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High end hotels downtown in Fife

Stefan Bauer

Stefan Bauer The American west

Updated 1 September 2026 · 11 Fife hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Fife, out of the 11 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 5 down to 4.5.

Country Cottage Apartment - Entire 2nd Floor (UPS District - N Tacoma) is the one I would book myself.

Country Cottage Apartment - Entire 2nd Floor (UPS District - N Tacoma)

Highest rated of the five

Country Cottage Apartment - Entire 2nd Floor (UPS District - N Tacoma)

★★★★★5 from 416 reviews

Country Cottage Apartment - Entire 2nd Floor (UPS District - N Tacoma) comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 5 from 416 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 downtown and around $226 a night on the dates we checked.

11 hotels in Fife qualified for this list and five made it. Silver Cloud Hotel Tacoma at Point Ruston Waterfront is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Country Cottage Apartment - Entire 2nd Floor (UPS District - N Tacoma)1

    Country Cottage Apartment - Entire 2nd Floor (UPS District - N Tacoma)

    ★★★★★5 from 416 reviews

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    • Silver Cloud Hotel Tacoma at Point Ruston Waterfront2

      Silver Cloud Hotel Tacoma at Point Ruston Waterfront

      ★★★★★4.5 from 657 reviews

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Restaurant
      • Bar
      • Parking

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    • Silver Cloud Hotel - Tacoma Waterfront3

      Silver Cloud Hotel - Tacoma Waterfront

      ★★★★★4.5 from 1,215 reviews

      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Bar
      • Parking
      • Kid friendly
      • Air conditioning

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    • The Villa Bed and Breakfast4

      The Villa Bed and Breakfast

      ★★★★★4.7 from 122 reviews

      • Parking
      • Air conditioning

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    • Luxury 3 Bed/3 Bath NEW Home in Ruston5

      Luxury 3 Bed/3 Bath NEW Home in Ruston

      ★★★★★5 from 46 reviews

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      How this list was put together

      11 Fife 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.

      Stefan Bauer

      Stefan Bauer The American west

      Chases total solar eclipses. Seven of them on four continents, from Wyoming to a fishing town in Chile. Banks days off through the on-call rota and books the trips years ahead, because eclipse dates do not move.

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