Charleston · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center
Peter Halvorsen The Nordics
These are my five favourites in Charleston, out of the 10 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.2 down to 4.
All five are inside 700 m of Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Courtyard by Marriott Charleston Downtown/Civic Center
★★★★★4.2 from 846 reviews
Courtyard by Marriott Charleston Downtown/Civic Center comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.2 from 846 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 $168 a night on the dates we checked.
10 hotels in Charleston qualified for this list and five made it. Holiday Inn Express Charleston-Civic Center by IHG is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Courtyard by Marriott Charleston Downtown/Civic Center
★★★★★4.2 from 846 reviews
300 m from Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, about a 4 minute walk
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2Holiday Inn Express Charleston-Civic Center by IHG
★★★★★4.1 from 1,391 reviews
200 m from Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, about a 2 minute walk
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3Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston
★★★★★4.1 from 2,563 reviews
400 m from Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, about a 5 minute walk
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4Four Points by Sheraton Charleston
★★★★★4.1 from 1,531 reviews
700 m from Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, about a 9 minute walk
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5Hampton Inn Charleston-Downtown
★★★★★4 from 1,243 reviews
400 m from Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, about a 5 minute walk
- Pool
- Gym
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
How this list was put together
10 Charleston hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center 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.
Peter Halvorsen The Nordics
Twenty-six years of teaching means 26 long summers. Trains and driving through most of Europe, now further afield, usually alone with a tent. Keeps every train ticket since 1994.
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