Orlando · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Citywalk
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These are my five favourites in Orlando, out of the 72 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.5 down to 4.4.
All five are inside 1.3 km of Citywalk, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando
★★★★★4.5 from 19,605 reviews
Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.5 from 19,605 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 $886 a night on the dates we checked.
72 hotels in Orlando qualified for this list and five made it. B&B HOTEL Orlando International Drive near Universal is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando
★★★★★4.5 from 19,605 reviews
400 m from Citywalk, about a 5 minute walk
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2B&B HOTEL Orlando International Drive near Universal
★★★★★4.9 from 790 reviews
1.3 km from Citywalk, about a 16 minute walk
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3Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Orlando
★★★★★4.5 from 14,051 reviews
900 m from Citywalk, about a 11 minute walk
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4Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando
★★★★★4.5 from 12,143 reviews
900 m from Citywalk, about a 11 minute walk
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5Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando
★★★★★4.4 from 8,871 reviews
500 m from Citywalk, about a 6 minute walk
How this list was put together
72 Orlando hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Citywalk 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.
Rosa Iglesias The American south
Teaches in term time and plays weddings in summer, which pays for the travel. Goes where the music is, usually festivals in small unrecommended towns. Owns three unnecessary accordions.
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