The Best Hotels for First Time Visitors in Columbus

Columbus Marriott

Perfect for Your First Time in Columbus

Located at 800 Front Avenue, Columbus Marriott has great rooms from $183 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar. It has a terrific 8.60 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. Only 0.4 miles from the city center, first time visitors will especially love parking, laundry services, laundry facilities, bicycle rental, and a free airport shuttle at this relaxing hotel. You'll enjoy relaxing while having room service delivered.

AC Hotels by Marriott Columbus Downtown, GA

Perfect for First-Timers

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

A great place to stay is AC Hotels by Marriott Columbus Downtown, GA which has nice rooms starting at $164. Offering a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, parking, and laundry services, it also has a great guest rating of 9.00 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 1225 Broadway. This convenient hotel is also nice because it offers laundry facilities, bicycle rental, air-conditioning, a 24-hour desk, and a refrigerator which visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 0.7 miles from the city center. Unwinding at the restaurant after sightseeing is a nice way to end the day.

Hyatt Place Columbus-North

Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Columbus

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.
• Family-Friendly

We found Hyatt Place Columbus-North to be a great place to stay, and the price starts at $113. We loved that is has an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar, and it also has a terrific guest rating of 8.00 out of 10 from previous guests. It's located at 2974 North Lake Parkway. You'll also find laundry services, golf, pet-friendly rooms, free parking, and mini-golf which travelers will love. And this fun hotel is just 6.7 miles from the center of town. Make sure to set aside some time for swimming in the pool, too. It's a great value, too, because it's less than the average price for first time trip hotels.

Hotel Indigo Columbus At Riverfront Place By IHG

Perfect Hotel to Make the Most of Your First Visit

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Heated pool

With terrific rooms from $158, Hotel Indigo Columbus At Riverfront Place By IHG, at 21 West 14th Street provides an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar. Its terrific guest rating is 8.80 out of 10 from previous guests staying here. New visitors will really like this amazing hotel which also offers laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, family rooms, a heated pool, and air-conditioning. It's located just 0.9 miles from the city center, too. It's always nice having a heated pool to relax in.

City Mills Hotel

Great Hotel for First Time Visitors

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

City Mills Hotel has a great guest rating of 9.40 out of 10, and offers a restaurant, a bar, laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, and free parking. The great rooms here start at $171 before taxes and depending on the season. It can be found at 1801 1st Avenue. Furthermore, it also offers air-conditioning, a 24-hour desk, a microwave, and a refrigerator, which is nice for first time visitors. Just 1.3 miles from the city center, this fantastic hotel is a terrific choice.

Hilton Garden Inn Columbus

Perfect for Your First Visit to Columbus

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.
• Family-Friendly

The great guest rating of Hilton Garden Inn Columbus is 8.40 out of 10. This place has room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and laundry services. Prices for the terrific rooms are from $121, and it's located at 1500 Bradley Lake Boulevard. We also love the pet-friendly rooms, an indoor pool, free parking, laundry facilities, and family rooms which are great for visitors. And since it's just 5.3 miles from the center of the town, the location is great, too. Having an indoor pool means that you can swim and have fun any time of the year. The price of this hotel is less than average for first time trip hotels, which makes it a great value.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Columbus

A Good Stay for Your First Trip

• Family-Friendly

A cool place is DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Columbus because it has great rooms that start at $136. It has an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar, it also earned a great guest rating of 8.10 out of 10 from people who have stayed here before. It's found at 5351 Sidney Simons Boulevard. Only 4.4 miles from the city center, travelers will especially love laundry services, golf, free parking, laundry facilities, and a free airport shuttle at this convenient hotel.

Residence Inn by Marriott Columbus

Perfect for Your First Time in Columbus

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

Residence Inn by Marriott Columbus offers an outdoor pool, a fitness center, rooms with kitchens, rooms with kitchenettes, and laundry services which we really like. The terrific rooms here start at $147 (before taxes). It's located at 2670 Adams Farm Drive and has earned a guest rating of 9.00/10. This fun hotel is also nice because it offers pet-friendly rooms, free parking, laundry facilities, bicycle rental, and tennis which new visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 6.2 miles from the city center. The kitchen in the room is great, because you can cook your own meals to save time and money.

Staybridge Suites Columbus - Fort Benning By IHG

Perfect for First-Timers

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.
• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

Located at 1678 Whittlesey Road, Staybridge Suites Columbus - Fort Benning By IHG has great rooms from $120 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, a fitness center, rooms with kitchenettes, laundry services, and pet-friendly rooms. It has a terrific 8.80 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. You'll also find free parking, laundry facilities, air-conditioning, a 24-hour desk, and a microwave which first time visitors will love. And this amazing hotel is just 5.5 miles from the center of town. We always love being able to prepare simple meals in a hotel room, and the kitchenette here was teriffic. It's a great value, as the price is less than the average for first time trip hotels.

Hampton Inn by Hilton Columbus Downtown

Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Columbus

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

A great place to stay is Hampton Inn by Hilton Columbus Downtown which has nice rooms starting at $156. Offering a fitness center, pet-friendly rooms, an indoor pool, bicycle rental, and family rooms, it also has a great guest rating of 9.30 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 1201 Broadway Avenue. Visitors will really like this fantastic hotel which also offers air-conditioning, a 24-hour desk, a microwave, a refrigerator, and an EV charging station. It's located just 0.7 miles from the city center, too.