Holiday Inn Express Athens is located along Interstate 75, 20 miles from Lost Sea, and approximately 15 miles from McMinn County Airport. This location is also four miles from Mayfield Dairy and McMinn Living Heritage Museum, 55 miles from Chattanooga Lovell Airport, and 60 miles from McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville. The property's amenities include the indoor heated pool and whirlpool (open year-round), fitness center, business center, and complimentary continental breakfast. The hotel also offers valet laundry service, self-service laundry facilities, and free parking. All rooms feature high-speed Internet access, voicemail, free local calls, cable TV, in-room movies, microwaves, mini-refrigerators, coffee/tea facilities, individual climate control, irons and ironing boards, and hairdryers.