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The best hotels downtown in Salisbury

Britt Sorensen

Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya

Updated 1 September 2026 · 46 Salisbury hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Salisbury, out of the 46 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 5 down to 4.947317.

Waterfront Cottage 10 Min From Great Barrington is the one I would book myself.

Waterfront Cottage 10 Min From Great Barrington

Highest rated of the five

Waterfront Cottage 10 Min From Great Barrington

★★★★★5 from 204 reviews

Waterfront Cottage 10 Min From Great Barrington comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 5 from 204 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 downtown.

46 hotels in Salisbury qualified for this list and five made it. Cheerful 3-bedroom cottage with woodstove is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Waterfront Cottage 10 Min From Great Barrington1

    Waterfront Cottage 10 Min From Great Barrington

    ★★★★★5 from 204 reviews

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    • Cheerful 3-bedroom cottage with woodstove2

      Cheerful 3-bedroom cottage with woodstove

      ★★★★★4.9477553 from 294 reviews

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      • Lakefront Fall Foliage in New England Just 2 Hours From NYC3

        Lakefront Fall Foliage in New England Just 2 Hours From NYC

        ★★★★★5 from 196 reviews

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        • Captivating Artisan Built Home With Spectacular Water Views4

          Captivating Artisan Built Home With Spectacular Water Views

          ★★★★★5 from 137 reviews

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          • Best of the Berkshires + Hot Tub by Evergreen Home5

            Best of the Berkshires + Hot Tub by Evergreen Home

            ★★★★★4.947317 from 164 reviews

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            How this list was put together

            46 Salisbury 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.

            Britt Sorensen

            Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya

            Her work season is winter, leaving whole summers free for mountains in the other hemisphere or trekking at altitude in Nepal and Peru. Carries the lightest pack of anyone she travels with.

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