Best Hot Tub Hotels in NW Indiana (Gary–Valparaiso)
Five hotels with in-room jacuzzi tubs run from Schererville to La Porte in northwest Indiana, starting at $85 a night. The standout is Blue Heron Inn, a lakeside bed and breakfast rated 4.4.
Most travelers skip northwest Indiana when searching for a jacuzzi room, which is why the five options along this stretch of southern Lake Michigan stay quiet and available. The corridor runs from Schererville near the Illinois state line east through Portage and Chesterton to La Porte, all within a short drive of Indiana Dunes National Park. Most are familiar highway chains with corner jetted tubs and included breakfast, priced from $85 a night at the Best Western Indian Oak in Chesterton. Blue Heron Inn in La Porte is the standout, a lakeside bed and breakfast rated 4.4. You wake up to Stone Lake outside your window and a whirlpool tub a few steps from the bed. A mid-week night here feels like something borrowed from a more expensive trip.
5 hotelsFrom $85 – $162/nightBest rating 4.4
5 properties
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Schererville
Schererville, Indiana
Very Good552 reviews
4.1
Holiday Inn Express Schererville sits off US-30 at the Illinois border, with a Jacuzzi in select rooms, a fitness center, and a pool near the Chicago Southland area.
Country Inn and Suites Portage sits just off I-94, 20 miles from Gary, Indiana, with in-room Jacuzzi suites, a pool, and free breakfast near Indiana Dunes.
This collection has 869 Wyndham hotels with in-room jacuzzis. Nearly half sit in Spain. The highest-rated is The Kenwood Gables in St. Petersburg, Florida, a 5.0 at $185 a night.
Six hundred ninety-five owner-run hotels with private jacuzzi tubs. The highest rated is Spectacular Vista in the Smokies at 5.0 and $188 a night. Best value is Blue60 Marigny Inn in New Orleans at $136.
695 properties
Frequently Asked Questions
Most of these hotels serve the I-65 and I-94 corridor: they are stopover properties for travelers passing between Chicago and points east, not destination stays. If you are driving through and want a night with a jetted tub without paying downtown Chicago prices, Merrillville and Schererville put you 30 miles south of the Loop for half the cost. But if you want a place worth building a weekend around, skip the highway hotels and head to Blue Heron Inn in La Porte, a lakeside B&B on Stone Lake where the setting does the romantic work the room alone cannot.
That depends on what the trip is. The Merrillville-Schererville cluster sits at the crossroads of I-65 and US-30, which is convenient if you are passing through and just need a hot tub for the night. Country Inn & Suites in Portage splits the difference: it is off I-94 near the Dunes entrance with a 4.2 rating across 1,173 reviews and one of the cleaner properties in the group. If the Dunes are the reason for the trip, Portage or Chesterton puts you minutes from the beach instead of a 40-minute drive from Merrillville.
If you are staying in Chesterton, the downtown strip along Broadway has a handful of restaurants and shops within walking distance of Best Western Indian Oak. Three Floyds Brewing in nearby Munster is a 30-minute drive and worth the detour for anyone who cares about craft beer: it is one of the most respected breweries in the Midwest. La Porte has Stone Lake right outside Blue Heron Inn, which is quiet enough for a morning walk but not exactly nightlife. This stretch of northwest Indiana rewards people who like low-key evenings more than people looking for things to do.
The budget tier here ranges from functional to rough. Baymont Inn in Merrillville is the cheapest at $61 a night, but reviews consistently flag dirty rooms, and the tub is only as good as the maintenance around it. Comfort Inn in Hobart runs $71 and gets mixed marks on cleanliness too. If tub quality matters more than saving $50, Holiday Inn Express in Schererville at $128 is the lowest-priced option with reliably clean reviews and a 4.1 rating.
Summer rates spike near the Dunes: Portage and Chesterton fill up fast from June through August when the national park beaches draw crowds. If the hot tub is the main attraction and not the shoreline, booking in fall or early spring gets you lower prices and fewer neighbors in the pool area. Winter works too, especially at Blue Heron Inn where the lakeside setting looks better under snow than it sounds, but check that the property is fully open since smaller inns sometimes limit availability in the off-season.
