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The best hotels on the beach in Hickory

Britt Sorensen

Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya

Updated 1 September 2026 · 55 Hickory hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Hickory, out of the 55 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9921284 down to 4.9.

Pet Friendly Comfy Vintage Cottage in Beautiful Small Town is the one I would book myself.

Pet Friendly Comfy Vintage Cottage in Beautiful Small Town

Highest rated of the five

Pet Friendly Comfy Vintage Cottage in Beautiful Small Town

★★★★★4.9921284 from 437 reviews

Pet Friendly Comfy Vintage Cottage in Beautiful Small Town comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9921284 from 437 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 city centre and around $259 a night on the dates we checked.

55 hotels in Hickory qualified for this list and five made it. Mimzy’s Garden Retreat | Peaceful & Private is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Pet Friendly Comfy Vintage Cottage in Beautiful Small Town1

    Pet Friendly Comfy Vintage Cottage in Beautiful Small Town

    ★★★★★4.9921284 from 437 reviews

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    • Mimzy’s Garden Retreat | Peaceful & Private2

      Mimzy’s Garden Retreat | Peaceful & Private

      ★★★★★4.927166 from 367 reviews

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      • Peaceful Lakefront Serenity3

        Peaceful Lakefront Serenity

        ★★★★★4.9 from 396 reviews

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        • One bedroom studio on our Private farm4

          One bedroom studio on our Private farm

          ★★★★★4.9627905 from 258 reviews

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          • Pet Friendly Beautiful Lake Hickory5

            Pet Friendly Beautiful Lake Hickory

            ★★★★★5 from 161 reviews

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            How this list was put together

            55 Hickory 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.

            Britt Sorensen

            Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya

            Her work season is winter, leaving whole summers free for mountains in the other hemisphere or trekking at altitude in Nepal and Peru. Carries the lightest pack of anyone she travels with.

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