The Varsity Hotel & SpavsAcorn Guest House
Both The Varsity Hotel & Spa and Acorn Guesthouse are rated highly by expert writers. On balance, The Varsity Hotel & Spa is the choice of most writers compared to Acorn Guesthouse. The Varsity Hotel & Spa ranks #1 in Cambridge with approval from 4 sources like Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet and Insight Guides.
The Varsity Hotel & Spa
Thompson's Lane, Cambridge CB5 8AQ
From $205/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Insight Guides
"This attractive contemporary hotel is by far the most stylish place to lay your head while you’re in Cambridge."
The Telegraph
8.0
"This riverside hotel opposite picturesque Magdelene College in Cambridge offers stylish interiors and great food, and is as popular with young couples as it is with parents of undergraduates." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"A lovely central Cambridge hotel with an emphasis on superb wine and food and fab roll-top, freestanding bath tubs in guest rooms." Full review
The Guardian
"Close by, the Varsity Hotel makes a stylish base, and the rooftop bar and restaurant, Six, offers more than 30 gins"
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Independent
"Unassuming boutique hotel is comprised of 44 sleekly decorated rooms, two popular restaurants, a full-service gym and Elemis spa, and one heck of a view from its seventh-floor roof terrace"
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"A celebration of Cambridge’s august intellectual heritage, this hotel has an unparalleled location." Full review
Independent
"Its 41 sophisticated rooms are set in a contemporary building joined to a 19th-century former brewhouse, where you’ll find the spa and gym. Head to the roof terrace bar for cocktails "
Acorn Guest House
154 Chesterton Road, Cambridge CB4 1DA
From $72/night
- Free Internet
- Flatscreen TV
Lonely Planet
"Who says mutton shouldn't dress like lamb? Acorn Guest House cheerfully overshoots in its eagerness for swag drapes, lustrous gold fabric, swirling plaster ceilings and prim half-canopied..."