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The best hotels on the waterfront in Racine

Stefan Bauer

Stefan Bauer The American west

Updated 1 September 2026 · 74 Racine hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Racine, out of the 74 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.895787 down to 4.85.

Pet Friendly The Retreat 3BR with Heated Pool & Hot Tub is the one I would book myself.

Pet Friendly The Retreat 3BR with Heated Pool & Hot Tub

Highest rated of the five

Pet Friendly The Retreat 3BR with Heated Pool & Hot Tub

★★★★★4.895787 from 769 reviews

Pet Friendly The Retreat 3BR with Heated Pool & Hot Tub comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.895787 from 769 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 found under the beach.

74 hotels in Racine qualified for this list and five made it. Beautiful home with amazing Lake Michigan views is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Pet Friendly The Retreat 3BR with Heated Pool & Hot Tub1

    Pet Friendly The Retreat 3BR with Heated Pool & Hot Tub

    ★★★★★4.895787 from 769 reviews

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    • Beautiful home with amazing Lake Michigan views2

      Beautiful home with amazing Lake Michigan views

      ★★★★★5 from 264 reviews

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      • Entire Modern Lakehouse, Steps to Lake Michigan3

        Entire Modern Lakehouse, Steps to Lake Michigan

        ★★★★★4.9 from 384 reviews

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        • Spacious Sailboat, “Kelly Day” sleeps 44

          Spacious Sailboat, “Kelly Day” sleeps 4

          ★★★★★4.9 from 266 reviews

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          • The July House: Steps From the Lake5

            The July House: Steps From the Lake

            ★★★★★4.85 from 281 reviews

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            How this list was put together

            74 Racine 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.

            Stefan Bauer

            Stefan Bauer The American west

            Chases total solar eclipses. Seven of them on four continents, from Wyoming to a fishing town in Chile. Banks days off through the on-call rota and books the trips years ahead, because eclipse dates do not move.

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