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Hotels


Holiday Inn Express & Suites Oak Ridge
114 Tulsa Road
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Hampton Inn Oak Ridge
208 S Illinois Ave
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Staybridge Suites Oak Ridge
420 S Illinois Ave
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Vista Inn Oak Ridge
1590 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Oak Ridge - Knoxville
215 S Illinois Ave
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

DAYS INN OAK RIDGE
206 South Illinois Avenue
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Quality Inn Oak Ridge
216 S Rutgers Ave
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Comfort Inn
433 S Rutgers Ave
Oak Ridge, Tennessee


Hotel Tips

Call ahead to make sure your reservation is still active and rebook if there are any price drops or changes in number of people staying with you. Another cost saving tips is to bundle the stay with airport parking and shuttle to avoid hefty fees.

Always find a reason to email the front desk manager in hotels that you plan to visit again. Tell them what they did right and express your plans to stay again and ask what opportunities there might be for frequent discounts or upgrades on your next visits. If you become friends with the manager, you just might get the friends and family rate some day.

Policies vary on the availability of pet friendly rooms to it is wise to be open, honest and upfront during the booking process. You may find yourself kicked out or even paying a large deposit if you are not in a pet-friendly hotel and bring one anyway. New ADA laws are fuzzy though as service animals are not required to be documented and proprietors are legally not allowed to ask if the animal is a pet vs. a service animal.



Things To Do

Oak Ridge helps you expand your skills and learn some new ways to expand your artisan flare? Sign up for classes at your kitchen supply store, yarn shop, art and craft shop and photo gallery. You'll be having great fun with your new friends as you you take on that next project.

Oak Ridge visitors are always welcome and you will receive exceptional service from local merchant-owners as opposed to staff at the big box retailers. We take the extra time to make sure that you how to make best use of your purchase and that you get exactly what you need.

Oak Ridge is a great place to rent a bike and take it for a ride around downtown. There are many bike shops that sell bike and accessories as well as provide service and tuning on your ride. Don't forget your helmet and other protective gear such as reflective gear, headlight and horn.



Why Do You Love Downtown?

Diana wheelen
Fun!

Molly MacTaggart
Always love quaint, historic downtown areas, late April will be our first visit to Dillon.

Erin Lawless
The shops and bakery make it an appealing destination for people who want to keep small businesses going by enjoying those shops as well

heather ashbaker
this will be my first visit

DONNA LIGON
I've never been there but I love small town Main Streets


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