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Hotels near University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CAPublic university

University of California, Irvine8min drive,
closest stay

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Your visit starts atAdmissions UndergraduateNamed on the map. Your tour confirmation has the final word.
CommencementAsk the schoolWe haven't confirmed the ceremony venue from the school's own page yet.
Closest stayNewport Beach Marriott BayviewAbout an 8-minute drive from the tour start.
The school's own site
The short answer

The closest place to stay is Newport Beach Marriott Bayview, about an 8-minute drive from the tour start. Nothing on the map is within a 20-minute walk; 14 places to stay are within about a 10-minute drive. Coffee before the tour: Starbucks, about 1 minute away.

What these minutes run to

Minutes run to Admissions Undergraduate, a building on this campus that the map names as admissions or a visitor center. We have not yet matched it against the school's visit page, so check your tour confirmation for the meeting spot. Map dated November 2026. The full method

5 min10 min20 minN
tour startstay within a 20-min walkother staysDashed rings: walking minutes.

Where to stay near University of California, Irvine

To the tour start

The hotel has

A short walk away

36 places to stay

Reading the cards: minutes are our estimates from map distance, so they say "about". Breakfast, suites and kitchens are what each hotel brand promises across its hotels, not something we checked room by room. The places listed under a hotel are the closest ones within roughly a 10-minute walk of its door.

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10 mindrive to the tour start, about

Residence Inn Irvine John Wayne Airport/Orange County

2855 Main Street, Irvine, CA

  • Breakfast included (free breakfast is this brand's standard)
  • All suites (every room is a suite by this brand's standard)
  • Kitchen in room (in-room kitchens are this brand's standard)
  • Somewhere to eat: Krave Asian Fusion Restaurant, about 1 min on foot, and 7 more close by
  • Groceries: Ralphs, about 8 min on foot
  • Pharmacy: CVS Pharmacy, about 9 min on foot
See room pricesDriving routeHotel's own site
15 mindrive to the tour start, about

Residence Inn

881 Baker Street, Costa Mesa, CA

  • Breakfast included (free breakfast is this brand's standard)
  • All suites (every room is a suite by this brand's standard)
  • Kitchen in room (in-room kitchens are this brand's standard)
  • Somewhere to eat: Manpuku Tokyo BBQ Dining, about 1 min on foot, and 12 more close by
See room pricesDriving route
15 mindrive to the tour start, about

Ali Baba Motel

Motel · 2250 Newport Boulevard, Costa Mesa

  • Somewhere to eat: Salty Horse, about 1 min on foot, and 6 more close by
  • Groceries: Stater Bros., about 5 min on foot
See room pricesDriving route
15 mindrive to the tour start, about

Staybridge Suites Irvine - John Wayne Airport

1660 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA

  • Breakfast included (free breakfast is this brand's standard)
  • All suites (every room is a suite by this brand's standard)
  • Kitchen in room (in-room kitchens are this brand's standard)
  • Somewhere to eat: Mess Hall at FLIGHT, about 5 min on foot, and 1 more close by
See room pricesDriving route

Graduation weekend at University of California, Irvine

We haven't yet confirmed the ceremony venue for University of California, Irvine from its own commencement page, so the walk times here run to the tour start only.

Rooms close to campus tend to go first for commencement, often months ahead and with a two-night minimum. If the walkable ones are gone, sort the list by the 10-minute drive chip and look one town over. Our graduation weekend guide covers timing.

Seeing another school on this trip?

The closest campuses we cover, with our drive estimate from University of California, Irvine (map distance, no traffic).

University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso Viejo, CA · about a 19-minute driveSoka University of AmericaAliso Viejo, CA · about a 21-minute driveChapman UniversityOrange, CA · about a 24-minute driveCalifornia State University, FullertonFullerton, CA · about a 40-minute driveCalifornia State University, Long BeachLong Beach, CA · about a 43-minute driveBiola UniversityLa Mirada, CA · about a 48-minute drive

Worth doing before you book

University of California, Irvine gear for the ride home

A hat for the tour, a hoodie for the acceptance letter, a frame for the far end of it all. Each button runs an Amazon search for that item with the school's name filled in.

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Questions parents ask

Is there a hotel you can walk to University of California, Irvine from?

None on the map. The nearest is about an 8-minute drive away.

Where do campus tours start at University of California, Irvine?

Minutes run to Admissions Undergraduate, a building on this campus that the map names as admissions or a visitor center. We have not yet matched it against the school's visit page, so check your tour confirmation for the meeting spot.

Where should we stay for University of California, Irvine graduation?

We haven't confirmed the ceremony venue yet. Book as early as the hotels allow, and widen the search to a short drive if the walkable rooms are taken.

Are there hotels with free breakfast near University of California, Irvine?

18 hotels within a 20-minute drive belong to brands that include breakfast; none of them is within a 20-minute walk.

Something wrong here, such as a closed hotel or a moved welcome center? Tell us and we'll look.