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The best hotels in the business district, Wisconsin Dells

Marc Delacroix

Marc Delacroix France

Updated 1 September 2026 · 101 Wisconsin Dells hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Wisconsin Dells, out of the 101 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9209867 down to 4.850652.

Piers & Pines I at Island Pointe is the one I would book myself.

Piers & Pines I at Island Pointe

Highest rated of the five

Piers & Pines I at Island Pointe

★★★★★4.9209867 from 294 reviews

Piers & Pines I at Island Pointe comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9209867 from 294 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 found under downtown and around $218 a night on the dates we checked.

101 hotels in Wisconsin Dells qualified for this list and five made it. Steph's Waterfront Retreat is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Piers & Pines I at Island Pointe1

    Piers & Pines I at Island Pointe

    ★★★★★4.9209867 from 294 reviews

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    • Steph's Waterfront Retreat2

      Steph's Waterfront Retreat

      ★★★★★4.850652 from 506 reviews

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      • Some'R on the Beach - Beachfront Condo for Six3

        Some'R on the Beach - Beachfront Condo for Six

        ★★★★★4.970642 from 218 reviews

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        • Lakefront Luxury 212 Lakefront Luxury for Families or Couples4

          Lakefront Luxury 212 Lakefront Luxury for Families or Couples

          ★★★★★4.95 from 201 reviews

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          • The Juniper Motel & Resort5

            The Juniper Motel & Resort

            ★★★★★5 from 121 reviews

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            How this list was put together

            101 Wisconsin Dells 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.

            Marc Delacroix

            Marc Delacroix France

            Closes the shop two weeks each winter and goes wherever people make something fermented. Dairies in the Basque country, the Caucasus and rural Sardinia.

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