Tampa · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Port With Free Shuttle
Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya
These are my five favourites in Tampa, out of the 17 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.5 down to 4.4.
All five are within 1.7 km of Port With Free Shuttle.
Highest rated of the five
Tampa Marriott Water Street
★★★★★4.5 from 5,951 reviews
Tampa Marriott Water Street comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.5 from 5,951 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 $546 a night on the dates we checked.
17 hotels in Tampa qualified for this list and five made it. Hampton Inn Tampa Downtown Channel District 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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Tampa Marriott Water Street
★★★★★4.5 from 5,951 reviews
1.1 km from Port With Free Shuttle, about a 14 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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2Hampton Inn Tampa Downtown Channel District
★★★★★4.5 from 1,032 reviews
700 m from Port With Free Shuttle, about a 9 minute walk
- Pool
- Gym
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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3Mint House Tampa Downtown by Kasa
★★★★★4.5 from 109 reviews
800 m from Port With Free Shuttle, about a 10 minute walk
- Pool
- Gym
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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4Hotel Haya
★★★★★4.5 from 1,291 reviews
1.7 km from Port With Free Shuttle, about a 21 minute walk
- Pool
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
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5Home2 Suites by Hilton Tampa Downtown Channel District
★★★★★4.4 from 593 reviews
700 m from Port With Free Shuttle, about a 9 minute walk
- Pool
- Gym
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
How this list was put together
17 Tampa hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Port With Free Shuttle 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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