Atlanta · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Georgia Aquarium
Rosa Iglesias The American south
These are my five favourites in Atlanta, out of the 44 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.5 down to 4.2.
All five are inside 1.5 km of Georgia Aquarium, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Signia by Hilton Atlanta Georgia World Congress Center
★★★★★4.5 from 3,974 reviews
Signia by Hilton Atlanta Georgia World Congress Center comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.5 from 3,974 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 5 star property and found under poi.
44 hotels in Atlanta qualified for this list and five made it. Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Signia by Hilton Atlanta Georgia World Congress Center
★★★★★4.5 from 3,974 reviews
700 m from Georgia Aquarium, about a 9 minute walk
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2Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center
★★★★★4.5 from 2,242 reviews
1.5 km from Georgia Aquarium, about a 19 minute walk
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3Moxy Atlanta Downtown
★★★★★4.3 from 104 reviews
200 m from Georgia Aquarium, about a 2 minute walk
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
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4Hyatt Regency Atlanta
★★★★★4.3 from 10,923 reviews
800 m from Georgia Aquarium, about a 10 minute walk
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5Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park
★★★★★4.2 from 12,697 reviews
600 m from Georgia Aquarium, about a 8 minute walk
How this list was put together
44 Atlanta hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Georgia Aquarium second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Rosa Iglesias The American south
Teaches in term time and plays weddings in summer, which pays for the travel. Goes where the music is, usually festivals in small unrecommended towns. Owns three unnecessary accordions.
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