16 Best Hotels in Rhode Island, USA

Towering over Downtown, the Omni is steps from restaurants, the Rhode Island Convention Center, the Amica Mutual Pavilion (formerly Dunkin' Donuts Center), and Waterplace Park, home of WaterFire. The hotel hosts many conference guests and has a business-traveler vibe—and it's a wedding venue—but it's also child- and pet-friendly. The Providence Place Mall and the Conventon Center are accessible via a skybridge, so you never need to step outside to get your shop on (or to a meeting).

This 2002 inn, designed to blend with the island's historic architecture, occupies a breezy hillside overlooking the Great Salt Pond and is just minutes from Crescent Beach. Rooms are larger and more modern than those of many of its Victorian-era rivals; some have private decks with water views, and most are outfitted with whirlpool tubs. A spacious yet private back porch and Adirondack-chair-strewn lawn area remain relatively undiscovered despite commanding views. Champagne is served with the breakfast buffet.

The restful retreat in the heart of Newport's bustling waterfront district was once a convent in a different location—the tidy 1854 Victorian building was dismantled in 1986 and rebuilt to its original size and style in its current location. The inn's namesake commanded the HMS Beagle, whose most famous passenger was Charles Darwin, and antiques adorn the rooms, which have either an antique brass or hand-carved wood bed frame; all guests have access to the rooftop deck with a view of the harbor; two have semiprivate decks and hot tubs.

The Jewelry District is Providence's trendiest neighborhood, and in the heart of the action is the Aloft hotel, with rooms that have a colorful pop-art design that nods to its proximity to the Rhode Island School of Design and both a trendy lobby cocktail bar, WXYZ, and a popular rooftop nightclub. The hotel is full of youthful energy even when unwinding in the outdoor, guests-only backyard. Home to new parks, residences, and restaurants, the neighborhood is within easy walking distance to the East Side via the Providence Pedestrian Bridge. 

This 19th-century Victorian farmhouse, high on a hill overlooking Great Salt Pond, is now a quiet, refreshed, and bright B&B inn with water views from most rooms. Three of the seven guest rooms in the main building have deck access; two apartments in a separate building, each of which can be rented by the week in-season, are good options for families.

The historic four-story Exchange Bank Building is the perfect location for one of Providence's newest luxury boutique hotels, which has a cozy charm paired with stylish rooms and views of downtown streets. A prominent Providence landmark when it was built in the 1840s, the building is dwarfed by downtown's skyscrapers but retains the Queen Anne style dating from an 1887 renovation. Named for the developer's mother, the Beatrice features Ignazio Cipriani's first Bellini restaurant in New England, which occupies an elegant ground floor space, as well as a private rooftop club, with views of central Kennedy Plaza.

This Old Harbor district inn, with a main building and three suites in an adjacent cottage, has been a guesthouse since its construction in 1898. Though not large, guest rooms are appointed with Victorian antiques; some have Jacuzzi tubs, and all have either an ocean or a harbor view; couples looking for a romantic hideaway often repair to the Tea House, one of four additional rental cottages, which has a porch overlooking Crescent Beach.

A great choice for families, this well-maintained 50-room boutique motel is less than a quarter-mile from the ocean. Guests have access to 150 feet of private beachfront with free parking and a coveted key to a surfside bathroom. The motel has cheery guest rooms, grounds dotted with fountains, and a pool with plenty of comfortable lounge chairs. The Bellone family, which also owns the nearby Hotel Maria, has operated the Breezeway since 1970.

A rarity on Block Island, this full-service resort is outside of town, making it a quiet oasis from the summer bustle in New Harbor. That said, it's not too quiet: in addition to 55 guest rooms spread around five buildings and a pair of two-bedroom suites, the resort is home to a popular marina bar that hosts live music nightly in the summer, a charming waterfront coffee shop, a poolside snack bar, and an ice cream stand serving Gifford's hard ice cream and soft serve. Firepits, cornhole games, and bocce courts fill a pleasant courtyard, and the Galley House restaurant serves lobster rolls and other sandwiches as well as a handful of entrees. The island's largest resort marina has slips for 100 boats, including some big enough to accommodate superyachts. 

Rooms on the east side of this three-story 1858 Italianate brick town house have direct views of the State House, though Interstate 95 lies between. Most of the bright, simply furnished guest rooms have polished wide-plank pine floors, 11-foot ceilings, and gas fireplaces (some with marble mantles).

While options for overnight stays in Jamestown are limited, the Bay Voyage is a stalwart that has undergone several evolutions in its lodging and dining but retains the charm that led the original owners to float this Victorian-era inn across Narragansett Bay from Newport in 1890. The inn is walking distance from town and features rooms with water views, an attractive seasonal outdoor swimming pool, and an on-site restaurant. It’s a time-share resort that also offers rooms for overnight stays, so most accommodations are suites.

Located a short walk from the Rhode Island Convention Center and Waterplace Park, and not far from Providence Place Mall and the State House, this is one of New England's larger links in the Courtyard by Marriott chain. Odd-number rooms overlook WaterFire and the State House, while even numbers have views of Downtown.

A building that once housed a strip club is now a trendy boutique hotel with minimalist, masculine decor and a studious vibe. Guest rooms, which range from rooms with twin bunk beds to a suite with a king-size bed and seating for six, are compact but well designed, feature handcrafted furnishings and eclectic artworks, and have writing desks and signature black bathrooms with rain showerheads.

In the heart of the city's Arts and Entertainment District, this intimate boutique hotel sets the standard for elegant decor and attentive service. Rooms and suites are in a pair of restored 19th-century buildings—the lobby and second floor were once a department store—and have such perks as marble bathrooms, luxury bedding, and coffeemakers.

This luxury hotel occupies one of Providence's most mysterious addresses, a stately nine-story Neoclassical Revival building constructed as a Masonic temple between 1926 and 1928 but unoccupied for an inconceivable 79 years. Developers restoring the building in the early 2000s incorporated the original architectural features, but the decor has a distinctly contemporary-retro edge.

With simple accommodations in a late-19th-century farmhouse and more luxurious units in a more modern structure across a country lane, this property is set on a 20-acre pastoral farmstead. Constants here are friendly, efficient service and one of the most relaxing settings on the island. Rooms and porches overlook rolling fields, woodland, and the ocean, and there's a bike rental shop on property.