Yosemite accommodations
Glacier Point Road's western endpoint, is another enclave of private homes with vacation rentals available. Since the homes are all privately owned, size, decor, and renter happiness will vary. Wawona area, near the Merced River, Wawona Meadow, and the Wawona Hotel. Is a collection of privately owned vacation houses available for short-term rentals through a central agency. Rooms start at around $150 per night, $200 if you want a private bathroom.
There's a dining room in the main building and a tennis court nearby. The hotel stands across the road from the The rooms open onto public verandas (they're not called walkways if they're wide enough to accomodate adirondack chairs). 50 have private baths, and 54 have shared baths most of The venerable Wawona Hotel, built in the 1870's, has 104 rooms. The Housekeeping Camp is located just southeast of Yosemite Village.Ĭabins are typically a bit over $100 per night. They have electricity and beds for up to four people, but no bedding or private baths. The romantically named Housekeeping Camp consists of 266 Frankensteinian cabin/tent contraptions, each containing one canvas and three concrete walls. Rates startĪt around $140 for unheated tent cabins and go up to the $250 range for cabins and hotel rooms with private baths. Curry Village is located in the southeast end of Yosemite Valley. It's a traditional lodge/hotel with 249 roomsĬurry Village has a large and varied mix of housing, with tent cabins (427 of them, without electricity or baths, each housing up to five people),Ĭabins with and without baths (sleeping from two to four people), and traditional hotel rooms. Yosemite Lodge at the Falls is a step down from the Ahwahnee in luxury, but also in price. The Ahwahnee has 99 hotel rooms and 24 cottages, with rates starting at around $500 per night. The grounds are pleasant, as well - young brides conduct martial-arts tournaments to decide who'll get the highly prized reservations to hold their weddings on the Ahwahnee's lawn. Although time spent indoors in Yosemite is generally time wasted, it's worth a short detour to check out the Ahwahnee,Įspecially its dining room, with 34-foot (10-meter) beamed ceilings, and the Great Lounge, with its stained glass windows, immense fireplace, and abundance of overstuffed chairs. The Ahwahnee Hotel is Yosemite's Biltmore, Ritz, and Negresco all in one: it's Four million visitors per annum fill up a lot of hotel rooms. Again, if you're visiting in the summer, reservations are a good idea. Some of them are attractions in their own
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If Yosemite is full or you're looking for a more modestly priced motel, there are lots of small towns on the fringes of the park, all lovinglyĭescribed in the links below, that exist to cater to Yosemite visitors, and they'll be very happy to see you. Immediately at any of the hotels in the park, although it's safer to get reservations in advance no matter what the season. Things are much better in the winter you can often walk up to the front desk, ring the little bell, and get a room The lodging here possesses an interesting range and variety, from the opulence of theĪhwahnee Hotel to the heat- and bath-free tent cabins in various parts of the park, butĪlmost all of it gets reserved in advance during the peak season. Plan ahead: this is the mantra to follow if you want to sleep inside Yosemite in the summertime.