Big Bear Lake · Hotel shortlist
High end hotels in the historic centre, Big Bear Lake
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These are my five favourites in Big Bear Lake, out of the 10 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.658763.
ITH Big Bear Lake Mountain Hostel & Lodge is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
ITH Big Bear Lake Mountain Hostel & Lodge
★★★★★4.7 from 165 reviews
ITH Big Bear Lake Mountain Hostel & Lodge comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 165 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 city centre and around $882 a night on the dates we checked.
10 hotels in Big Bear Lake qualified for this list and five made it. Black Knight Cabin•Close to Summit•Walk to Village is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Dogs allowedno kennel to arrange before you fly
All five, ranked
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ITH Big Bear Lake Mountain Hostel & Lodge
★★★★★4.7 from 165 reviews
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
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2Black Knight Cabin•Close to Summit•Walk to Village
★★★★★4.7290783 from 217 reviews
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3Apples Bed & Breakfast Inn
★★★★★4.7 from 155 reviews
- Parking
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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How this list was put together
10 Big Bear Lake hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and 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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