Microtel Inn & Suites
Microtel Inn & Suites is located on West Pine Street and close to local shops and restaurants. Hotel amenities include free breakfast, fitness center, high-speed Internet access, free newspaper, laundry facility, fax and copy services and a pool. Guest rooms include coffee maker, hair dryer, iron and cable TV. Some rooms include a microwave, refrigerator, sofa bed and work desk. Pets are welcome. The hotel is just five miles from neighboring Hammond where you can visit Kliebert's Alligator and Turtle Farm. Visitors will see some of the thousands of alligators raised on the farm the past 20 years. You will also see turtles and a bird sanctuary where herons and egrets nest in trees while alligators nest below.
Microtel Inn & Suites
727 W. Pine St.
Ponchatoula, LA 70454
(985) 370-7378
microtelinn.com
Days Inn
The Days Inn is a couple of miles away in the town of Hammond. Hotel and guest room amenities include free breakfast and newspaper, pool, high-speed Internet access, microwave, refrigerator, work desk and cable TV. The hotel is about half an hour from the town of Folsom where you can visit the 900-acre Global Wildlife Center. There you can get a close look at 4,000 animals from the exotic to the threatened and endangered. About 20 miles from the hotel is Fairview-Riverside State Park in Madisonville where you can fish on the Tchefuncte River or enjoy the view from the park's nature trail.
Days Inn
2150 S.W. Railroad Ave.
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 419-1000
daysinn.com
Best Western
The Best Western on Duo Drive in Hammond just a few miles from Ponchatoula and offers free breakfast, high-speed Internet access, a business center, laundry facility and pool. Guest rooms include cable TV, free local calls, coffee maker, refrigerator and microwave. If you're up for it you can take a horseback ride on wooded trails along Copper and Chappepella Creek when you visit Southern Acres Riding Farm. It's just 24 miles away in Loranger. Another short trip, just 31 miles, will take you to Foutainebleau State Park in the town of Mandeville. The 2,200-acre park, on the shore of Lake Ponchartrain, has hiking and nature trails where you are likely to see many of the more than 400 species of birds and animals living in the park.
Best Western
107 Duo Drive
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 419-2001
bestwestern.com
