South Padre Island · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Clayton's Beach Bar
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These are my five favourites in South Padre Island, out of the 45 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.5 down to 4.3.
All five are within 4.1 km of Clayton's Beach Bar.
Highest rated of the five
Seabreeze Beach Resort Condominiums
★★★★★4.5 from 456 reviews
Seabreeze Beach Resort Condominiums comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.5 from 456 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 and found under poi.
45 hotels in South Padre Island qualified for this list and five made it. Wanna Wanna Inn Beach Bar & Grill is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Kitchenettebreakfast on your own schedule
All five, ranked
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Seabreeze Beach Resort Condominiums
★★★★★4.5 from 456 reviews
1.3 km from Clayton's Beach Bar, about a 16 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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2Wanna Wanna Inn Beach Bar & Grill
★★★★★4.5 from 3,448 reviews
1.6 km from Clayton's Beach Bar, about a 20 minute walk
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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3Holiday Inn Express & Suites South Padre Island by IHG
★★★★★4.3 from 1,148 reviews
300 m from Clayton's Beach Bar, about a 4 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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4Upper Deck Hotel & Bar
★★★★★4.5 from 776 reviews
3.0 km from Clayton's Beach Bar
- Pool
- Spa
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
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5Edgewater Condominiums
★★★★★4.7 from 283 reviews
4.1 km from Clayton's Beach Bar
- Pool
- Spa
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
How this list was put together
45 South Padre Island hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Clayton's Beach Bar 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.
Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal
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