Norfolk Premium Outlets is a half-mile from the hotel and home to 65+ stores offering savings of up to 65%, including Coach, Polo Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, Nike, adidas, and Tommy Hilfiger. When you need a break, Plaza Azteca offers sit-down Mexican, and the Food Pavilion spans Philly steaks, sushi, smoothies, and Asian counter food. Most shops are open from 10:00AM to 8:00PM. Our hotel near Norfolk Premium Outlets makes the walk over easy.

It's hard to overstate the scale of Naval Station Norfolk. The base covers 4,300 acres, ports 75 ships and 134 aircraft, and runs flight operations every six minutes during the day. The 60-minute bus tour starts at $20 and departs from the Naval Tour and Information Center next to Gate 5 on Hampton Boulevard, rolling past aircraft carriers, destroyers, and the historic homes built for the 1907 Jamestown Exposition. Our hotel near Naval Station Norfolk sits about ten miles away.

Eye to eye with a Siamese crocodile is a memorable way to spend a morning, and the Virginia Zoo on Granby Street builds the immersive habitat to make it happen. Lions, red pandas, and orangutans share the grounds with an on-site train that winds between the exhibits and gardens; you can wander when you need a breather. The zoo is open daily from 9:30AM to 4:00PM and is about nine miles from our hotel.

Spring blooms, summer butterflies, fall color, or winter walks. Norfolk Botanical Garden gives you a different garden every visit. Virginia's largest botanical garden sits about four miles from the hotel on Azalea Garden Road, with a children's garden, a summer butterfly house, art installations, and rotating food trucks scattered throughout the grounds. Fodor's Travel named it among the top three in the country.

Whether you're in town to visit a sailor in training or here for a course yourself, JEB Little Creek-Fort Story is about five miles east of the hotel. The Little Creek side is the Navy's main expeditionary base on the East Coast, with the Naval School of Music on-site, while Fort Story handles amphibious training along the beaches at Cape Henry.