Melbourne · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Brighton
Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand
These are my five favourites in Melbourne, out of the 9 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.6 down to 4.2.
All five are inside 1.3 km of Brighton, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Element by Marriott Melbourne Oceanfront
★★★★★4.6 from 326 reviews
Element by Marriott Melbourne Oceanfront comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.6 from 326 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.
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9 hotels in Melbourne qualified for this list and five made it. Sea Scape Motel & Apartments is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Bara drink without going back out
All five, ranked
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Element by Marriott Melbourne Oceanfront
★★★★★4.6 from 326 reviews
700 m from Brighton, about a 9 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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2Sea Scape Motel & Apartments
★★★★★4.7 from 491 reviews
1.1 km from Brighton, about a 14 minute walk
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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3DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Melbourne Beach Oceanfront
★★★★★4.3 from 2,529 reviews
1.3 km from Brighton, about a 16 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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4Crowne Plaza Melbourne-Oceanfront by IHG
★★★★★4.2 from 3,899 reviews
600 m from Brighton, about a 8 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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5Hilton Melbourne Beach Oceanfront
★★★★★4.3 from 2,712 reviews
1.3 km from Brighton, about a 16 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
How this list was put together
9 Melbourne hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Brighton 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.
Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand
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