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The best hotels near Adventure Aquarium

Tobias Lang

Tobias Lang Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Updated 1 September 2026 · 49 Camden hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Camden, out of the 49 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, all five scoring 4.4.

All five are within 2.9 km of Adventure Aquarium.

Hilton Garden Inn Camden Waterfront Philadelphia

Highest rated of the five

Hilton Garden Inn Camden Waterfront Philadelphia

★★★★★4.4 from 1,342 reviews

Hilton Garden Inn Camden Waterfront Philadelphia comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.4 from 1,342 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 $191 a night on the dates we checked.

49 hotels in Camden qualified for this list and five made it. Lokal Hotel Old City is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Hilton Garden Inn Camden Waterfront Philadelphia1

    Hilton Garden Inn Camden Waterfront Philadelphia

    ★★★★★4.4 from 1,342 reviews

    400 m from Adventure Aquarium, about a 5 minute walk

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    • Lokal Hotel Old City2

      Lokal Hotel Old City

      ★★★★★4.8 from 181 reviews

      1.4 km from Adventure Aquarium, about a 18 minute walk

      • Kitchen
      • Kid friendly
      • Air conditioning

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    • Independence Park Hotel3

      Independence Park Hotel

      ★★★★★4.5 from 454 reviews

      1.2 km from Adventure Aquarium, about a 15 minute walk

      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Parking
      • Air conditioning

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    • The Gas Lamp Hotel4

      The Gas Lamp Hotel

      ★★★★★4.8 from 81 reviews

      1.3 km from Adventure Aquarium, about a 16 minute walk

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      • Lokal Hotel Fishtown5

        Lokal Hotel Fishtown

        ★★★★★4.9 from 247 reviews

        2.9 km from Adventure Aquarium

        • Parking
        • Kitchen
        • Kid friendly
        • Air conditioning
        • Accessible

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      How this list was put together

      49 Camden hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Adventure Aquarium 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.

      Tobias Lang

      Tobias Lang Germany, Austria and Switzerland

      Touring already moves him around Europe nine months a year, so he stays on three or four extra days at his own cost whenever a tour hits somewhere new. He calls it stealing time.

      Trip Grapevine earns a commission on bookings made through the links on this page. It costs you nothing, and it does not change the order of the list, which is set by the measurements above.