The Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel is opposite the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 10 blocks from the Convention Center and Florida Aquarium, and approximately eight miles from Tampa International Airport. This location is also a mile from the University of Tampa, two miles from Ybor Square and the Florida Aquarium, five miles from Raymond James Stadium, nine miles from Busch Gardens Tampa and Adventure Island, and 25 miles from the Salvador Dali Museum. Hotel amenities include the exercise room, outdoor swimming pool, and daily lunch and dinner service at Sweet Life Restaurant. The hotel also offers a cocktail lounge, a business center, meeting rooms, parking (fee applies), laundry facilities and a gift shop. All rooms feature dataports, voicemail, coffeemakers, irons and ironing boards, hairdryers, and in-room movies.