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The best hotels near the main square in Fayetteville

Katarina Novak

Katarina Novak Britain and Ireland

Updated 1 September 2026 · 60 Fayetteville hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Fayetteville, out of the 60 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, all five scoring 4.6.

Inn at the Mill, an Ascend Collection Hotel is the one I would book myself.

Inn at the Mill, an Ascend Collection Hotel

Highest rated of the five

Inn at the Mill, an Ascend Collection Hotel

★★★★★4.6 from 660 reviews

Inn at the Mill, an Ascend Collection Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.6 from 660 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 5 star property, found under city centre and around $148 a night on the dates we checked.

60 hotels in Fayetteville qualified for this list and five made it. Cottage in the shadow of the stadium! is the one I would book if the first is full.

Why it works for this trip

  • Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
  • Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
  • Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
  • Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
  • Gymopen to guests, not a partner pass down the road

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All five, ranked

  1. Inn at the Mill, an Ascend Collection Hotel1

    Inn at the Mill, an Ascend Collection Hotel

    ★★★★★4.6 from 660 reviews

    • Pool
    • Spa
    • Gym
    • Parking
    • Pet friendly
    • Kid friendly

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  2. Cottage in the shadow of the stadium!2

    Cottage in the shadow of the stadium!

    ★★★★★5 from 247 reviews

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    • A-Frame Treehouse Cabin with Beaver Lake View3

      A-Frame Treehouse Cabin with Beaver Lake View

      ★★★★★5 from 180 reviews

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      • Hog Valley RV & Treehouse Resort5

        Hog Valley RV & Treehouse Resort

        ★★★★★4.8 from 286 reviews

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        How this list was put together

        60 Fayetteville 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.

        Katarina Novak

        Katarina Novak Britain and Ireland

        Works long ward rotations, then blocks four days off and disappears. Specialises in short trips done well, mostly cities within three hours' flight. Twenty-two logged so far.

        Trip Grapevine earns a commission on bookings made through the links on this page. It costs you nothing, and it does not change the order of the list, which is set by the measurements above.