Bethlehem · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Musikfest
Ellie Brandt Southeast Asia
These are my five favourites in Bethlehem, out of the 7 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.6 down to 4.2.
All five are inside 1.5 km of Musikfest, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
The Sayre Mansion
★★★★★4.6 from 390 reviews
The Sayre Mansion comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.6 from 390 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 4 star property, found under poi and around $214 a night on the dates we checked.
7 hotels in Bethlehem qualified for this list and five made it. Historic Hotel Bethlehem is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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The Sayre Mansion
★★★★★4.6 from 390 reviews
1.4 km from Musikfest, about a 18 minute walk
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2Historic Hotel Bethlehem
★★★★★4.6 from 2,808 reviews
1.4 km from Musikfest, about a 18 minute walk
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3Wind Creek Bethlehem
★★★★★4.2 from 20,925 reviews
900 m from Musikfest, about a 11 minute walk
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4Hyatt Place Bethlehem
★★★★★4.4 from 1,087 reviews
1.5 km from Musikfest, about a 19 minute walk
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5Comfort Suites Bethlehem Near Lehigh University and LVI Airport
★★★★★4.2 from 1,208 reviews
1.2 km from Musikfest, about a 15 minute walk
How this list was put together
7 Bethlehem hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Musikfest 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.
Ellie Brandt Southeast Asia
Works weekends at an animal shelter and saves the pay for off-season flights. Hostels, night buses, and volunteering at animal sanctuaries for a bunk. Six countries in three years.
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