One of two Marriott hotels on the south side of the expanding Folsom/El Dorado Hills district on the east side of Sacramento, the Courtyard is a typically clean, efficient, modern and well managed building of 121 rooms and 4 suites. Services include a cafe (serving breakfast), lounge, indoor pool, hot tub and exercise room. The location is 2575 Iron Point Rd, close to the Bidwell St exit of US 50, and beside a new shopping center that also has a good selection of restaurants. Folsom Lake College is a few blocks north, with the lake and the center of Folsom a few miles further.

For long stays in the Folsom area, the Residence Inn is a good choice - another new hotel alongside US 50 on the south edge of town (opposite the Courtyard), this contains 3 floors and 107 suites, all equipped with a full kitchen and separate areas for work, sleep and relaxation. Leisure amenities are an indoor pool, spa, exercise room and sports court. Free food is available both in the morning, at the buffet breakfast, and in the evening reception (Monday to Thursday).