Best Motel in FLL EVER !

[beachchick24]

Stayed at the Birch Patio Motel in FLL which was 2 blocks from FLL beach and walking(stumbling)distance to many restaurants and bars. I highly recommend this place. We stayed in an efficiency room (2 Queen/King beds and kitchen) overlooking the pool, it was nice and large, great furnishings, comfy beds, great staff ! Add in a great price tag, and we will definately be staying here again!! We stayed here 2 nights pre-cruise. Just thought Id share my xperience !

 

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[LINANRIC]

How far from the airport... and also price of the motel. any thing close to walk too? Like what? HOW close to the Port? We are going on the Freedom too. Not until Sept..

[TMS MT]

I had tried to get into one of their properties when I was planning our trip. They have three - this one, Summerland Suites, and Napoli Belmar. We couldn't get into any of them (we needed one night January 29 for our post-cruise and I was working on rooms mid-summer 2009). I was told lots of their rooms are booked by the month so they had no availability. The reviews were great so I was bummed we couldn't get into one. Just saying - so others will know to try way in advance! We ended up in the Sea Beach Plaza - great location but we hated the hotel itself and would NEVER stay there again. The previous trip we stayed at Angela's Beach Resort and liked it.

[beachchick24]

The prices were $85/night for 2 people in a room(one bed) with no kitchen, $110/night for 2 people in a room WITH a kitchen (2 beds) with a $10/pp/night over 2 people. So we paid $130/night for 4 people.

 

We could walk 2 blocks to the main road along FLL beach , I think it was called A1A ?

 

We really enjoyed going to the restaurant/bar called Casablancas which was right on the (A1A?) road across from the beach, about a 15 minute walk. The motel suggested going there for nice atmosphere and food/drink. There was an inside/ourside bar and live singing. There were other restaurants/bars on the same street but we didnt visit any of them.

 

Driving from the airport took about 20 minutes in a cab and cost about $25US, but im sure we could have found a faster route, as we got a cabbie with only 1 month experience that didnt know the are at all (I dont know why,,theres TONS of hotels all around so he should have known).

 

Driving to the port was about 10-15 mins.

 

We only booked this accomodation about a month ahead of time. Originially we had wanted 2 rooms, but there was only 1 left, so 2 people from our group stayed at the Sans Souci right across the street for the same $85/night ... They were NOT impressed with that hotel AT ALL, FYI.