Hotel accommodation in and near Amherst MA is very much geared to college life.
Most
visitors come on college business or pleasure,
and when big events such as homecomings,
graduations, and major football matches draw
big crowds to any of the five colleges, rooms
are scarce throughout the area.
Try to reserve well in advance
if you think you'll arrive at a busy time.
Lord Jeffrey Inn
This old-style campus inn at 30 Boltwood
Avenue, Amherst, MA 01002
faces Amherst's Town Common. It's an easy
walk to anyplace on the Amherst College
campus. UMass Amherst is a short drive
or a long walk.
UMass Campus Center Hotel
The hotel in the University of Massachusetts's
Murray D Lincoln Campus Center gives you
a good view of the sprawling campus and
is conveniently at the very center of university
life. The top-floor restaurant is a great
place to dine and see hospitality-industry
students at work.
Motels
Convenient, inexpensive lodging is
located along MA Rte 9 in Hadley MA, on the
way to Northampton. Just cross the Amherst-Hadley
town line and you'll pass the Quality
Inn,
Howard Johnson's, and other clean, comfortable,
serviceable motorist lodgings.