Port Canaveral · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Royal Caribbean
Daniel Kovac Central Europe
These are my five favourites in Port Canaveral, out of the 16 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.6 down to 4.3.
All five are inside 900 m of Royal Caribbean, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Homewood Suites by Hilton Cape Canaveral-Cocoa Beach
★★★★★4.6 from 1,277 reviews
Homewood Suites by Hilton Cape Canaveral-Cocoa Beach comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.6 from 1,277 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 3 star property, found under poi and around $152 a night on the dates we checked.
16 hotels in Port Canaveral qualified for this list and five made it. Hyatt Place Cape Canaveral is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Homewood Suites by Hilton Cape Canaveral-Cocoa Beach
★★★★★4.6 from 1,277 reviews
800 m from Royal Caribbean, about a 10 minute walk
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2Hyatt Place Cape Canaveral
★★★★★4.4 from 278 reviews
800 m from Royal Caribbean, about a 10 minute walk
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3Hampton Inn & Suites Cape Canaveral Cruise Port
★★★★★4.4 from 704 reviews
800 m from Royal Caribbean, about a 10 minute walk
- Pool
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
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4Home2 Suites by Hilton Cape Canaveral Cruise Port
★★★★★4.4 from 766 reviews
800 m from Royal Caribbean, about a 10 minute walk
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5Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Port Canaveral, FL
★★★★★4.3 from 2,271 reviews
900 m from Royal Caribbean, about a 11 minute walk
How this list was put together
16 Port Canaveral hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Royal Caribbean 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.
Daniel Kovac Central Europe
Takes the same two weeks every August and drives somewhere far with his wife and daughter. Twelve countries, all by road, all in one battered estate car. Plans routes on paper maps.
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