Accomodations near University of Pittsburgh
 

Any suggestions for where to stay for a one day visit U Pitt? Priceline has these hotels in the "University Park" area - Holiday Inn Select, Residence Inn Oakland, Wyndham Garden, Courtyard Shadyside.

Here's the thing though - I don't want to pay for parking. All the Priceline hotels seem to have $17/day and up parking fees. Is there an area a little farther out where I could park free and drive in to U Pitt for the day? (Of course I don't know how visitor parking on campus is either...)

Thanks for ideas.

for one day....suck it up and pay for parking, PITT is an urban campus, thus parking on campus can be a pain. stay at the holiday inn select, it is right next to the campus. The residence inn is nice, but just a bit to far to walk. i am a PITT alum (BA and Masters) originally from DC and i loved living in pittsburgh!

wli:

I would just pay the parking also. It is way easier that way. Oakland is a nightmare to find a parking spot in. If you want to stay anywhere near it you still have to get a bus or take a taxi which is an additional cost like the parking you will pay.

Thanks everybody. If we stay at Holiday Inn will we be able to walk to the campus easily? Thanks again!

You're a quick walk down Fifth Ave. to the main part of Pitt's campus (and the lovely Cathedral of Learning) from that hotel. Parking on the campus was awful when I attended (I graduated in 1985)-- I can't imagine that it could have improved. Suck it up and pay for parking at the hotel.