Sleep Inn & Suites DeFuniak Springs – Crestview

Sleep Inn & Suites DeFuniak Springs – Crestview sits at I-10 Exit 70, where State Highway 285 crosses the interstate near Mossy Head, roughly midway between Crestview and DeFuniak Springs. The three-story hotel opened in 2015 with 58 rooms, and its position makes it easy to reach Eglin Air Force Base gates and Niceville by heading south on SR 285.

Room choices include kings, queens and suites with a sofa bed, plus accessible rooms. A free hot breakfast is served daily, with coffee to go for early departures, and the hotel sets out fresh cookies. There is a fitness room, a guest laundry, a seasonal outdoor pool that opens from March through October, and free parking. The property is smoke free and accepts pets for a nightly fee, with up to two per room. It is FEMA approved for government travelers.

Nearby, Blackstone Golf Course is a couple of miles away, and the Sasquatch Zoo is a short drive. Crestview’s restaurants and shopping are about 15 minutes west, downtown DeFuniak Springs and Lake DeFuniak are about 20 minutes east, and the beaches at Niceville, Destin and Miramar Beach are reachable by driving south through Eglin.

The hotel fits I-10 road trippers who want a newer build away from the busier exits, contractors and military travelers working at Eglin or Duke Field, and families visiting relatives in north Walton and Okaloosa counties.