Sierra Nevada hotels and hostels

The Mammoth Creek Inn

The best rooms at this quaint inn overlook the majestic Sherwin Mountains, but all brim with thoughtful feel-at-home touches, including down comforters, fluffy terry robes and VCRs.

Harrah's Lake Tahoe Resort & Casino

Clad in an oddly tasteful forest-green facade, this is a glitzy contender. Even the standard rooms are spacious and have two (!) bathrooms, each featuring small TVs and telephone.

The Cabins At Zephyr Cove

On the Nevada side, about 4 miles north of Stateline, this is another family-oriented lakeside resort with historic cabins scattered among the pines and similar facilities as Camp Richardson. The MS Dixie II launches from here.

Plump Jack Squaw Valley Inn

The nicest place in Squaw Valley for our money is PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn , an artsy boutique hotel right in the Village. Each room has mountain views and lots of comfort factors, including plush terry-cloth robes.

Cal Neva Resort

Try your luck at the casinos, including landmark Cal Neva Resort, whose one-time owner Frank Sinatra entertained JFK, Marilyn Monroe and mobsters here in the early 1960s.

Horizon Casino Resort

Diehard Elvis fans can stay in the special suite where the star once boozed and snoozed at this otherwise fairly generic property. Distinctive touches include Tahoe's largest outdoor pool, a huge game arcade and a multiplex movie theater.

The Inn At Truckee

Dependable, good-value option with nice Jacuzzi and sauna; in the newish part of town.

Shilo Inn Suites Mammoth Lakes

Spacious minisuites and nice indoor pool, sauna and gym.

Mourelatos Lakeshore Resort

Mourelatos Lakeshore Resort is an upscale beachfront property where most of the traditionally furnished rooms have at least partial lake views. Half also have cooking facilities.

Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa And Casino

At Incline Village, the ultra-luxe Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, where the spa is bigger than the casino, resembles an elegant Arts and Crafts–style lodge.

Inn By The Lake

Rooms here won't elicit gushing reviews, but they are well kept, comfortable and sport all major amenities. Those in back are cheaper and quieter, but you will miss out on the lake views.

Wuksachi Lodge

Don't be misled by the grand lobby – because oversized motel-style rooms are nothing to brag about.

The Ahwahnee

Sleep where Charlie Chaplin, Eleanor Roosevelt and JFK bedded down at this national historic landmark, built in 1927. Browse the artisan gift shop, and then sit a spell by the roaring fireplace beneath soaring sugar-pine timbers.

Donner Lake Village Resort

Condominium resort overlooking a private beach on the lake's western shore.

Narrow Gauge Inn

Swiss chalet-esque, this small inn has 26 comfy rooms, each with balcony or patio, and the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine steam railway next door. The 'buffalo bar' is authentic, and elk, venison and rib-eye appear on the Euro-Cal menu.

Sierra Lodge

Older property with attractive, good-value rooms.

Yosemite Lodge At The Falls

Spacious motel-style rooms have patios or balconies overlooking Yosemite Falls, meadows or the parking lot.

Tamarack Lodge Resort

In business since 1924, this woodsy lakeside resort offers lodge rooms and cabins with kitchens, ranging from very simple to simply deluxe, and some even have wood-burning stoves.

Yosemite Bug Rustic Mountain Resort

Tucked into a forest about 25 miles west of Yosemite Valley, this mountain hostelry hosts globetrotters who dig the clean rooms, yoga studio and gorgeous spa, shared kitchen access and laundry.

Red Wolf Lodge At Squaw Valley

Creekside Inn

Mont Bleu Resort Casino & Spa

Sequoia Riverfront Cabins

The Beach Retreat & Lodge At Tahoe

Mammoth Mountain Inn

The Ritz Carlton, Lake Tahoe

Truckee Donner Lodge

Park Tahoe Inn