St. Petersburg · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near St. Petersburg Beach
Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal
These are my five favourites in St. Petersburg, out of the 76 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.7.
All five are within 2.3 km of St. Petersburg Beach.
Highest rated of the five
The Saint Hotel
★★★★★4.9 from 433 reviews
The Saint Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 433 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 4 star property, found under poi and around $187 a night on the dates we checked.
76 hotels in St. Petersburg qualified for this list and five made it. The Gulf Beach Resort 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
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Bara drink without going back out
All five, ranked
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1
The Saint Hotel
★★★★★4.9 from 433 reviews
2.3 km from St. Petersburg Beach
- Pool
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kitchen
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2The Gulf Beach Resort
★★★★★4.8 from 98 reviews
400 m from St. Petersburg Beach, about a 5 minute walk
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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3Plaza Beach Hotel - Beachfront Resort
★★★★★4.7 from 1,954 reviews
200 m from St. Petersburg Beach, about a 2 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
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4Bon-Aire Resort
★★★★★4.7 from 1,016 reviews
300 m from St. Petersburg Beach, about a 4 minute walk
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5Mariner Beach Club
★★★★★4.8 from 129 reviews
400 m from St. Petersburg Beach, about a 5 minute walk
How this list was put together
76 St. Petersburg hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to St. Petersburg Beach 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
Shuts the workshop two weeks every summer and rides. The Pyrenees, the Danube route and most of Portugal on frames he built himself, camping most nights.
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