Auburn · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Auburn University
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These are my five favourites in Auburn, out of the 11 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.4.
All five are within 2.3 km of Auburn University.
Highest rated of the five
The Laurel Hotel and Spa
★★★★★4.7 from 175 reviews
The Laurel Hotel and Spa comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 175 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, found under poi and around $479 a night on the dates we checked.
11 hotels in Auburn qualified for this list and five made it. The Hotel at Auburn University & Dixon Conference Center is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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The Laurel Hotel and Spa
★★★★★4.7 from 175 reviews
1.4 km from Auburn University, about a 18 minute walk
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2The Hotel at Auburn University & Dixon Conference Center
★★★★★4.7 from 1,177 reviews
1.3 km from Auburn University, about a 16 minute walk
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3Graduate by Hilton Auburn, AL
★★★★★4.4 from 231 reviews
1.4 km from Auburn University, about a 18 minute walk
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4Crenshaw Guest House B & B
★★★★★4.9 from 91 reviews
2.0 km from Auburn University, about a 25 minute walk
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How this list was put together
11 Auburn hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Auburn University 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.
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