The Crowne Plaza Philadelphia Center City is located approximately eight miles from Philadelphia International Airport. This location is also six blocks from the Pennsylvania Convention Center and Amtrak's 30th Street Station, a quarter-mile from the Kimmel Center and Rittenhouse Square, half a mile from the Franklin Institute, one mile from Independence Mall, and five miles from Philadelphia Zoo. The hotel amenities include the seasonal outdoor rooftop pool, fitness room, Cafe Express, and Elephant and Castle, the hotel's English pub. The hotel also offers room service, laundry facilities, valet laundry service, concierge services, currency exchange, a gift shop, safety deposit, and bell service. All rooms feature cable TV, in-room movies, coffeemakers, CD players, irons and ironing boards, hairdryers, free weekday newspapers, two telephones, dataports, and high-speed Internet access.