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The best hotels near the station in Clare

Camila Reyes

Camila Reyes The Adriatic and Greece

Updated 1 September 2026 · 19 Clare hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Clare, out of the 19 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9462113 down to 4.4.

Payne's Lakeside Cottage with Private Beach is the one I would book myself.

Payne's Lakeside Cottage with Private Beach

Highest rated of the five

Payne's Lakeside Cottage with Private Beach

★★★★★4.9462113 from 161 reviews

Payne's Lakeside Cottage with Private Beach comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9462113 from 161 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 the beach.

19 hotels in Clare qualified for this list and five made it. Red Roof on Arbor Drive is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Payne's Lakeside Cottage with Private Beach1

    Payne's Lakeside Cottage with Private Beach

    ★★★★★4.9462113 from 161 reviews

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    • Red Roof on Arbor Drive2

      Red Roof on Arbor Drive

      ★★★★★4.8983335 from 96 reviews

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      • Lakefront Cottage on Wiggins Lake3

        Lakefront Cottage on Wiggins Lake

        ★★★★★5 from 67 reviews

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        • Lucky Bear Lodge. Secluded Cabin in the Woods, Beach access. Pet friendly4

          Lucky Bear Lodge. Secluded Cabin in the Woods, Beach access. Pet friendly

          ★★★★★4.841205 from 83 reviews

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          • Mount Pleasant Resort5

            Mount Pleasant Resort

            ★★★★★4.4 from 735 reviews

            • Pool
            • Parking
            • Kid friendly

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          How this list was put together

          19 Clare 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.

          Camila Reyes

          Camila Reyes The Adriatic and Greece

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