956 Best Hotels in USA

Effusive but not intrusive hospitality is the trademark of this contemporary inn between Placerville and Plymouth whose spacious light-filled suites and a cottage have views of the oaks, firs, and other trees surrounding the property. Furnished with king-size beds with pillow-top mattresses, all the accommodations have private decks and sitting areas with fireplaces. Microwaves, coffeemakers, flat-screen TVs with satellite connection, and refrigerators stocked with complimentary sodas and waters are among the other amenities.

With easy access to the many recreational activities of Waterville and Woodstock, this 20-acre glamping hideaway offers downright plush accommodations in stylish safari tents and A-frame cabins, all with premium linens, cooking utensils, and battery chargers. The units all share an attractively designed climate-controlled bathhouse with hot showers. Many sites overlook a tranquil pond and babbling brook, and rustic campsites are also available, and there are two saunas on the property.

Located one mile from Taos Plaza, this National Historic Landmark was once home to the heiress who drew illustrious writers and artists to Taos, including D.H. Lawrence and Georgia O’Keeffe, and is now an eccentric and beautiful adobe estate that borders Taos Pueblo land and offers an authentic window into the community. Rooms are unique and come in varying sizes while breakfast is ample and made from scratch. Many writers and other creatives come here for a quiet retreat.

If you are on a budget but still want to be near attractions such as Kealakekua Bay and Puuhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park, this 42-room historical hotel is a good option. Don't let the dated front TV room concern you: it's by design and part of the authentic old Hawaii vibe. The restaurant serves great pork chops and other island favorites. Dwight Manago—whose grandparents, Kinzo and Osame Manago, built the main building in 1917—has maintained one Japanese-style room with tatami mats and a furo, a traditional Japanese bath, and this is the room to book. The other rooms are basic and clean, and those in the newer wing have great views high above the Kona Coast. They do not take same-day reservations. 

A stay at this downtown boutique hotel may leave you cooing Je l'adore ("I adore it") for its colorful palette, French-quirky style, and individually decorated standard-sized rooms, larger suites, four Airstream trailers, and two-bedroom cottage. Every morning, the beyond-cordial owners lay out coffee and all-you-can-eat self-serve crepes (included in the rate) in a cafélike breakfast space. Deep pastels reign in all the guest rooms, which have 65" 4K Smart TVs and air-conditioning (a boon in summer, as inland Petaluma often heats up).

Sun-streaked, spacious rooms define this new art-centric boutique hotel in the formerly industrial enclave of Long Island City known as Dutch Kills. The queen deluxe rooms are larger than most NYC studios, and come outfitted with stylish, modernist-inspired furnishings, a kitchenette, and a Juliet balcony. Half the rooms have outdoor spaces and since it’s family-built, owned, and designed, there’s an intimate warmth to the intentionally curated rooms. There’s also a small on-site fitness center, work space, and an art gallery furnished with plush sculptural chairs on the ground floor, which doubles as an event space and features the work of local artists.

Patrons of this urbane, two-story boutique hotel bask in au courant comfort in guest rooms with kitchenettes and either queen or California king beds. The pastel palette varies by room, but all the accommodations—six on the upper floor, plus a ground-floor ADA suite with a patio—have luxurious linens, hardwood floors, retro bathroom fixtures, and contemporary wall art. Anglers appreciate the storefront Ted Fay Fly Shop.

This seriously cool hotel focuses on sparse rooms with a small footprint—rooms range from 150 to 300 square feet, allowing for two people in the smaller rooms and three to four people in the larger—in a great location; rooms have more space than one would expect. There's absolutely nothing extra in the rooms, but all of the necessities for a comfortable trip are there, including soft beds, modern bathrooms, and clean rooms. Also adding to its coolness factor are the 11th-floor rooftop bar El Techo and the Mexico City–inspired Condesa and El Cafe on the hotel's ground floor, both of which were opened by the team behind Fishtown's Pizzeria Beddia and Suraya. 

