El Palacio Hotel is one block from Lockhart Stadium in the Cypress Creek business district, 11 miles from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and 4 miles from the beach. Adjacent to Interstate 95, the hotel is four miles east of Florida's Turnpike and Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, nine miles from downtown Fort Lauderdale (Las Olas Boulevard), 10 miles from Port Everglades and Coconut Creek Casino, 13 miles from Sawgrass Mills, and 24 miles from Sawgrass Recreation Park (Everglades).Hotel amenities include the sundeck and pool, garden courtyard, exercise room, Legends Sports Restaurant and Lounge for Happy Hour, great burgers, wings & Dinner Specials along with a pool table and many 8 Ft. HD Screens to watch all the sports action (closed until 8/31/09). The hotel also offers a Complimentary Continental Breakfast served 7 days a week (7 to 10AM and will still offer this during the closing of the restaurant), free parking, Wi-Fi access in lobby and pool areas, and one of the largest pools in Ft. Lauderdale. All Travelocity Guests receive Complimentary use of Bally Total Fitness 1/4 mile away.All rooms feature desks, voicemail, data ports, safes (fee), clock radios, HBO, Coffeemakers, individual climate control, irons and ironing boards, and hairdryers.