The Varsity Hotel & SpavsClayton Hotel Cambridge
The Varsity Hotel & Spa and Tamburlaine are both recommended by experts. Overall, The Varsity Hotel & Spa scores significantly better than Tamburlaine. The Varsity Hotel & Spa is ranked #1 in Cambridge with approval from 4 publications like Insight Guides, Condé Nast Traveler and Lonely Planet.
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 "
Clayton Hotel Cambridge
27-29 Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2FB, England
From $126/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Smoking Rooms
The Telegraph
8.0
"Bafflingly for a city housing 20,000 students, Cambridge has always had a fairly humdrum, chain-dominated restaurant and hotel scene." Full review
Independent
"Think plush velvet seats in front of wood-panelled bookcases...its rooms are comparatively generous in size, light-filled and decorated with Cambridge blue as an accent colour."