The Best Hotels In Rhode Island: 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.

Providence and Newport are the most represented Rhode Island cities in the ranking, taking all ut two of the top 10 slots.

1. Ocean House: Watch Hill
2. The Chanler at Cliff Walk: Newport
3. Weekapaug Inn, Westerly
4. Vanderbilt, Auberge Resorts Collection: Newport
5. Castle Hill Inn: Newport
6. Forty 1° North: Newport
7. Hotel Providence: Providence
8. Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel: Providence
9. Gurney's Newport Resort & Marina: Newport
10. Providence Biltmore: Providence

The full list of Rhode Island's best hotels is available here.

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.