Williams · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Polar Express
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These are my five favourites in Williams, out of the 44 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 5 down to 4.5.
All five are inside 800 m of Polar Express, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Sheridan House Inn
★★★★★5 from 425 reviews
Sheridan House Inn comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 5 from 425 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.
44 hotels in Williams qualified for this list and five made it. Grand Canyon Railway & Hotel is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- 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
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Step free accesslevel entry and a lift
All five, ranked
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Sheridan House Inn
★★★★★5 from 425 reviews
800 m from Polar Express, about a 10 minute walk
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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2Grand Canyon Railway & Hotel
★★★★★4.5 from 4,799 reviews
under 200 m from Polar Express, about a 1 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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3Hampton Inn Williams
★★★★★4.7 from 696 reviews
600 m from Polar Express, about a 8 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
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4The Ellsworth Hotel, an Ascend Collection Hotel
★★★★★4.6 from 146 reviews
500 m from Polar Express, about a 6 minute walk
- Gym
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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5Grand Canyon Railway RV Park Office
★★★★★4.6 from 1,284 reviews
400 m from Polar Express, about a 5 minute walk
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
How this list was put together
44 Williams hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Polar Express 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.
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