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800 East Park Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17111 (Formerly Four Points by Sheraton Harrisburg)
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BEST WESTERN PREMIER The Central Hotel & Conference Center
Ranked #11 of 48 hotels in Harrisburg
4.0 of 5 stars 51 Reviews
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Boyds, Maryland
1 review
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Great large size room for big family”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 January 2012
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My family of 6 loved this place as we need space and the room was not expensive ($85 + tax per night for mid week stay two days prior to New Years Eve).

The two big positives: (1) We reserved a Queen Deluxe Room, which has 2 queen beds and a pull out sofa. In many hotels, there is not much additional room. But in this hotel, there is a huge amount of extra room. The queen beds are at one end of the room and the pull out sofa is at the other end. There is lots of room in between. The room was very clean. In the middle was a large TV stand that swiveled 360 degrees. (2) The indoor pool is huge. My kids love an indoor pool and so this was great. Our room happened to overlook the indoor pool, which was great because I could see my wife and kids when I was staying back in the room to watch one of my younger kids.

Other facts: Room has a fridge (just a regular small one). The bathroom was standard with a shower/tub, but there was a nice area right outside of the bathroom that had good space.
Elevators got to floor quickly; hotel was not crowded. Free internet in room; 4 PCs with free internet in area that is near the large lobby area (used them to order pizza delivery from Papa Johns).

The free breakfast had cereals, including Special K, so not just kid sugar cereals. There was also eggs, potatoes, tea, coffee, juice, ... There was some other breakfast items (bread and English muffins), muffins, maybe biscuits and gravy. The breakfast is in a nice little restaurant inside the hotel. Overall, the breakfast was not great, but I'm a big cereal eater, so it worked for me. Adding pancakes or french toast or waffles would be nice.

This location is about 1/2 hour from Hershey, so it allowed us to stay fairly close to Hershey at a more reasonable price.

I will definitely return to this hotel because in my opinion, this was a rare find when combining the size of the room, the niceness of the room, and the cost.

  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Louisville, Kentucky
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22 reviews 22 reviews
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11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
“Good value for our family”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 January 2012
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We stayed here in a double bed suite with a fold out couch on a driving trip to NYC. It was a good choice for our family of two adults and two teenagers for a good nights sleep before continuing our trip. The room was clean and had plenty of towels. The shower was hot and had good pressure. Breakfast was included in the adjoining pub. It was below average as far as food quality, but free is free, and mostly all we wanted was fruit, coffee and juice. The staff we encountered in the pub and at the front desk were friendly. There was a large indoor pool, but no one was swimming. We were grateful, because our room had several large windows facing the pool and we probably would have had noise from it.
There were plenty of choices for restaurants nearby, plus grocery stores and drugstores as well when we had to make a trip out for cold medicine. Overall, this hotel was a good value.

  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Nice conference center hotel, convenient to Harrisburg”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 December 2011

Other than rather poor restaurant food, I had no complaints. Comfortable, clean rooms, attentive staff, lots of room to spread out, convenient to much of the Harrisburg area. I would stay there again.

  • Stayed December 2011
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Arnold, Maryland
1 review
“over night on business”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 December 2011

Clean quiet friendly and located just off the highway but far enough off to be quiet.

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  • Stayed December 2011, travelled on business
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Washington DC, District of Columbia
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9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
“Nice 3 star hotel”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 December 2011

You get what you pay for. Cheap, easy, convenient. Really nice king-bed suites but regular rooms are average. I really liked the rooms with balconies.

  • Stayed February 2011, travelled on business
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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  • Four Points By Sheraton Harrisburg
  • Sheraton Hotel Harrisburg Pa
  • Sheraton Harrisburg
  • Harrisburg Four Points
  • Harrisburg Sheraton
  • Four Points Harrisburg
Address: 800 East Park Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17111 (Formerly Four Points by Sheraton Harrisburg)
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