Cape May · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near the airport in Cape May
Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya
These are my five favourites in Cape May, out of the 107 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.80442.
OSPREY NEST • Peaceful & Secluded Cape May Garden Escape• 275 Five-Star Reviews is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
OSPREY NEST • Peaceful & Secluded Cape May Garden Escape• 275 Five-Star Reviews
★★★★★4.9 from 578 reviews
OSPREY NEST • Peaceful & Secluded Cape May Garden Escape• 275 Five-Star Reviews comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 578 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 found under historic centre and around $216 a night on the dates we checked.
107 hotels in Cape May qualified for this list and five made it. Marlane | Hotel by the Sea | Wildwood, NJ is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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OSPREY NEST • Peaceful & Secluded Cape May Garden Escape• 275 Five-Star Reviews
★★★★★4.9 from 578 reviews
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2Marlane | Hotel by the Sea | Wildwood, NJ
★★★★★4.9 from 229 reviews
- Pool
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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3Boarding House Cape May NJ Hotel
★★★★★4.9 from 182 reviews
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
- Airport shuttle
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4Rhythm of the Sea
★★★★★4.9 from 180 reviews
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
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5Relaxing bayside bungalow close to historic Cape May and Wildwoods
★★★★★4.80442 from 362 reviews
How this list was put together
107 Cape May 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.
Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya
Her work season is winter, leaving whole summers free for mountains in the other hemisphere or trekking at altitude in Nepal and Peru. Carries the lightest pack of anyone she travels with.
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