Tampa · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Channelside
Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya
These are my five favourites in Tampa, out of the 25 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.5.
All five are inside 1.3 km of Channelside, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
ROOST Tampa
★★★★★4.7 from 373 reviews
ROOST Tampa comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 373 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 $280 a night on the dates we checked.
25 hotels in Tampa qualified for this list and five made it. JW Marriott Tampa Water Street is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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ROOST Tampa
★★★★★4.7 from 373 reviews
700 m from Channelside, about a 9 minute walk
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2JW Marriott Tampa Water Street
★★★★★4.6 from 1,621 reviews
1.2 km from Channelside, about a 15 minute walk
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3Hampton Inn Tampa Downtown Channel District
★★★★★4.5 from 1,032 reviews
200 m from Channelside, about a 2 minute walk
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4Tampa Marriott Water Street
★★★★★4.5 from 5,951 reviews
1.3 km from Channelside, about a 16 minute walk
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5Hotel Haya
★★★★★4.5 from 1,291 reviews
1.2 km from Channelside, about a 15 minute walk
How this list was put together
25 Tampa hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Channelside 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.
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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