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Thunderbird Lodge

Address: 5000 Hwy. 28, Incline Village, NV | Map It
Phone: 775/832-8750 lodge direct number; 800/468-2463; 775/832-1606 reservations; 775/588-1881; 888/867-6394 Tahoe Keys boat; 775/832-1234; 800/553-3288 Hyatt Incline Village boat
www.thunderbirdlodge.org

Category: Houses/Mansions
Location: Incline Village

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Fodor's Review:

George Whittell, a San Francisco socialite who once owned 40,000 acres of property along the lake, built the Thunderbird Lodge in 1936. You can tour the mansion and the grounds by reservation only, and though it's pricey, it provides a rare glimpse back to a time when only the very wealthy had homes at Tahoe. You can take a bus tour from the Incline Village Visitors Bureau, a 45-passenger catamaran tour from the Hyatt in Incline Village, or a 1950, 21-passenger wooden cruiser from Tahoe Keys Marina in South Lake Tahoe (which includes lunch).

Cost: $39 bus tour, $110 boat tour
Open: May-Oct., call for tour times

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