2026 Saratoga.com Fab Five Winners: Best Lodging for Track Season
Track season visitors helped spotlight the 2026 Saratoga.com Fab Five winners for Best Lodging for Track Season, featuring top stays in the Saratoga area. This category recognizes accommodations that offer convenience, comfort, and a great home base for time spent at Saratoga Race Course. Book a stay that makes race day even more enjoyable.
1. The Adelphi Hotel
This ultra-luxury Broadway icon stands as the quintessential summer headquarters for elite turf writers, trainers, and racing fans. Guests can sip pre-race cocktails at Morrissey's Lounge & Bistro, absorb the high-energy track gossip flowing through the lobby, and rely on the hotel's seamless concierge services to secure premium grandstand seating and Clubhouse reservations.
2. Saratoga Casino Hotel
Tucked onto Jefferson Street, this high-energy resort offers trackgoers a strategic escape from downtown traffic while remaining less than two miles from the historic race course. Thoroughbred enthusiasts can jump on the hotel's complimentary race-day shuttle, enjoy post-track fine dining at Morton’s The Steakhouse, or keep the wagering momentum alive at the on-site gaming floor and harness track.
3. Saratoga Arms
This family-owned brick boutique hotel on Broadway delivers a refined, tranquil retreat from the bustling summer crowds. Racing fans love gathering on the grand wrap-around front porch to handicap the daily racing form over a morning espresso, before taking a short, walkable stroll down to the track or exploring downtown’s nightlife post-race.
4. The Hotel Saratoga, Ascend Hotel Collection
Situated just south of the main strip on Route 9, this newly updated boutique property maximizes race-season value with its highly convenient track amenities. The hotel eliminates parking headaches by providing a seasonal guest shuttle straight to the grandstand gates, letting travelers spend their day focusing entirely on the paddock instead of local traffic.
5. (TIE) Bluebird Spa City Motor Lodge
Embracing a minimalist, mid-century modern aesthetic right on Broadway, this self-check-in motor lodge caters perfectly to younger racing fans and weekend road-trippers. Its exterior-entry setup makes it incredibly easy to drift in and out between the morning workouts at the training track and late-night celebratory drinks downtown.
5. (TIE) The Inn at Saratoga
Operating as the city's oldest continuously running lodging house, this south Broadway staple mirrors the deep-rooted heritage of the track itself. Guests can immerse themselves in timeless racetrack tradition, heading out early for the morning workouts before returning to unwind with local musicians in the Side Room tavern after the final race.
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