Pigeon Forge · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Leconte Center
Stefan Bauer The American west
These are my five favourites in Pigeon Forge, out of the 83 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 700 m of Leconte Center, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Drury Plaza Hotel Pigeon Forge
★★★★★4.7 from 365 reviews
Drury Plaza Hotel Pigeon Forge comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 365 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 $422 a night on the dates we checked.
83 hotels in Pigeon Forge qualified for this list and five made it. Maples Motor Inn is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Drury Plaza Hotel Pigeon Forge
★★★★★4.7 from 365 reviews
300 m from Leconte Center, about a 4 minute walk
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2Maples Motor Inn
★★★★★4.7 from 640 reviews
200 m from Leconte Center, about a 2 minute walk
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3Valley Forge Inn
★★★★★4.6 from 1,920 reviews
700 m from Leconte Center, about a 9 minute walk
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4Arbors at Island Landing Hotel & Suites Pigeon Forge
★★★★★4.7 from 3,163 reviews
700 m from Leconte Center, about a 9 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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5Willow Brook Lodge
★★★★★4.6 from 1,442 reviews
200 m from Leconte Center, about a 2 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
How this list was put together
83 Pigeon Forge hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Leconte Center 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.
Stefan Bauer The American west
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