How many hotels are in Port Washington WI?

Visit Port Washington lists four places to stay in town: The Harborview, The Port Hotel, the Holiday Inn Express and Bailey House. Port Washington Inn and the Driftwood Motel are also listed here; call both to confirm they are open.

Which Port Washington hotel is on the water?

The Harborview on East Grand Avenue and The Port Hotel on East Main Street both sit within a few hundred yards of the marina, and The Harborview has rooms with marina views.

Is there a hotel with a pool in Port Washington?

Yes. The Harborview downtown has an indoor pool, and the Holiday Inn Express on Seven Hills Road has an indoor pool and hot tub.

Is there a bed and breakfast in Port Washington?

Port Washington Inn is a restored 1903 house that serves breakfast; call ahead to confirm it is taking guests. Bailey House rents as a whole Victorian home with a kitchen.

Where else can I stay near Port Washington?

Saukville, about 3 miles west, has a Motel 6, Grafton about 6 miles southwest has chain hotels, and Harrington Beach State Park in Belgium has a campground.

Hotels in Port Washington WI: Harbor Rooms to a Bike Inn

Two hotels behind the marina, a restored inn, a Victorian house on the bike trail and a highway hotel with a pool, plus where to look when Fish Days fills the town.

If you want to wake up to the harbor, two Port Washington hotels sit right behind the marina: The Harborview on East Grand Avenue and The Port Hotel on East Main Street. Beyond those two, the town has a historic inn, a Victorian bike-trail house, a Holiday Inn Express with a pool by I-43 and a family-run motel on Green Bay Road.

Below is each one in turn, who it suits, and where to look when a festival weekend fills the town.

On the harbor: The Harborview and The Port Hotel

The two downtown hotels are a block apart and both within about a quarter mile of the marina, so either one puts every downtown restaurant within walking distance.

The Harborview on Lake Michigan, an Ascend Collection Hotel

The Harborview on Lake Michigan, at 135 East Grand Avenue, has an indoor pool, a game room and a playground in its listing. Visit Port Washington says rooms look over the marina or downtown, and The Beacon Restaurant & Bar on site has a seasonal deck with fire pits.

Islands.com put summer rates at $163 to $220 in 2025, which gives a rough idea; check current prices when you book.

The Port Hotel

The Port Hotel, at 101 East Main Street, is a restored 1902 stone hotel with 10 suites, per Visit Port Washington. Its listing mentions a guest lounge stocked with snacks and drinks around the clock, and the Moonlight Tavern & Supper Club shares the address.

Visit Port Washington says it also rents by the week or month, and the hotel takes bookings at (262) 235-1990.

Pick The Harborview if the kids want a pool, and The Port Hotel if you want a quieter suite in an old building with dinner downstairs.

Historic houses: Port Washington Inn and Bailey House

For something smaller than a hotel, Port Washington has a restored 1903 inn and a Victorian house you can book whole, both a few blocks west of the marina.

Port Washington Inn

Port Washington Inn, at 308 West Washington Street, is a restored 1903 house with antique-filled lounges, and its listing describes homemade breakfasts with house-ground wheatberry toast. Many rooms have private balconies, per the listing, and a 2011 travel article put it at five guest rooms.

The inn is not on Visit Port Washington's 2026 lodging page, so call (262) 284-5583 to confirm it is taking guests before you plan around it.

Bailey House Bed & Bike Inn

Bailey House Bed & Bike Inn is a 1910 Victorian with four bedrooms and four bathrooms, rented as a whole house with a full kitchen, laundry, dining room and backyard fire pit. It sits on the Ozaukee Interurban Trail a few blocks from downtown, which is the point if you are coming by bike, and it books through Airbnb per its listing.

Bailey House suits a family or a group of friends who want to cook and spread out; the inn suits a couple who want breakfast made for them.

By the highway: Holiday Inn Express and the Driftwood Motel

Two places sit north and northwest of downtown, close to I-43 and Green Bay Road, for drivers who care more about parking than the view.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Port Washington, an IHG Hotel

The Holiday Inn Express & Suites, at 350 East Seven Hills Road, was fully remodeled in 2024 and has an indoor pool, hot tub, free breakfast and surface parking, per Visit Port Washington. It is about 1.7 miles north of the marina, and Seven Hills Pub & Grille in the building serves dinner Tuesday through Saturday (check current hours).

The Driftwood Motel at 3415 Green Bay Road is a family-run motel about 1.9 miles northwest of the marina, per its listing. It is also missing from Visit Port Washington's lodging page, so phone (262) 622-8334 before counting on a room.

Which one fits your trip

The right pick depends mostly on whether you want to walk to dinner or park by the door.

To walk everywhere with a harbor view, take The Harborview or The Port Hotel, both within a quarter mile of the marina. With kids who want a pool, The Harborview has one downtown and the Holiday Inn Express has one by the highway.

A bike trip or a group that wants to cook points to Bailey House on the Interurban Trail, and breakfast made for you in an old house points to Port Washington Inn, after a call to confirm. Arriving late off I-43, the Holiday Inn Express on Seven Hills Road has surface parking and is about 1.7 miles from the marina.

Booking notes

A few details from Visit Port Washington's lodging page help when you compare prices.

The Port Hotel's suites can be booked by the night, week or month, which suits a longer summer stay or a work trip. The Holiday Inn Express includes the IHG Express breakfast buffet and lobby coffee, and The Harborview lists free WiFi and wireless charging ports in rooms.

Islands.com called late June to early September the best time to visit in 2025, so that is the stretch to book furthest ahead.

When the town is full

Fish Days in July and summer weekends tend to be the busiest times for Port Washington's rooms, so book early or look a few miles out.

About 3 miles west of the marina, Saukville's Motel 6 is the closest backup, one of the hotels in Saukville along I-43.

Grafton, about 6 miles southwest, has chain hotels near the I-43 exit, covered town by town in where to stay in Grafton.

For tents and RVs, Visit Port Washington points to the campground at Harrington Beach State Park at 531 County Highway D in Belgium, and campers get a mile of Lake Michigan beachfront and a quarry lake at Harrington Beach's state park campground.

Islands.com put Harrington Beach campsites at $15 to $22 a night for Wisconsin residents in 2025, and Visit Port Washington also lists two campgrounds near West Bend.

Once you are settled, most Port Washington restaurants are a few blocks from the downtown hotels.

The lighthouses, beaches and preserves are all short trips from any of these beds, and the full list of things to do in Port Washington starts at the marina.