Harbor · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe
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These are my five favourites in Harbor, out of the 24 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.6.
All five are within 2.6 km of Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe.
Highest rated of the five
Ocean Suites Motel
★★★★★4.7 from 327 reviews
Ocean Suites Motel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 327 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 4 star property and found under poi.
24 hotels in Harbor qualified for this list and five made it. Mermaid's Muse Bed & Breakfast is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Kitchenettebreakfast on your own schedule
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Step free accesslevel entry and a lift
All five, ranked
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Ocean Suites Motel
★★★★★4.7 from 327 reviews
1.1 km from Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe, about a 14 minute walk
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Accessible
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2Mermaid's Muse Bed & Breakfast
★★★★★4.7 from 77 reviews
1.2 km from Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe, about a 15 minute walk
- Spa
- Parking
- Air conditioning
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3Gorgeous View Oceanfront with stairs to Beach
★★★★★4.9144144 from 111 reviews
2.6 km from Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe
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4Tanbark Shores Guest Suite
★★★★★4.9 from 59 reviews
1.4 km from Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe, about a 18 minute walk
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5Portside Suites
★★★★★4.6 from 102 reviews
600 m from Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe, about a 8 minute walk
- Spa
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
How this list was put together
24 Harbor hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Hana Okada The Low Countries
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