Ocracoke · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Ocracoke Island
Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand
These are my five favourites in Ocracoke, out of the 13 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.6.
All five are inside 800 m of Ocracoke Island, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Ocracoke Harbor Inn
★★★★★4.7 from 293 reviews
Ocracoke Harbor Inn comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 293 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 $153 a night on the dates we checked.
13 hotels in Ocracoke qualified for this list and five made it. Sand Dollar Motel of Ocracoke is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Airport shuttlethe first hour after landing solved
- Step free accesslevel entry and a lift
All five, ranked
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1
Ocracoke Harbor Inn
★★★★★4.7 from 293 reviews
800 m from Ocracoke Island, about a 10 minute walk
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
- Airport shuttle
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2Sand Dollar Motel of Ocracoke
★★★★★4.7 from 108 reviews
under 200 m from Ocracoke Island, about a 1 minute walk
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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3Thurston House Inn
★★★★★4.8 from 57 reviews
300 m from Ocracoke Island, about a 4 minute walk
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Airport shuttle
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4Captain's Landing Waterfront Inn
★★★★★4.7 from 110 reviews
700 m from Ocracoke Island, about a 9 minute walk
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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5Pony Island Inn
★★★★★4.6 from 569 reviews
300 m from Ocracoke Island, about a 4 minute walk
- Pool
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
How this list was put together
13 Ocracoke hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Ocracoke Island 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
Half her year is already on research boats, so holidays are deliberately dry land. Long-distance hiking routes in the off season, alone, with nothing being measured.
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