The Best Hotels for First Time Visitors in Yellowstone National Park

Holiday Inn West Yellowstone

Great Hotel for First Time Visitors

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.
• Heated pool

Located at 315 Yellowstone Avenue, Holiday Inn West Yellowstone has great rooms from $144 (before taxes). It offers skiing, room service, a casino, a restaurant, and a fitness center. It has a terrific 8.30 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. Only 32.3 miles from the city center, first time visitors will especially love a bar, hiking, child care, laundry services, and pet-friendly rooms at this relaxing hotel. The heated pool is comfortable, relaxing, and fun for everyone. The price of this hotel is less than average for first time trip hotels, which makes it a great value.

Under Canvas Yellowstone

Perfect for Your First Visit to Yellowstone National Park

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 2-star hotels.
• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

A great place to stay is Under Canvas Yellowstone which has nice rooms starting at $213. Offering a restaurant, a bar, hiking, laundry services, and pet-friendly rooms, it also has a great guest rating of 8.70 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 890 Buttermilk Creek Rd. This convenient hotel is also nice because it offers free parking, evening entertainment, horse riding, bicycle rental, and fishing which visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 37.8 miles from the city center. The service at the restaurant is terrific, and so is the food. It's also less than the average price for first time trip hotels, so it's a great value.

Holiday Inn Cody at Buffalo Bill Village

A Good Stay for Your First Trip

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.

We found Holiday Inn Cody at Buffalo Bill Village to be a great place to stay, and the price starts at $200. We loved that is has an outdoor pool, skiing, room service, a restaurant, and a fitness center, and it also has a terrific guest rating of 8.50 out of 10 from previous guests. It's located at 1701 Sheridan Ave. You'll also find a bar, hiking, rooms with kitchenettes, laundry services, and golf which travelers will love. And this fun hotel is just 69 miles from the center of town. It's always nice to have a kitchenette to cook some basic meals or have an easy breakfast. It's a great value, too, because it's less than the average price for first time trip hotels.

Best Western Premier Ivy Inn & Suites

Perfect for Your First Time in Yellowstone National Park

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

With terrific rooms from $336, Best Western Premier Ivy Inn & Suites, at 1800 8th Street provides a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, mountain views, and laundry services. Its terrific guest rating is 9.20 out of 10 from previous guests staying here. New visitors will really like this amazing hotel which also offers a hot tub, an indoor pool, free parking, laundry facilities, and air-conditioning. It's located just 68.3 miles from the city center, too. Having an indoor pool means that you can swim and have fun any time of the year.

Irma Hotel

Perfect for First-Timers

Irma Hotel has a great guest rating of 8.20 out of 10, and offers skiing, room service, a restaurant, a bar, and hiking. The great rooms here start at $244 before taxes and depending on the season. It can be found at 1192 Sheridan Avenue. Furthermore, it also offers mountain views, golf, bowling, free parking, and kids meals, which is nice for first time visitors. Just 68.5 miles from the city center, this fantastic hotel is a terrific choice. The room service is especially nice after a long day.

Yellowstone Valley Inn

Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Yellowstone National Park

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 2-star hotels.
• Heated pool

The great guest rating of Yellowstone Valley Inn is 8.00 out of 10. This place has an outdoor pool, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and a kid-friendly buffet. Prices for the terrific rooms are from $175, and it's located at 3324 Yellowstone Park Highway. We also love the breakfast, mountain views, pet-friendly rooms, a hot tub, and a spa and wellness center which are great for visitors. And since it's just 52.4 miles from the center of the town, the location is great, too. Make sure to set aside some time for swimming in the pool, too. The price of this hotel is less than average for first time trip hotels, which makes it a great value.

Yellowstone Cutthroat Guest Ranch

Perfect Hotel to Make the Most of Your First Visit

A cool place is Yellowstone Cutthroat Guest Ranch because it has great rooms that start at $277. It has skiing, a restaurant, a bar, hiking, and mountain views, it also earned a great guest rating of 8.40 out of 10 from people who have stayed here before. It's found at 53 Stagecoach Trail. Only 52 miles from the city center, travelers will especially love rooms with kitchens, rooms with kitchenettes, free parking, kids meals, and horse riding at this convenient hotel. The kitchen in the room is great, because you can cook your own meals to save time and money.

Dreamcatcher Tipi Hotel

Great Hotel for First Time Visitors

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

Dreamcatcher Tipi Hotel offers room service, a bar, breakfast, hiking, and mountain views which we really like. The terrific rooms here start at $264 (before taxes). It's located at 20 Maiden Basin Dr and has earned a guest rating of 9.30/10. This fun hotel is also nice because it offers a free breakfast, pet-friendly rooms, free parking, fishing, and family rooms which new visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 34.6 miles from the city center.

Headwaters Lodge & Cabins at Flagg Ranch

Perfect for Your First Visit to Yellowstone National Park

Located at 2 mi south of S. Entrance of Yellowstone, Headwaters Lodge & Cabins at Flagg Ranch has great rooms from $299 (before taxes). It offers a restaurant, a bar, a kid-friendly buffet, hiking, and pet-friendly rooms. It has a terrific 8.30 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. You'll also find free parking, kids meals, horse riding, laundry facilities, and fishing which first time visitors will love. And this amazing hotel is just 38.6 miles from the center of town.

Best Western Sunset Inn

A Good Stay for Your First Trip

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.

A great place to stay is Best Western Sunset Inn which has nice rooms starting at $170. Offering an outdoor pool, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and breakfast, it also has a great guest rating of 8.30 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 1601 8th Street P O Box 1720. Visitors will really like this fantastic hotel which also offers golf, a free breakfast, a hot tub, a spa, and an indoor pool. It's located just 68.2 miles from the city center, too. We love relaxing in a hot tub after a long day, and the one here is really nice. We found the price of this hotel to be a great value because the price is less than average for first time trip hotels.