Port Townsend · Hotel shortlist
Hotels with a bar on the waterfront in Port Townsend
Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand
These are my five favourites in Port Townsend, out of the 8 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.2.
The Bishop Hotel is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
The Bishop Hotel
★★★★★4.7 from 304 reviews
The Bishop Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 304 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 city centre and around $208 a night on the dates we checked.
8 hotels in Port Townsend qualified for this list and five made it. Quilcene Lantern is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Bara drink without going back out
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Kitchenettebreakfast on your own schedule
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
All five, ranked
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1
The Bishop Hotel
★★★★★4.7 from 304 reviews
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
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2Quilcene Lantern
★★★★★5 from 70 reviews
- Bar
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
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3The Resort At Port Ludlow
★★★★★4.4 from 739 reviews
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Accessible
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4Captain Whidbey
★★★★★4.3 from 626 reviews
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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5Old Alcohol Plant Inn
★★★★★4.2 from 470 reviews
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
How this list was put together
8 Port Townsend hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and 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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