Madison · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Kohl Center
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These are my five favourites in Madison, out of the 26 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.6.
All five are inside 1.3 km of Kohl Center, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Mansion Hill Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 453 reviews
Mansion Hill Inn comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 453 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 4 star property, found under poi and around $344 a night on the dates we checked.
26 hotels in Madison qualified for this list and five made it. DoubleTree by Hilton Madison Downtown is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Mansion Hill Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 453 reviews
1.3 km from Kohl Center, about a 16 minute walk
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2DoubleTree by Hilton Madison Downtown
★★★★★4.6 from 1,189 reviews
300 m from Kohl Center, about a 4 minute walk
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3Fluno Center
★★★★★4.7 from 272 reviews
400 m from Kohl Center, about a 5 minute walk
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4Hampton Inn & Suites Madison / Downtown
★★★★★4.7 from 1,412 reviews
500 m from Kohl Center, about a 6 minute walk
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5Hilton Garden Inn Madison Downtown
★★★★★4.6 from 450 reviews
200 m from Kohl Center, about a 2 minute walk
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- Pet friendly
How this list was put together
26 Madison hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Kohl Center second, then 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.
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