Williamsburg · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near William and Mary
Andres Molina Latin America
These are my five favourites in Williamsburg, out of the 46 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.4.
All five are within 1.7 km of William and Mary.
Highest rated of the five
Fife and Drum Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 453 reviews
Fife and Drum Inn comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 453 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.
46 hotels in Williamsburg qualified for this list and five made it. Williamsburg Inn, an official Colonial Williamsburg Hotel 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
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Airport shuttlethe first hour after landing solved
- Step free accesslevel entry and a lift
All five, ranked
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Fife and Drum Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 453 reviews
800 m from William and Mary, about a 10 minute walk
- Parking
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
- Airport shuttle
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2Williamsburg Inn, an official Colonial Williamsburg Hotel
★★★★★4.7 from 992 reviews
1.7 km from William and Mary, about a 21 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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3Cedars of Williamsburg Bed & Breakfast
★★★★★4.8 from 217 reviews
500 m from William and Mary, about a 6 minute walk
- Parking
- Air conditioning
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4A Williamsburg White House Bed & Breakfast Inn
★★★★★4.8 from 257 reviews
700 m from William and Mary, about a 9 minute walk
- Parking
- Air conditioning
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5Williamsburg Lodge, Autograph Collection
★★★★★4.4 from 3,926 reviews
1.4 km from William and Mary, about a 18 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
How this list was put together
46 Williamsburg hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to William and Mary 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.
Andres Molina Latin America
Field seasons take him to cloud forests, and he adds two weeks of his own on either end to see the country rather than just the research site. Nine countries in Latin America.
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