Hancock · Hotel shortlist
High end hotels in the city centre, Hancock
Andres Molina Latin America
These are my five favourites in Hancock, out of the 27 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.8 down to 4.7.
Bar Harbor Motel is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
Bar Harbor Motel
★★★★★4.8 from 739 reviews
Bar Harbor Motel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.8 from 739 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 3 star property, found under city centre and around $354 a night on the dates we checked.
27 hotels in Hancock qualified for this list and five made it. The Pathmaker Hotel is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Airport shuttlethe first hour after landing solved
All five, ranked
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1
Bar Harbor Motel
★★★★★4.8 from 739 reviews
- Pool
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
- Airport shuttle
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2The Pathmaker Hotel
★★★★★4.9 from 243 reviews
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Air conditioning
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3The Bayview Hotel
★★★★★4.7 from 226 reviews
- Pool
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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4Ivy Manor Inn - Village Center
★★★★★4.8 from 374 reviews
- Bar
- Parking
- Air conditioning
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5
How this list was put together
27 Hancock 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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