Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bessemer - Birmingham SW by IHG
An easy base for the Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure crowd
About this hotel
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bessemer - Birmingham SW by IHG works as an the Birmingham suburbs base for an Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure trip: close enough for a short drive to the gates, far enough out to land a lower nightly rate than staying inside the park's own footprint. An indoor pool covers the days the group skips the park for a slower morning. Toddlers get a hotel pool and a nap-friendly room; tweens and older kids treat the trip itself as the main event, using the hotel strictly for sleep and breakfast; a multigenerational group gets separate rooms instead of one shared cabin near the park. Free breakfast means one less stop before an early gate opening. The strongest reason to book here is the combination of a real pool break and a rate that leaves more of the budget for park tickets, not the room.
- Indoor pool
- Free breakfast
- Free parking
- Fitness center
Our take
The desk's take: Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bessemer - Birmingham SW by IHG suits families with young kids who need a pool and breakfast handled on-site. It is not the pick for thrill-seeking teens expecting on-site water-park access, since the slides here are a drive away, not a walk. Book it as the practical, unglamorous base for the park days themselves, and save a splashier stay for a different trip.
- ✓Book early once school-holiday dates are set — rooms in the Birmingham suburbs near the park sell out first on peak weekends.
- ✓Ask for a room near the pool if you're travelling with toddlers, so the walk back for naps and gear stays short.
- ✓Pack a cooler for the drive to Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure and back — breakfast here covers the rest of the day's meals.
Why we love it
- Free breakfast before an early park start
- An indoor pool on site
- Free parking for the drive to Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure
- A fitness center for the non-park mornings
Why guests love itA family staying at Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bessemer - Birmingham SW by IHG for an Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure trip settles into a routine fast: breakfast before the drive over, a stop at the pool once the group is back and wrung out from a full day of slides, and an early night before doing it again. It's a small routine, but it's the one that makes a multi-day Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure trip feel manageable instead of exhausting by day two.