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    Echo Chalet

    4.0 (25 reviews)
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    Caylynn H.

    They've got the snacks and beers for your day hikes, and enough ramen to get you to Tahoe City on your rim trail hike. Prices are reasonable for the convenience, and they can't be blamed for how the forest service maintains the nearby pit toilets.

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    J. M.

    One of my favorite places in the Sierra Nevada is the Echo Chalet Lodge, on Echo Lake. The Echo Chalet is the perfect high alpine resort. Rent a kayak or motorboat. Take the water taxi across lower Echo Lake, then thru the small channel to the upper lake. Here the taxi will drop you off at the trailhead to Desolation Wilderness, for a great day hike or backpacking trip. Echo Chalet has a deli and a ice cream counter, Plus foods, camping supplies, fishing tackle and dry goods. Even cabin rentals! You won't regret a day spent at Echo Chalet!

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    Hen A.

    echo chalet...market, general store, reservations and more...t-shirts and hoodies...wine and snacks...aged wooden structure by the boat docks...$one ice cold soda...$three ice cream bars...refreshing reward after three full days and two nights backpacking through trails starting and ending at echo chalet...surviving on filtered lake water...traveling thirty miles through lower and upper echo lake, lake aloha, heather and susie lake and suicidal rock climb up dick's peak, down half moon lake and back...some off-trail hiking and exploring...for boating, fishing and day hiking, echo chalet a great start...for backpacking and camping...echo chalet a tricky start and hunt for suitable places to camp...

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    1 year ago

    Love this spot. Wine list is great. Staff is wonderful. Lake is beautiful. Chalet is amazing.

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    4 years ago

    The best location in Tahoe Cabins to rent and water taxi to shorten hike to Desolation

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    13 years ago

    Closed unfortunately due to snowy weathers. We had a hard time getting here via Yelps address and ended up giving up.

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    16 years ago

    I love that they charge a lot less than they could, given their location (a can of soda for 75 cents!).

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    11 years ago

    Breathtaking scenery. Great paninis. Extremely friendly and helpful employees

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    Take the water taxi across lower Echo Lake, then thru the small channel to the upper lake.

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    Desolation Hotel - Cute little love birds!

    Desolation Hotel

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    This was our 4th stay at Desolation hotel. I've written a review already but since then, we've…read morestayed in their townhomes with and without our kids. The townhomes are beautiful and have 3 levels. I see they've made some improvements- probably based on families. The stairs are steep, so with two kids running around, it can be nerve wrecking. I saw they added nice child gates to the top of their sets of stairs. In the townhomes, you have 3 levels and 2 patios: one patio on the second floor (living area with a half bath) with an egg chair and table setting. The third level is the bed space and that patio has the soaking tub and a little seating area. Their main bathroom is huge- beautiful modern shower with a huge soaking tub for two. The soaking tub takes some agility getting in and out, but is nice and deep and has jets. It takes a while to fill up, but once it does, it's really relaxing. We love how both walls next to the sliding glass doors on both levels have a see thru fireplace. Such a cute, romantic detail that's nice to have running while you're relaxing. The heated floors in the bathroom are an added perk. Oh! And you get your own garage- even though you still have to access the home from outside the garage. They are incredible accommodating. They have a list of things offered on request like kids toys, hygiene kits, ironing board, etc. They get added points for having those really expensive amazing Dyson hair dryers as their hair drying option too It's one of our favorite places to stay!

    I can't s for the hotel, but avoid the restaurant. Crowded, poor service, meh food, overpriced.read more

    Tahoe Lakeshore Lodge and Spa - View of pool/lake from room.

    Tahoe Lakeshore Lodge and Spa

    (314 reviews)

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    Easy check-in. Room was just what we wanted when paid quite a bit more to get a full beach/lake…read moreview room. The view was perfect, step out the back slider right our big deck Super easy beach access just steps away. Big outdoor pool. Hot tub. Firepits and grills available, badminton or volleyball net set up. Plenty of chairs to sit on the beach, and loads of seating around the pool. I think I saw cornhole boards. Very clean all around. Room was VERY big, w 2 Queen beds and a table/desk set up w 2 upholstered chairs. Spacious and very clean. Mini fridge w no even little freezer compartment. No micro. Minor not'perfect' observations: the bathroom is tiny, but clean. Like you can't open door completely because there's just not much rm btwn door, have to kinda wiggle your way in, lol and toilet is loooow how low can ya go? Lol. Great for small kids, but adults trying to plant their bum on the seat are going to regret not doing quad exercises to help squat more gracefully and without shin splints, haha. Heidis restaurant is literally in the adjacent parking lot, close enough to walk from your room. They are open Breakfast and lunch only, closing at 2. Delicious food, large portions,friendly staff. Opens at, I think, 630am. Yum! We will definitely stay again.

    Place is beautiful right on the lake awesome situation for a family…read moreThe only thing is that she probably figure out how to fix the drain in the bathroom hallway lobby kind of stinks when you walk by

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