Blacksburg · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Virginia Tech
Daniel Kovac Central Europe
These are my five favourites in Blacksburg, out of the 9 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.3.
All five are inside 1.0 km of Virginia Tech, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Blacksburg Bed & Breakfast
★★★★★4.9 from 116 reviews
Blacksburg Bed & Breakfast comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 116 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 3 star property, found under poi and around $136 a night on the dates we checked.
9 hotels in Blacksburg qualified for this list and five made it. Hyatt Place Blacksburg/University is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Blacksburg Bed & Breakfast
★★★★★4.9 from 116 reviews
900 m from Virginia Tech, about a 11 minute walk
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2Hyatt Place Blacksburg/University
★★★★★4.7 from 835 reviews
800 m from Virginia Tech, about a 10 minute walk
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3The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
★★★★★4.6 from 1,641 reviews
600 m from Virginia Tech, about a 8 minute walk
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4Residence Inn by Marriott Blacksburg-University
★★★★★4.5 from 556 reviews
700 m from Virginia Tech, about a 9 minute walk
- Pool
- Gym
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
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5Main Street Inn
★★★★★4.3 from 184 reviews
1.0 km from Virginia Tech, about a 12 minute walk
How this list was put together
9 Blacksburg hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Virginia Tech 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.
Daniel Kovac Central Europe
Takes the same two weeks every August and drives somewhere far with his wife and daughter. Twelve countries, all by road, all in one battered estate car. Plans routes on paper maps.
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