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The best hotels near Mystic Aquarium

Andres Molina

Andres Molina Latin America

Updated 1 September 2026 · 18 Mystic hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Mystic, out of the 18 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.8 down to 4.1.

All five are within 2.5 km of Mystic Aquarium.

Delamar Mystic

Highest rated of the five

Delamar Mystic

★★★★★4.8 from 96 reviews

Delamar Mystic comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.8 from 96 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 $533 a night on the dates we checked.

18 hotels in Mystic qualified for this list and five made it. Hilton Mystic is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Delamar Mystic1

    Delamar Mystic

    ★★★★★4.8 from 96 reviews

    1.4 km from Mystic Aquarium, about a 18 minute walk

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    • Hilton Mystic2

      Hilton Mystic

      ★★★★★4.2 from 2,211 reviews

      200 m from Mystic Aquarium, about a 2 minute walk

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      • Hampton Inn & Suites Mystic3

        Hampton Inn & Suites Mystic

        ★★★★★4.3 from 965 reviews

        700 m from Mystic Aquarium, about a 9 minute walk

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        • Steamboat Inn4

          Steamboat Inn

          ★★★★★4.8 from 173 reviews

          2.5 km from Mystic Aquarium

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          • Holiday Inn Express Mystic - Groton Area by IHG5

            Holiday Inn Express Mystic - Groton Area by IHG

            ★★★★★4.1 from 720 reviews

            500 m from Mystic Aquarium, about a 6 minute walk

            • Pool
            • Spa
            • Gym
            • Parking
            • Pet friendly
            • Air conditioning

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          How this list was put together

          18 Mystic hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Mystic Aquarium 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.

          Andres Molina

          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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