work out in the hotel's fitness center. Pay as little as $101.16 based on 2009 prices.
Hilton Garden Inn Rockaway
375 Mount Hope Ave.
Rockaway, NJ 07866
(973) 328-0600
hiltongardeninn.com/en/gi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=EWRROGI
Embassy Suites Parsippany
Embassy Suites Hotel Parsippany is less than two miles away from Rockaway, and about 30 miles from New York City. If you have tickets to a sporting event at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, you'll be only 22 miles away. Work out in the on-site health center, take a swim in the hotel's indoor pool, and have a meal at the restaurant just off the lobby. Enjoy a free hot breakfast each morning, and the front desk is available 24/7 for requests. Each evening during the week, get acquainted with other guests at the Manager's reception. Decompress in your comfortable suite with its microwave oven, refrigerator, Internet access, two cable televisions and telephones, a coffee maker, an iron and ironing board and a hair dryer. The layout is ideal with your bedroom separated from your living area by a wall. The 2009 room rate is $109.00.
Embassy Suites Parsippany
909 Parsippany Blvd.
Parsippany, NJ 07054
(973) 334-1440
embassysuites1.hilton.com/en_US/es/hotel/PRNNJES-Embassy-Suites-Parsippany-New-Jersey/index.do
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