• Diablo Mountain Inn, 2079 Mt Diablo Boulevard, Phone: (800) 353-5059. 24 rooms and a swimming pool located in downtown Walnut Creek. This hotel is Walnut Creek's concept of budget accommodation at $70-$110 per night.
 • Embassy Suites, 1345 Treat Blvd, Phone: (925) 934-2500. Located near the at the northern end of Walnut Creek, conveniently located off the 680 freeway at Treat Boulevard. You know what to expect from an Embassy Suites since this one is like any of the countless others across the country. If you stay here, you will be a couple miles from downtown Walnut Creek. Pay-as-you go WiFi is available in the lobby/atrium, and works in many guest rooms, though only 802.11b (11 mbps) is available. Rooms have wired for-pay connections also, but these can be flaky.
 • Holiday Inn, 2730 No Main St, (925) 932-3332.
 • Motel 6, 2389 North Main Street, (925) 935-4010, Fax: (925) 906-0860. Conveniently located near the I-680 North Main exit, Motel 6 provides any visitor to Walnut Creek the exact same experience that they would experience in any one of a thousand Motel 6's located across the United States. If you like other Motel 6s you'll like this place.
 • Renaissance ClubSport Walnut Creek Hotel, 2805 Jones Road, (925) 938-8700, Fax: (925) 938-8707. Also near the, this hotel seeks to claim the upscale hotel title of Walnut Creek. Perhaps it is, but it's quite a trek from downtown if you don't have a car. Conveniently located next to the Iron Horse Trail and possessing an extraordinary fitness center, this is the place to stay if you are a total workout freak and can't stand the thought of staying in Walnut Creek over several nights without a vigorous workout washed down with wheatgrass lattes. Most likely, you are staying here on business because of the little corporate downtown that has developed over the last ten years around the Pleasant Hill BART station, are staying here in some misguided attempt to save on hotel expenses on your trip to San Francisco, are trying to impress your corporate underling with whom you're having an affair, or all of the above.
 • Walnut Creek Marriott, 2355 North Main Street, (925) 934-2000, Fax: (925) 934-6374. A 338 room hotel that caters to business travelers, located close to the highway and BART. Fitness center, pool, restaurant, and pretty much anything else that every other Marriott in the country has. Rates average nearly $200 per night, although if you are staying here you're probably going to expense the whole thing.