★★ 1. Best Western Plus John Muir Inn445 Muir Station Road, Martinez, CA 94553-4671 The AAA 3-diamond rated Best Western John Muir Inn along Muir Station Road is the main hotel in Martinez, a small town near Suisun Bay, 30 miles from San Francisco and close to interstates 80 & 680. Like most of its surroundings, the hotel has wooded grounds and views of rolling hills in all directions, though it borders a shopping center that also offers a wide choice of restaurants. Highway 4 runs past the inn, putting guests within easy reach of other area attractions, which include John Muir National Historic Site a short distance west. The 115 room, 3 floor hotel provides the two main amenities of free hot breakfast & an outdoor pool, and has particularly friendly, helpful staff. |
★ 2. Super 8 by Wyndham Martinez4015 Alhambra Avenue, Martinez, CA 94553 Super 8 Martinez provides reliable, affordable lodging in a small exterior corridor building along Alhambra Avenue, a street lined by restaurants, small shops & other businesses, and also a unit of the National Park Service (John Muir NHS, by the junction with Hwy 4). Amenities are very limited; just basic free continental breakfast, free internet access, a guest-use computer and a refrigerator/microwave in each room. |