Around Rochester Minnesota

Here is a short directory of hotels linked to the Mayo Clinic for your convenience. While some of these hotels may require the use of a combination of skyway and subway to access the Clinic, you can rely on this list to stay indoors throughout your visit to the Mayo Clinic. The hotels are ranked numerically, with 1 being the closest and 9 the furthest away (approximate distance), so you can easily select the one that best suits your needs. Kahler Grand Hotel/International Hotel (closest to Mayo Clinic) Rochester Marriott Hotel Broadway Residence & Suites Kahler Inn and Suites Double Tree Hotel Hilton Garden Inn Holiday Inn Express Residence Inn by Marriott Brentwood Inn & Suite (Furthest from Mayo Clinic)  Hotel contact and location information (updated 4.06.2021): The Kahler Grand Hotel 20 SW Second Avenue Rochester, MN 507-280-6200 kahler.com Rochester Marriot Hotel (downtown) 101 1st Ave SW, Rochester, MN 507-292-1400 marriot.com Broadwa

  Safe Areas in Rochester, Minnesota   For the most part Rochester is one of the safest little big cities in Minnesota (its the third largest city in Minnesota after Minneapolis and St.Paul) There are really no "rough" parts or areas of town that you would want to avoid. Downtown Rochester overall is very safe any time of the day. Downtown is patrolled not only by the Rochester Police Department but also the Mayo Clinic security (who are very efficient on stamping out any disturbance on Mayo Clinic property) and hotel security. Outside of downtown you can travel anywhere by cab or car and you're pretty safe. Overall Rochester, Minnesota is safe. 

Safe Areas of Rochester, Minnesota A local hotel doorman on the safety of Rochester, Minnesota "Simply put, yes Rochester, Minnesota is very safe in general. Our downtown follows rules that most cities follow, safe in the day keep your eye on things at night. But to be more specific, the Peace Plaza no matter what time of day is very safe to walk and relax about." The Peace Plaza in recent years has become the flaming torch of Rochester (it lets visitors know, that yes Rochester does have fun things to do). The Peace Plaza area was completely overhauled and remodeled, adding new sidewalks with lights, and also hosting events in the winter and summer months. The Mayo Clinic, Sunstone properties (The Khaler Hotel, Marriot hotel downtown) and the city of Rochester, Minnesota work in tandem to make sure this area of downtown is safe no matter what time of day or evening. This area is patrolled by hotel security, Mayo Clinic security, city Police and also mall security.