Telluride · Hotel shortlist
The best 3 star hotels in Telluride
Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand
These are my five favourites in Telluride, out of the 26 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.7.
Ouray Main Street Inn is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
Ouray Main Street Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 272 reviews
Ouray Main Street Inn comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 272 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 city centre.
26 hotels in Telluride qualified for this list and five made it. The Clipper Inn - Bed & Breakfast is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Kitchenettebreakfast on your own schedule
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Dogs allowedno kennel to arrange before you fly
All five, ranked
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1
Ouray Main Street Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 272 reviews
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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2The Clipper Inn - Bed & Breakfast
★★★★★4.9 from 196 reviews
- Spa
- Parking
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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3Ouray Riverside Resort • Cabins & Inn & RV Park
★★★★★4.8 from 1,487 reviews
- Spa
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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4Hotel Columbia
★★★★★4.9 from 79 reviews
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
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5
How this list was put together
26 Telluride 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.
Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand
Half her year is already on research boats, so holidays are deliberately dry land. Long-distance hiking routes in the off season, alone, with nothing being measured.
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