The Best Hotels In Massachusetts: U.S. News Report

If you’re planning a vacation or weekend getaway to Massachusetts and want to stay at the best hotel, you’re in luck — U.S. News and World Report today released the newest edition of its Best Hotels rankings, and several Massachusetts hotels made the cut.

Evaluating more than 30,000 hotels worldwide, U.S. News compiled the 10th annual Best Hotels list to help travelers find their ideal hotel, regardless of destination or budget, according to the report.

Seventeen hotels from Massachusetts earned a gold badge, while 12 earned silver, meaning these hotels consistently ranked in the top 30 percent of all 3.5-, 4-, 4.5- and 5-star hotels in that destination.

In Massachusetts, the Wequassett Resort and Golf Club in Harwich took top honors, followed by the Boston Harbor Hotel and the Nantucket Hotel & Resort. Here are the all the hotels that got a gold rating:

Wequassett Resort and Golf Club, Harwich
Boston Harbor Hotel
The Nantucket Hotel & Resort
XV Beacon 15
Four Seasons Hotel Boston
Mandarin Oriental, Boston
Inn at White Elephant 19, Nantucket
InterContinental Boston
The Wauwinet, Nantucket
The Ritz-Carlton, Boston
Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston
Hotel Commonwealth, Boston
The Liberty, Boston
Harborside Hotel at White Elephant, Nantucket
The Charles Hotel, Cambridge
Chatham Bars Inn, Cape Cod
The Inn at Hastings Park, Lexington

U.S. News also named the top hotels in several places worldwide, including the best in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Caribbean and Bermuda. Coming in first on the U.S. list is the Four Seasons Resort Lanai in Hawaii.

Four other locations rounded out the top five hotels in the U.S.:

• The Langham, Chicago
• The Peninsula, Chicago
• Acqualina Resort & Residences on the Beach, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
• Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort

Since the inaugural ranking in 2011, only 41 properties have earned a gold badge by consistently ranking in the top 10 percent in the U.S. These range from brand-backed properties such as the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago and The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park, to smaller, more intimate hotels such as The Inn of the Five Graces in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Wentworth Mansion in Charleston, South Carolina.

Hotels with a gold badge distinction have consistently provided comfortable accommodations, high levels of customer service, and memorable and luxurious experiences for travelers, the report says.