Fodor's Expert Review Black Bear Lodge
1202 Ski Run Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, California, 96150, USA Fodor's Choice
The rooms and cabins at this well-appointed inn feature 19th-century American antiques, fine art, and fireplaces; cabins also have kitchenettes—built in the 1990s with meticulous attention to detail, the entire complex feels like one of the grand old lodges of the Adirondacks. Its great room has rough-hewn beams, plank floors, cathedral ceilings, Persian rugs, and even an elk's head over the giant river-rock fireplace. One spacious cabin is especially good for families or groups.
PROS
- near Heavenly skiing
- within walking distance of good restaurants
- good for groups
CONS
- no room service
- lacks big-hotel amenities
- social types may find setting too sedate
