If you're a jazz aficionado coming to Rochester for the jazz festival, there are plenty of hotel, travel, and dining options for you to choose from. The Greater Rochester Visitors Association (http://www.visitrochester.com/) is a good resource for finding the best places to stay, eat, and how to get there.

For help in booking airplane tickets, car rentals, or hotel rooms for your visit, click here.

For a searchable list of Rochester city hotels, click here. To find hotels in nearby suburbs --- some only a 10- or 15-minute drive from downtown --- use the pulldown menu (default setting says "Other Cities") to select the community you're looking for. For an alphabetical list of all area hotels, click here.

If you're hungry, City Newspaper's online Dining Guide features searchable listings of more than 300 area restaurants, many of them downtown, where the jazz festival takes place. Select by cuisine type, neighborhood, price range, amenities and more.