The Best Hotels in Knoxville
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The best hotels in Knoxville, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and The 50 have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Blackberry Farm comes out on top.
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THE TENNESSEAN Hotel and The Oliver Hotel hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Keys
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- Michelin Guide 2 Keys
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
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A boutique hotel on the edge of World's Fair Park, the Tennessean holds a Michelin Key and makes a strong case that Knoxville has fully arrived on the overnight scene. Rooms lean into the luxury side of boutique, comfortable without being anonymous, and the downtown location puts you within easy reach of the city's better restaurants and breweries. The kind of place that makes you wonder why you ever booked a chain.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Key
- Michelin Guide 1 Key
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
- Michelin Guide Selected Hotels
Why #3, not #4
Both places show 67. This one's exact Score is 66.8 and the next is 66.6, so it ranks first. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #3 The Oliver Hotel (this place) 66.8
- #4 Graduate by Hilton Knoxville 66.6
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A boutique hotel on the University of Tennessee's main drag, Graduate Knoxville leans hard into Volunteers territory: the rooms are done in orange and white, and a Peyton Manning partnership means the football nostalgia is baked in, not bolted on. The Graduate chain has made college-town hotels its whole thing, and the Michelin Guide has included this one in its Selected Hotels list. Pack accordingly if you're visiting on a game day.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
- Michelin Guide Selected Hotels
Why #4, not #3
Both places show 67. This one's exact Score is 66.6 and the one above is 66.8, so it ranks second. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #3 The Oliver Hotel 66.8
- #4 Graduate by Hilton Knoxville (this place) 66.6