Newport · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Newport Beach
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These are my five favourites in Newport, out of the 40 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.8 down to 4.4.
All five are within 7.3 km of Newport Beach.
Highest rated of the five
The Resort at Pelican Hill
★★★★★4.8 from 3,141 reviews
The Resort at Pelican Hill comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.8 from 3,141 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 5 star property, found under poi and around $2584 a night on the dates we checked.
40 hotels in Newport qualified for this list and five made it. Balboa Bay Resort 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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The Resort at Pelican Hill
★★★★★4.8 from 3,141 reviews
7.3 km from Newport Beach
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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2Balboa Bay Resort
★★★★★4.5 from 2,962 reviews
1.2 km from Newport Beach, about a 15 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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3Bay Shores Peninsula Hotel
★★★★★4.7 from 433 reviews
500 m from Newport Beach, about a 6 minute walk
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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4Lido House, Autograph Collection
★★★★★4.4 from 769 reviews
1.5 km from Newport Beach, about a 19 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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5Holiday Inn Express Newport Beach by IHG
★★★★★4.4 from 880 reviews
1.5 km from Newport Beach, about a 19 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
How this list was put together
40 Newport hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Newport Beach 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.
Hana Okada The Low Countries
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