Independent, Colorado Springs Hotels

We booked the Moonlight suite. It was upstairs and was an awesome room. This was a much better alternative to staying in Colorado Springs in our opinion. You are in the mountains and not a big city. The location is close to the entrance to Pikes Peak and just a short drive to Garden of the Gods and several other sites.

Great, comfortable hotel in Colorafo Speings with the most amazing view of the Kissing Camels Rock formation and the Garden of the Gods Park.

Beautiful historic building, friendly staff, paid parking pretty much a must, daily mandatory service fee in addition to room fee is always frustrating

We are met at the door by Arlene the owner. As soon as the introductions were over, she gave us a tour of the house and a brief history of the house and the area we were in " Old Colorado City" Arlene was very knowledgable and you could tell she loved her job and wanted us to feel right at home and that she did very well. We had a smaller but beautiful room located on the second floor. A full breakfast was surved every morning at 8:00am which included, Antie Arlene"s Story Time, where Arlene shared stories or perhaps jokes that were sent to her from past guests. We really looked forward to breakfast each morning to see who we would be having breakfast with and where the were from. Would definitely stay there again.

For the price you pay well worth it. I've stayed in larger more expensive hotels and not had as nice of an experience.

I was in Colorado Springs to hike, yoga and shop. The motel was in a great location for all 3. Easy access to everything and to the room. Just pull right up to door and walk in. I really like these older drive up motels. It must have been built really well because I could not hear anything outside or from the rooms next to mine.

We had a very good stay at the Academy.Our room was on the top floor with a view of the mountains so we were able to see the sun rise on them. The room was clean and very comfortable. The bathroom was a little tight but not inconvenient. We had a little hiccup with some trash that did not get emptied from a previous night (Not ours) but it was handled well by Tierra at the desk. Great breakfast. Good food and well set up. Good stay

Hotel was very nice and close to local stores and restaurants. Highway was close to hotel and got us fast to the locations of our choice.

The rooms were very very clean and smelled great! The beds were comfortable. The breakfast was great if you like bagels, which I do. And the stream running behind the hotel made all the difference. There are tables and chairs and a swing set for the kids, so you can relax and listen to the water. We even saw some deer during our breakfast! The woman at the front desk was so sweet. We will DEFINITELY be staying here again. Totally adorable and amazing for the price. The room and bathroom weren't very big, but we didn't even notice. Highly recommend it!

At first I lied about my stay because Expedia did not tell me how far it was from downtown Colorado Springs which was 45 minutes away and I lied about the cleanliness of my my room. But I'm writing now the truth and it was clean the staff was excellent and it was peaceful to sleep in. Overall I give it A5 star.