{"id":48,"date":"2015-03-05T18:43:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T00:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/al15\/\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2015-05-30T10:37:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T15:37:50","slug":"plan-your-visit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/al15\/plan-your-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan Your Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Tuscaloosa is located in West Alabama on the Black Warrior River, 57 miles southwest of Birmingham. We&#8217;ll be updating this page frequently to help you plan your visit to our wonderful city. In the meantime, or if you&#8217;d like to do your own research, we recommend visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/visittuscaloosa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/edit?mid=zexjgVPyBHAI.kJVG1uo3hCww\" target=\"_blank\">conference map<\/a> to help guide HighEdWeb Alabama attendees to all conference-related events and venues.<\/p>\n<h2>Hotels<\/h2>\n<p>We have made arrangements with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotelcapstone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hotel Capstone<\/a> for a block of rooms at a discount rate of $169. This is a wonderful hotel that is located on the campus of <a href=\"http:\/\/ua.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">The University of Alabama<\/a> and is within walking distance of <a href=\"http:\/\/al15.highedweb.org\/venue\/\">Russell Hall<\/a>, the venue for HighEdWeb Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u00a0received this discounted rate by\u00a0calling 1-800-477-2262 or 205-752-3200 to make a reservation. Just be sure to mention the group block, HighEdWeb Alabama.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/edit?mid=zexjgVPyBHAI.kJVG1uo3hCww\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"clean alignright size-full wp-image-50\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 20px 20px\" src=\"http:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/al15\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/03\/hewebal-hotel-capstone-map.png\" alt=\"Walking directions from Hotel Capstone to Russell Hall, the main HighEdWeb Alabama venue\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotelcapstone.com\/\">Hotel Capstone<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 3px 0;color: #000;line-height: 33px\">$169\/night<\/h4>\n<p>320 Paul Bryant<br \/>\nTuscaloosa, Alabama 35401<br \/>\n1-800-477-2262 or 205-752-3200<br \/>\n<strong>Be sure to mention <em>HighEdWeb Alabama<\/em> to receive the group rate<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotelcapstone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.hotelcapstone.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:info@hotelcapstone.com\">info@hotelcapstone.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/\/Hotel+Capstone,+320+Paul+W+Bryant+Dr,+Tuscaloosa,+AL+35401,+United+States\/@33.206416,-87.540435,17z\/data=!4m13!1m4!3m3!1s0x8886029de1d58553:0x3b4f4a0e9325004f!2sHotel+Capstone!3b1!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x8886029de1d58553:0x3b4f4a0e9325004f!2m2!1d-87.540435!2d33.206416\" target=\"_blank\">Get Directions<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"clear:both\">Other Nearby Hotels<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hamptoninn3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/alabama\/hampton-inn-tuscaloosa-university-TCLALHX\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hampton Inn Tuscaloosa-University<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>This hotel is 1.2 miles from the conference parking deck.<\/li>\n<li>We recommend checking the travel sites (vs. the hotel site) as they seem to have cheaper rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/embassysuites3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/alabama\/embassy-suites-tuscaloosa-alabama-downtown-TCLRTES\/index.html\">Embassy Suites Hotel in Downtown Tuscaloosa<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>This hotel is 2 miles from the conference parking deck.<\/li>\n<li>This hotel is within walking distance of the conference social events.<\/li>\n<li>We recommend checking the travel sites (vs. the hotel site) as they seem to have cheaper rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/home2suites3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/alabama\/home2-suites-by-hilton-tuscaloosa-downtown-university-boulevard-TCLUBHT\/index.html\">Home2 Suites by Hilton in Downtown Tuscaloosa<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>This hotel is 2.1 miles from the conference parking deck.<\/li>\n<li>This hotel is within walking distance of the conference social events.<\/li>\n<li>We recommend checking the travel sites (vs. the hotel site) as they seem to have cheaper rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Airport<\/h2>\n<p>The closest airport, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flybirmingham.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport<\/a>, is an hour away so if you do have to fly, you will probably have to rent a car.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/5H6nz\" target=\"_blank\">Directions from the airport to the Hotel Capstone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flybirmingham.com\/passenger-parking.html\" target=\"_blank\">Available rental car services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Tuscaloosa is located in West Alabama on the Black Warrior River, 57 miles southwest of Birmingham. We&#8217;ll be updating this page frequently to help you plan your visit to our wonderful city. In the meantime, or if you&#8217;d like to do your own research, we recommend visiting the Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/al15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/al15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/al15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/al15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/al15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/al15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regionals.highedweb.org\/al15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}