This homey woodland hideaway, 6 miles southwest of Mount Rainier National Park's Nisqually entrance, includes a lovingly restored Craftsman-style home with gorgeous Douglas fir floors, interesting antiques, and three guest rooms, as well as a separate modern chalet with three suites that have private entrances and kitchenettes. Surrounded by towering old-growth trees, the property feels every bit as pristine as the park. Visitors in rooms in the main inn can use the common kitchen and watch TV in a comfy living room.

Once more proudly anchoring the southern portion of Nevada City's historic district, this three-story boutique property, whose structure dates from 1856, underwent a multiyear makeover, and the attention to Victorian-era detail impresses throughout. It starts with the wrought-iron balconies out front and continues in the lobby with its dark trim, porcelain-hex-tile floor, and floral wallpaper. Accommodations—which range in size from smallish rooms with full or queen beds to suites and studios with kings—all have furniture, photographs and prints, and accents like ornate retro phones that recall the hotel's early decades, as does the decor of the restaurant, Lola, named for the 19th-century entertainer Lola Montez. As in the 1800s, the bar is a swank place for a drink.

Formerly a boardinghouse, this attractively renovated, offbeat hotel occupies a stately two-story 1920s building a few steps from Fort George Brewery and offers a mix of small, European-style rooms with shared baths down the hall and a few spacious suites with a private bath. The friendly and helpful owners are constantly making upgrades, and the rates are as low as you'll find on the Oregon Coast, making this quite a deal if you're okay with simply decorated accommodations.

A small enclave of 1840s-era buildings make up this homey, idyllic hostel. Nightly prices put the rest of the city's downtown lodgings to shame and include both dorm beds and private rooms. Of course, you need to be able to handle sharing a bathroom and kitchen space with fellow travelers. Linens, a locker, parking, and Internet access are free. A nearby sister property, the Annex, shares the same check-in desk but features six private rooms with queen beds and one room with a double bed and private bath.

This sunny bed-and-breakfast offers family-style hospitality, lovely furnishings, a common parlor, and card games on the weekends. The rooms are housed in a late-19th-century home, and attended to by the owner.

This thoughtfully updated motel with rooms and a few cabins offers reasonable rates and a peaceful location along U.S. 12, a bit north of downtown Packwood and within easy striking distance of the Stevens Canyon Entrance to Mount Rainier National Park. Rooms have flat-screen TVs, plush bedding, and refrigerators, and cabins are a nice option for families, as they sleep four and have full kitchens—they also have jetted tubs, an especially pleasing amenity on chilly winter nights.

The Palms is the rare property that appeals to equal mixes of locals and visitors, thanks to its variety of upscale amenities, convenient parking, relative proximity to the Strip, and attractive gaming odds; it also has large, modern, opulent rooms. The Palms is the place where you can spend $175 on a steakhouse's \"seafood tower\" or hit Panda Express at the food court before catching a movie. Despite its wide appeal, it had some pandemic-fueled lean years and emerged from a two-year shutdown under the ownership of the San Manuel tribe. It managed to retain some favorites, including the skyview Vetri Cucina, the Scotch 80 Prime steakhouse, and Mabel's BBQ. The A.Y.C.E (All You Can Eat) Buffet is now the rare buffet in the resort corridor. The rooftop Ghostbar has stunning views of the Strip. The sprawling pool area hosts \"daylife\" events in the spring and summer. The Pearl concert hall books the likes of Elvis Costello and DL Hughley. The property's various classes of suites are far more elaborate (the best, the 10,000-square-foot Sky Villas, feature private hot tubs cantilevered over the edge of the building). The Fantasy Tower has two \"Party Floors,\" which include the Kingpin and Hardwood suites, complete with a bowling alley and basketball court, respectively. For a tamer Palms experience, ask for a room at the more Palms Place condo tower, which has its own private pool and a separate restaurant.

High on a ridge overlooking a favorite local surfing spot, Molokai's best condominium property has mature tropical landscaping, a nice pool, and barbecue grills. Elegant studios and one- or two-bedroom units have beautiful screened lanai, well-equipped kitchens, and washers and dryers; some also have spectacular ocean views.

