1. Comfort Inn Olde Towne
City: Portsmouth, VA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (757) 397-7788
Address: 347 Effingham St.
Description: This Comfort Inn has 62 rooms, an exercise room, and a seasonal outdoor pool. It’s 1 mile from the Naval Hospital and offers free continental breakfast and high-speed Internet.
2. Glencoe Inn Bed And Breakfast
City: Portsmouth, VA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (757) 397-8128
Address: 222 North St.
Description: This home, built in 1890, overlooks the Elizabeth River in Olde Towne. It’s won Best of Hampton Roads awards as best overnight stay, best breakfast, and best kept secret. There are four Scottish-themed rooms and a small formal garden, and you’re right in the city’s most historic area and an easy pedestrian ferry ride to downtown Norfolk as well.
3. Governor Dinwiddie Hotel & Suites
City: Portsmouth, VA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (757) 392-1330
Address: 506 Dinwiddie St.
Description: This hotel was the center of action in the city from the end of World War II to the 1960s, and then fell on hard times. It’s been completely restored and updated, and its location, on the corner of High and Dinwiddie Streets, puts it an easy stroll to all the city’s best restaurants and nightlife. You get a complimentary hot breakfast buffet here and there’s a fitness center with sauna. There are 60 rooms, including suites. You can bring up to two pets for $25 each per night. And there are some smoking rooms.
4. The Patriot Inn Bed And Breakfast
City: Portsmouth, VA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (757) 391-0157
Address: 201 North St.
Description: A historic inn facing the Elizabeth River, this bed and breakfast was built in 1784 and still features hand-blown windowpanes. The basement here actually goes back to the 1750s. It was all that survived after the building was razed because its owner was a Tory loyal to the king. The four rooms are all decorated in period antiques and reproductions.
5. Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel And Waterfront Conference Center
City: Portsmouth, VA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (757) 673-3000
Address: 425 Water St.
Description: This hotel is right on the Elizabeth River with spectacular views of the working harbor and downtown Norfolk. It’s an upscale Marriott property with 244 rooms and five luxury suites on its 16 floors and the pride of this city’s recent downtown resurgence, hence its name.