Kings Beach · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Lake Tahoe
Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal
These are my five favourites in Kings Beach, 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 4.5.
All five are within 2.6 km of Lake Tahoe.
Highest rated of the five
Red Wolf Lakeside Lodge
★★★★★4.7 from 607 reviews
Red Wolf Lakeside Lodge comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 607 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 3 star property and found under poi.
24 hotels in Kings Beach qualified for this list and five made it. Red Wolf Lakeside Lodge is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Kitchenettebreakfast on your own schedule
- Gymopen to guests, not a partner pass down the road
All five, ranked
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Red Wolf Lakeside Lodge
★★★★★4.7 from 607 reviews
900 m from Lake Tahoe, about a 11 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
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2Red Wolf Lakeside Lodge
★★★★★4.647555 from 1,552 reviews
900 m from Lake Tahoe, about a 11 minute walk
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3Cedar Glen Lodge
★★★★★4.7 from 503 reviews
2.6 km from Lake Tahoe
- Pool
- Spa
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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4Firelite Lodge
★★★★★4.7 from 1,074 reviews
1.8 km from Lake Tahoe, about a 22 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Accessible
- Airport shuttle
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5Tahoe Edgelake Beach Club
★★★★★4.5 from 269 reviews
800 m from Lake Tahoe, about a 10 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
How this list was put together
24 Kings Beach hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to 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.
Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal
Shuts the workshop two weeks every summer and rides. The Pyrenees, the Danube route and most of Portugal on frames he built himself, camping most nights.
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