Accommodations in this three-story Italianate hotel, which has hosted the likes of Doc Holliday and Jesse James, balance the old and the new—they're not overly fancy, but they and the hotel's common areas, restaurant, and bar exude historic charm and personality, and the central location can't be beat. Rooms offer plenty of space, painted moldings, high stamped-tin ceilings, and a sprinkling of charming antiques, along with modern baths, coffeemakers, and flat-screen TVs. About half the rooms are in the adjacent and similarly historic and also Italianate Ilfeld Building. The old-world ambience carries through to the hotel's Prairie Hill Café, which serves consistently good gastropub fare, like truffled mac and cheese and charcuterie platters. Enjoy a creative cocktail or local craft beer in atmospheric Byron T's Saloon, with its tall windows overlooking the plaza.

Experience the golden age of transatlantic travel without the seasickness: 1936 art deco style reigns on the Queen Mary, from the ship's mahogany paneling to its nickel-plated doors to the majestic Grand Salon. Docked for more than 50 years, the on-ship hotel attracts a mix of tourists and those attending events in the floating hotel's many party spaces. There are plenty of nighttime diversions, from a range of restaurants and the heavenly silver Observation Bar to paranormal tours, theatrical events, and jazz shows (check to see what's on during your stay). Holidays are big on the Queen Mary; New Year's Eve and July 4 are famously spectacular. Sunday brunch in the Grand Salon is a step back in time.

A multihued series of stacked blocks standing out from its prewar neighbors \"in the Heights,\" this boutique hotel knew it needed to be cool, affordable, and authentic to attract visitors all the way uptown, and it is all of these in spades. Rooms are contemporary and stylish, with polished concrete floors, light wood furnishings and sleeping spaces that are minimal in style and palette, while accent walls and bathrooms pop in one primary color pulled from the facade. There are family-friendly options with bunks, studios that are more podlike, as well as king, double, and ADA-compliant rooms with roll-in rain showers. Suites includes a pullout sofa and expansive views of the Manhattan skyline. Despite its busy location just off 181st Street and overlooking the Harlem River Drive, the Radio is quiet and calm, well, in guest rooms, at least; the on-site restaurant, Jalao, an outpost of a popular restaurant of the same name in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, offers classic and authentic Dominican food that is a huge hit with locals (the neighboring community is known as \"Little DR\"), which makes it a lively vibe that you will want to join. Speaking of locals, hotel programming brings the neighborhood's rich culture and vibrancy in with bachata lessons in the spacious courtyard, customized pop-up shops with local artists, and neighborhood food tours. Bustling Washington Heights offers plentiful attractions, bodegas, and bars, but Midtown Manhattan is a direct and surprisingly fast subway ride on the nearby 1 or A trains. Yankee Stadium is a 10-minute cab ride.  Like many NYC hotels, you'll find the best deals if you book a weeknight stay.

This 1929 colonial-style inn has a colorful history, including being a 1970s disco with lederhosen-clad dancers, but today it's a peaceful retreat, with staff that makes you feel like family. Tucked away in a secluded spot at the end of Ram Island, its lawns, scattered with Adirondack chairs, slope down to Coecles Harbor with a small and scenic beach for swimming or sailing. Rooms, furnished in simple country style are bright, and special rates and packages are offered throughout the year. The restaurant is known for outstanding seasonal fare and its Sunday sunset jazz dinner (May to late October).

Painted eggshell blue, this historic downtown hotel was built around 1900 for wealthy urbanites on vacation—from the wide covered front porch, you step into a grand lobby with polished pine wainscoting, statement oversized cushioned red chairs, and a brick fireplace. The main inn offers smaller "traditional" guest rooms with a king or queen bed, larger two-queen rooms, and a nice variety of suites (sleep two–six), some with electric fireplaces, while the motel-style lodge on Hayley Pond has 15 accommodations with a king, queen, or two queen beds (two also have queen sleeper sofas). All suites and guest rooms in both buildings have comfy seating. The dinner-only tavern and breakfast-only restaurants are open every day, except when the inn is closed for several weeks during the shoulder seasons.

