From coast to coast, there are plenty of places to enjoy stunning views.
Close up of top 5
1st place: Miami | Overall score: 71.65
Number of hotels with great views: 360 | Rank: #3 Share of hotels with great views: 2.43% | Rank: #101 Number of Airbnbs with great views: 653 | Rank: #1 Great views (4.5 stars) Number of top-rated Airbnbs with: 242 | Rank: #1 Average nightly price for Airbnbs with great views: $223.43 | Rank: #86
2nd place: Las Vegas | Overall score: 70.65
Number of hotels with great views: 201 | Rank: #8 Share of hotels with great views: 2.84% | Rank: #84 Number of Airbnbs with great views: 646 | Rank: #2 Great views (4.5 stars) Number of top-rated Airbnbs with (and above): 218 | Rank: #4 Average nightly price for Airbnbs with great views: $267.63 | Rank: #126
3rd place: Los Angeles | Overall score: 68.07
Number of hotels with great views: 473 | Rank: 2nd Share of hotels with great views: 4.06% | Rank: 41st Number of Airbnbs with great views: 255 | Rank: 5th Highest rating with great views Number of Airbnbs (4.5 stars or higher): 225 | Rank: 2nd (tied) Average number of reviews for Airbnbs with great views: 117.85 | Rank: 52nd
4th place: San Francisco | Overall score: 64.39
Number of hotels with great views: 272 | Rank: 6th Share of hotels with great views: 9.36% | Rank: 2nd Number of Airbnbs with great views: 258 | Rank: 4th Place of Airbnbs with great views Average guest rating: 4.89 | Rank: #157 Number of top-rated Airbnbs with great views (4.5 stars and above): 210 | Rank: #5
5th place: Chicago | Overall score: 60.70
Number of hotels with great views: 277 | Rank: #5 Share of hotels with great views: 6.06% | Rank: #9 Number of Airbnbs with great views: 263 | Rank: #3 Great views (4.5 stars) Number of top-rated Airbnbs with (and above): 225 | Rank: #2 (tied) Average nightly price for Airbnbs with great views: $361.79 | Rank: #204
conclusion
Beaches and western mountain destinations dominate the top 100 rankings, including five cities in Arizona, seven cities in Colorado, seven cities in Florida, and 18 cities in California. All four of New Mexico’s leading cities also made it into the top 100.
Memorable vacation scenery is sparse in parts of the heartland, including Nebraska, North Dakota, Kansas, and Michigan. With the exception of a few outliers such as Lawrence, Kansas (84th) and Michigan’s Detroit (115th), Ann Arbor (218th), and Grand Rapids (244th), most urban areas in these states have hotels. there is not. Airbnb rental with beautiful panoramas.
Rooms in some of the most scenic cities, such as Miami (No. 1) and Seattle (No. 6), come with hefty price tags. Meanwhile, more affordable aesthetic lodging can also be found in suburbs such as Sparks, Nevada (22nd) and Rancho Cordova, California (54th), and outlying cities such as Las Cruces, New Mexico (36th). Affordable getaways in Texas include relaxing by the lake in Lewisville (#73), taking in views of the Rio Grande in McAllen (#33), and vacationing by the bay in Corpus Christi (#208). There are several.
Behind the rankings
First, we determined the most relevant factors (indicators) to rank the best vacation cities with spectacular views. We then assigned weights to each factor based on its importance and grouped the factors into three categories: access, quality, and cost. Categories, factors and their weights are listed in the methodology.
We then collected data on each factor from Airbnb and Expedia for each of the 500 largest cities in the United States. We excluded 45 cities that lacked hotels or Airbnb rentals with a view, and therefore quality and cost data, resulting in a final sample size of 455 cities.
Finally, we calculated each city’s score (out of 100) to determine its ranking in each factor, in each category, and overall. A city’s overall score is the average of its scores across all factors and categories. The highest overall score was “highest” (1st place), and the lowest was “worst” (455th place).
This story was produced by Window Gnome and reviewed and distributed by Stacker Media.
