Providence is Rhode Island’s compact capital, with Brown University, the RISD Museum, historic College Hill, Federal Hill’s Italian restaurants and the summer WaterFire art installations on the river. Hotels are generally cheaper than in Boston, about an hour away by train.
Finding cheap rooms in Providence is easier when you know where to look. We compare live hotel rates across the top booking sites and point you to the neighborhoods where hotels are cheap but the location is still great.
Rooms come in more shapes than hotels — in Providence you can also compare apartments with kitchens, vacation rentals for families, B&Bs and budget hostels in one search.
Near the convention center, the mall, the train station and WaterFire.
Historic streets near Brown and RISD, with inns and B&Bs.
Little Italy, with restaurants and bakeries along Atwells Avenue.
Chain hotels by T.F. Green Airport, usually the cheapest rooms.
The city’s grand 1922 downtown hotel, now operating under the Graduate name.
Check rates at Providence BiltmoreZoom and pan the map to compare hotel prices by neighborhood; rates come live from the booking sites.
Late spring to fall is best, when WaterFire runs; college graduation weekends in May fill hotels, and winter is cheapest.
Downtown is the most convenient; College Hill is quieter and historic.
Usually yes, and frequent trains connect the two cities.
On university graduation and parents’ weekends and major events.