Dover · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Dover
Ellie Brandt Southeast Asia
These are my five favourites in Dover, out of the 18 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, all five scoring 4.2.
All five are within 2.4 km of Dover.
Highest rated of the five
Bally's Dover Casino Resort
★★★★★4.2 from 6,590 reviews
Bally's Dover Casino Resort comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.2 from 6,590 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 4 star property, found under poi and around $110 a night on the dates we checked.
18 hotels in Dover qualified for this list and five made it. Comfort Inn & Suites Dover near Speedway is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Bally's Dover Casino Resort
★★★★★4.2 from 6,590 reviews
300 m from Dover, about a 4 minute walk
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2Comfort Inn & Suites Dover near Speedway
★★★★★4.2 from 556 reviews
800 m from Dover, about a 10 minute walk
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3Residence Inn by Marriott Dover
★★★★★4.2 from 526 reviews
1.3 km from Dover, about a 16 minute walk
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4Holiday Inn Express & Suites Dover
★★★★★4.4 from 632 reviews
2.4 km from Dover
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How this list was put together
18 Dover hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Dover 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.
Ellie Brandt Southeast Asia
Works weekends at an animal shelter and saves the pay for off-season flights. Hostels, night buses, and volunteering at animal sanctuaries for a bunk. Six countries in three years.
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