Grand Haven · Hotel shortlist
Grand Haven hotels with a spa
Andres Molina Latin America
These are my five favourites in Grand Haven, out of the 46 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.6.
Frederick Stearns House Historic Inn is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
Frederick Stearns House Historic Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 250 reviews
Frederick Stearns House Historic Inn comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 250 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 university district and around $250 a night on the dates we checked.
46 hotels in Grand Haven qualified for this list and five made it. The Townsend Hotel is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Airport shuttlethe first hour after landing solved
- Step free accesslevel entry and a lift
All five, ranked
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1
Frederick Stearns House Historic Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 250 reviews
- Spa
- Parking
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
- Airport shuttle
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2The Townsend Hotel
★★★★★4.6 from 1,314 reviews
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kitchen
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3The Pidge Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 211 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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4The Inn on Ferry Street
★★★★★4.6 from 637 reviews
- Spa
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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5The Lilley Mansion Bed and Breakfast
★★★★★4.8 from 41 reviews
- Spa
- Parking
- Air conditioning
- Airport shuttle
How this list was put together
46 Grand Haven 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.
Andres Molina Latin America
Field seasons take him to cloud forests, and he adds two weeks of his own on either end to see the country rather than just the research site. Nine countries in Latin America.
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