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The best hotels on the beach in Clare

Camila Reyes

Camila Reyes The Adriatic and Greece

Updated 1 September 2026 · 23 Clare hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Clare, out of the 23 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 5 down to 4.8983335.

Winter Special!! 200.00 per nt. at Perch Lake Lodge! Excl fees taxes is the one I would book myself.

Winter Special!! 200.00 per nt. at Perch Lake Lodge! Excl fees taxes

Highest rated of the five

Winter Special!! 200.00 per nt. at Perch Lake Lodge! Excl fees taxes

★★★★★5 from 308 reviews

Winter Special!! 200.00 per nt. at Perch Lake Lodge! Excl fees taxes comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 5 from 308 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.

23 hotels in Clare qualified for this list and five made it. LAKEFRONT COTTAGE is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Winter Special!! 200.00 per nt. at Perch Lake Lodge! Excl fees taxes1

    Winter Special!! 200.00 per nt. at Perch Lake Lodge! Excl fees taxes

    ★★★★★5 from 308 reviews

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    • LAKEFRONT COTTAGE2

      LAKEFRONT COTTAGE

      ★★★★★4.9 from 212 reviews

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      • Payne's Lakeside Cottage with Private Beach3

        Payne's Lakeside Cottage with Private Beach

        ★★★★★4.9462113 from 161 reviews

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        • Red Roof on Arbor Drive4

          Red Roof on Arbor Drive

          ★★★★★4.8983335 from 96 reviews

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          • Lakefront Cottage on Wiggins Lake5

            Lakefront Cottage on Wiggins Lake

            ★★★★★5 from 67 reviews

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            How this list was put together

            23 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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