AUGUST TRIP TO OREGON
 

We are looking for hotels in the following oregon cities for a late
august trip: We would like convenience paticularly in Portland.

Portland
Bend
prospect
bandon
newport
Mcminnville
Appreciate any help you folks can advise. We value your input thru the years.

What price range and what style of lodging is your preference?

Was just going to ask the same Q as mms. So much depends on what you are looking for (amenities, etc) and probably most importantly - what you want to spend.

Today - just google and google away and you should find a number of options, as well as checking out VRBO.com, etc.

Hi again
we are looking for 100-200 night some ocean view but noy totally necessary cont breakfast would be nice as well.

For Newport, we like Elizabeth Street Inn. All rooms are ocean view and the room rate includes breakfast. I will say though, I much prefer breakfast at Cafe Stephanie which is nearby.

Our neighbors like the Best Western in Bandon.

For Portland, we really like the Monaco. Even though we live in the area, we stay overnight in downtown for special events and this is our favorite spot.

In Bend for something fun take a look at the Old St Francis School which is a McMenamin property. Great location too. Sunriver Resort is only about 15 minutes south of Bend and is a great place to stay. Lots of options for rooms there.

In Mac, there are some basic hotels, but quite a few b&b's. There is a McMenamins there though, the Hotel Oregon, which I like. It has a rooftop bar, which is lots of fun in the summer. If you are interested in b&b's, the more popular ones will run more than $200/night. Do you need to be in Mac or would you mind Dundee or Newberg?

We stayed at Hotel Modera in Portland last August and it was great. The rooms were clean with great amenities and the staff was super helpful with all of our questions. Location of the hotel was within walking distance to most things we wanted to see/do and also close to the free transportation the city has to offer.

http://hotelmodera.com/

We plan on going from Newport to Tillamook them on to McMinnville to take in the Evergreen Air Museum the following day and then on back to Portland to fly home the following day after that. So would McMinnville not be the better choice?

Also what are your thoughts on staying down in the crater lake area. Does not look like much to choose from. We thought about Prospect but not much there either

Appreciate all your comments folks. You are the best.
If we can be of any help to anyone in the Tampa Bay area, feel free to let us know

I would stay in a 2 man tent to look over the beauitful Crater Lake. When I am in a nature environment -spend very little time in the room.

The Prospect Hotel is a decent place to stay- 2 choices- you can stay in the main building which is more like an inn- antique furnishings etc- or in the rooms out back which is more like a motel and is clean but certainly not luxury.

They do have great food- huge breakfasts. I have stayed there several times without complaint.

With your itinerary, yes, Mac makes the most sense. It will be a full day, so staying right there will be easiest for you. There are a couple basic hotels right near the Evergreen Aviation Museum, a Comfort Inn and a Red Lion. Both would be fine, but the area is pretty generic, as they are near the hospital and the bypass. I would opt for the Hotel Oregon in downtown as there is much more character and of course restaurants, etc but it is still only about 5 minutes from the museum. Also, it is about two blocks from Wildwood Cafe which has amazing breakfasts!

For Crater Lake, the lodge will most likely be full. That said, there are cancellations all the time so I would call, daily if need be, and see if you can get in there.

In Bend I would stay at the Oxford. I wouldn't consider Sunriver for this kind of trip.
In Portland I also like the Modera.

You will love Oregon if you have never been! I am also in the Tampa Bay area and the scenery is so different there, I fell in love! I love it here, but very different there. Crater Lake to me was well worth the drive from Portland. If I ever go again, I probably would not do it, but you have to see it at least once. The Crater Lake Lodge does book up (approx. a year in advance from what I was told) it is VERY remote there. We ended up staying at a fishing lodge/on a lake called Diamond Lake, nice lake, rooms very, very basic, but clean. To me is was like a glorified fishing camp but you do not have any choices other than C.L. Lodge or this place, unless it has changed in the last 4 years. Food was good at this place. Portland we stayed at a Marriott, cannot remember the name but plenty to choose from in that city.We loved Newport but only spent the day, not sure where to stay there. Have a great time!

If you enjoy basic - but next to a lake - in addition to Diamond Lake (where I caught 4 big beautiful Rainbow trout :)) - try the two cute lakes east of Sunriver - one of which is named Paulina and the other East Lake?. see: http://www.eastlakeresort.com/

I think we stayed at the Paulina Lodge - which was very cute, tres rustic and there were deer (with cute fawns) outside our cabin every morning. Priceless.

There are a coupe another options at Crater Lake. One is the Mazama Village Motor Inn, which is right there. The other is the Prospect Hotel, which is further out, but still very doable for visiting CL.

And here is the Paulina Lake Lodge page: http://www.paulinalakelodge.com/lodging.html

The Newberry crater is also very scenic - and there is a mountain of obsidian nearby - where the Native Americans used to gather their arrow-heads. Sharp as can be - that lava rock.

Prospect's a wide spot in the road.
You'd enjoy yourself a lot more in Ashland than Prospect. You can drive up the back way on Dead Indian and be
to Crater Lake in about 90 minutes.
Shakespeare and the dining and wine will be rocking.
A ton of B & B's or consider Ashland Creek Inn just for a suggestion.
http://www.ashlandchamber.com/Sectio...?SectionID=103

And bbqboy: One of my ole Klamath Falls classmates has owned restaurants in Ashland for some time and here is what he said about the "burger scene" in Ashland, in addition to Jasper's -which has multiple offerings. Do you agree? :)

Probably the best burger in Ashland is to be found at Loft Brasserie and Bar on the Ashland Creek side of the Plaza, that’s the locals’ take on it. The place has 4 1/2 stars on Trip Advisor and tied for the best dinner restaurant in Ashland with Amuse and Peerless. (Sneak Preview) We like the evening on the patio overlooking Ashland Creek. Any of the Class of 64 who come to town can drop me an e-mail and we’ll see if we can meet up. The mention of Morning Glory is right on; we eat there every Tuesday morning after going to the Tuesday Market at the Armory on East Main. Amuse is indeed very good; but personally, I think Loft has as good of fare at a lot less cost. We also eat at Lark’s on occasion, and it is good too, but we have had it be a bit inconsistent. You need a reservation at Loft on the weekend , starting Thursday night – if that tells you anything about them.

Well yeah, but Ashland isn't really a burger town. Smithfield's is very tasty. You're not talking about Beasy,are you?
Anyway,here's a few more links:
http://www.ashlandcreekinn.com/
http://www.abbnet.com/allabout.asp
And if you are interested in
running rivers you could do that too.

Don't know that much about the Burger places but Jasper's draws rave reviews for their different type of burgers, including wild game, etc. http://jasperscafe.com/

BTW - with a name like BBQboy - you don't know about Jasper's, even if it is in Medford? :)

And Smithfield's did receive some acclaim from my KU classmates who are living over the hill in the Rogue Valley.

http://smithfieldsashland.com/

And as for running rivers - the Rogue River is an incredible place to Kayak, etc. It's sometimes hard to get a Kayak permit though - isn't it, but one can go rafting, with such companies as this one, but there are others: http://wildrogue.com/