Conveniently located right on 125th Street, The Renaissance New York Harlem Hotel is hard to miss, with its bright lights out front that read \"Victoria,\" an ode to being in the space of the famed Victoria Theater. Aside from its central location, one of the best perks of staying at The Renaissance New York Harlem Hotel is its connection to The Apollo Stages at The Victoria, which are accessible via the third floor of the hotel's building. On the fifth floor is where you'll find the hotel's front desk, along with a restaurant/bar, appropriately named The Victoria Theater Restaurant, which offers live music on select nights. The highest rooms can be found on the 27th floor, and when the elevator doors open, you're greeted with floor-to-ceiling window views of Harlem. Overall, the vibe is super swanky, with gold accents throughout the building, and plenty of dedicated memorabilia to some of Harlem's most prominent musical figures.

From the welcoming lobby to the well-appointed suites (with dishwasher, microwave, pots, pans, dishes) and the parklike atmosphere around the pool, this hotel is a great choice if SeaWorld, Aquatica, I-Drive shopping, Universal, or the convention center are on your to-do list. A huge laundry is a boon for families.

The team behind Plymouth's Taste restaurant converted two adjacent run-down buildings into this boutique hotel whose individually decorated rooms rank among the area's finest. Done in soft beige and brown tones, the rooms neatly split the difference between fancy and functional, affording you a dash of style along with good value. Amenities include flat-screen smart TVs, free Wi-Fi, and coffeemakers.

All the pools (five public and three private) at Riverbend are right on the Rio Grande, with sweeping views of Turtleback Mountain. With its days as a youth hostel well behind it, Riverbend now offers a smart balance of contemporary comfort with a touch of retro bohemian spirit. Beautiful stonework surrounds the tubs, and inspired stone mosaics line the spa's winding paths; a lovely open-slatted wooden pergola shades a fleet of chaise lounges, all facing riverside. Several styles of room are available—a few are set in cleverly camouflaged and vibrantly painted, single-wide mobile homes, and all have modern furnishings. A casita and several larger suites are ideal for families or groups. Private tubs at $15 an hour are a treat and a bargain. Massage treatments are available by appointment.

Built in 1936, this romantic, two-story B&B is a short walk from Lake Worth's downtown shops, eateries, and the Intracoastal Waterway, and each room is decorated with antiques and inspired by a different artist, including Renoir, Dalí, Norman Rockwell, and Chagall. Three rooms and a suite are in the main building, and one suite and two rooms are across a brick courtyard in the carriage house. All rooms have oak floors, private balconies, and free Wi-Fi. There's an inviting parlor where you can relax with a good book; wine, soda, and water are always on offer. A full breakfast is served indoors or under the palms in the courtyard.

The "glamping" (glamorous camping) tents, camp cottages, and A-frame hideaway huts on wheels deliver as much comfort and luxury as a fine hotel (with a few caveats, including communal bathing areas), but let you be up close and personal with nature. Each option has its own flair: some have a safari-like vibe; others have nautical touches; and a couple have a mid-century modern feel. Couples-only options include an Airstream, a shepherd’s hut, and a glass house.

For a blast from the past, stay in one of the funky vintage aluminum trailers at this trailer park south of town, where accommodations range from a 1947 "Tiki Bus" to a 1951 33-foot Royal Mansion. The entire collection is decked out in midcentury style, including vintage magazines, coffee percolators, and vinyl records. Most units have small bathrooms, but only a few have private showers; the park restrooms are clean, with hot showers.

A white picket fence and lovely gardens surround a Victorian hotel that's been operating continuously since it opened in 1896, and today it offers distinctly decorated rooms full of fresh flowers, handsome antiques, fine-art prints, wrought-iron beds, and vintage wardrobes. Some rooms have classic clawfoot tubs and either shared or private balconies. The Shelburne Pub has a dark wooden interior and a contemporary Pacific Northwestern menu focused heavily on seafood. Homemade pastries and specialty desserts feature fresh local ingredients.

The 16-story art-deco hotel, connected to the convention center by an enclosed walkway, showcases Miss America Pageant memorabilia in display windows. A grand circular staircase leads to the Miss America–themed Shoe Bar as well as restaurants and meeting rooms. Step outside and you're on The Walk, a group of outlet stores connected by a brick path. Standard rooms are understated and bathed in earth-tones. Club rooms and suites are available with both city and bay views.