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Anonymous on 2/21/2016 9:20:06 AM:
Any recommendations for hotels that will be close to the trail in downtown Pittsburgh but also close to the Amtrak station?

Want to check into a hotel. Leave the car. Take Amtrak to DC. Ride back and have decent access back to the same hotel and the car.

Thanks!
 
Shawn Ambrose from Fort Wayne, IN on 2/22/2016 8:10:26 PM:
I don't have a specific recommendation for you - but when I travel, I always use Trip Advisor for reviews and prices. Good luck!
 
Anonymous on 2/23/2016 10:25:22 AM:
Thanks. I do as well. (Staying in a #1 trip advisor hotel this very moment.) Just trying to figure out which one has access...as that doesn't seem to show up often on trip advisor reviews. Thanks again.
 
Anonymous on 3/8/2016 3:43:15 PM:
Hi I am from Pittsburgh and here is my opinion. Call up Courtyard Pittsburgh or Hampton Inn, both side by side and right off the GAP Trail. The GAP is a sidewalk for a short time and will take you right past these. The hotels are located in the Waterfront in Homestead, PA. Get here early in the afternoon the day before you want to take the train. Check in then take a bicycle ride (about 9 miles)on the GAP to Point State Park or the end of your ride. Then GPS the train station (it's maybe 1/2 away) and go check in out then back to the hotel. Should take you around 30 minutes to get to the point or station. Now here is what people don't like to do because the train leaves so early but I have done it. Put your light on your bike in the morning and ride to the train station. 30 minutes in the dark, not a bad trip. Or you can see if the hotel will shuttle you there. If you are will to camp out in the middle of nowhere then a 30 minute ride in the dark will be fine and kind of fun. On the way back just stop and get your car because you have already completed the last 9 miles to Pittsburgh. Hope that helps and sorry for this being on here so late.
 
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