Must-see hotels in Lake Tahoe

  • Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel

    South Lake Tahoe & Stateline

    Huge but friendly, Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel is in a prime location, just across the state border from Nevada's casinos, and next to all the shops and…

  • Spruce Grove Cabins

    South Lake Tahoe & Stateline

    Away from the Heavenly hubbub, these tidy, private cabins are fenced off on a quiet residential street. The vintage look of the kitchen-equipped cabins,…

  • Truckee Donner Lodge

    Lake Tahoe

    Just west of Hwy 89, this ex–Holiday Inn property gives you easy driving access to area ski resorts, shaving time off your morning commute to the slopes…

  • Harvey’s

    South Lake Tahoe & Stateline

    Harvey’s was South Lake Tahoe’s first casino, and with 740 rooms, is also its biggest. Mountain Tower rooms have fancy marble bathrooms and oodles of…

  • Paradice Inn

    South Lake Tahoe & Stateline

    Harried travelers will appreciate the fabulous hospitality (turndown service!) at this small two-story motel. Step outside your minimalist room bordered…

  • Campground by the Lake

    South Lake Tahoe & Stateline

    Highway noise can be an around-the-clock irritant, though proximity to the city pool and ice rink make this wooded in-town campground with an RV dump…

  • Pepper Tree Inn

    Lake Tahoe

    The tallest building in town, this somberly painted establishment redeems itself with some bird's-eye lake views. Fairly comfortable modern rooms with…

  • USFS Bayview Campground

    South Lake Tahoe & Stateline

    This rustic, nay, primitive forest-service campground has 13 no-reservation sites and vault toilets, but its potable water supplies are often exhausted…

  • Blue Lake Inn

    South Lake Tahoe & Stateline

    A good-value choice near the Heavenly Gondola, these ample motel rooms have the core amenities: microwave, refrigerator, coffeemaker and flat-screen TV,…

  • Inn by the Lake

    South Lake Tahoe & Stateline

    Rooms here are rather nondescript, although a bilevel outdoor hot tub, spa suites with kitchens, and bicycles and snowshoes to borrow are nifty. Rooms out…

  • USFS Meeks Bay Campground

    Lake Tahoe

    This developed campground offers 36 reservable sites along the beach, along with flush toilets, picnic tables and fire rings. For pay showers, head to…

  • USFS Kaspian Campground

    Lake Tahoe

    The closest campground is this nine-site, tent-only spot set among ponderosa and fir trees; amenities include flush toilets, picnic tables and fire rings.