Cambridge · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near City Centre
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These are my five favourites in Cambridge, out of the 6 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.2 down to 2.8.
All five are within 2.5 km of City Centre.
Highest rated of the five
Cambridge Hotel & Conference Centre
★★★★★4.2 from 1,650 reviews
Cambridge Hotel & Conference Centre comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.2 from 1,650 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 $93 a night on the dates we checked.
6 hotels in Cambridge qualified for this list and five made it. Hilton Garden Inn Kitchener/Cambridge is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Bara drink without going back out
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Gymopen to guests, not a partner pass down the road
All five, ranked
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Cambridge Hotel & Conference Centre
★★★★★4.2 from 1,650 reviews
1.9 km from City Centre, about a 24 minute walk
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
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2Hilton Garden Inn Kitchener/Cambridge
★★★★★4 from 966 reviews
2.2 km from City Centre
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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3Best Western Plus Cambridge Hotel
★★★★★4 from 1,417 reviews
2.1 km from City Centre
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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4Comfort Inn Cambridge - Highway 401
★★★★★3.5 from 669 reviews
2.5 km from City Centre
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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5Travelodge by Wyndham Cambridge - Waterloo
★★★★★2.8 from 561 reviews
1.4 km from City Centre, about a 18 minute walk
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
How this list was put together
6 Cambridge hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to City Centre 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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