Yosemite Peregrine Lodge — Hotel in Oakhurst

We stayed in the Yosemite West Condo B-202 for 8 nights in late July. 2 adults, 2 teenagers.||||Location: the great advantage of Yosemite West (YW) is that you can enter Yosemite Park without going through an entrance station. YW is not in the park but the only access to YW is from inside the park. That means no waiting in a line at a park entrance every day (and we saw quite a line one day when we left via the south entrance near Wawona.) ||||YW is quiet. If you want to be around hundreds or thousands of people all the time, then YW is not for you. Consider Yosemite Valley instead. But if you like it quiet, you will find that in YW. (The only bears we saw during the whole week were in YW.)||||The Condo building: Yes, it is a bit old. The walls are not as sound-proofed as you will find in any modern hotel. It is a two-story building. We were on the second floor so no footsteps overhead. Ice machine, Laundry rooms. ||||Condo B-202: Pantry/refrigerator in a room to the left as you enter. Full bath to the right as you enter. Go two steps farther and you are in the main room. Small galley kitchen to the left. 4 burner electric stove. Smallish dishwasher. Built-in bar style table. Microwave. The main room has a sofa with a fold-out bed (queen, I think) , a comfy chair, a fireplace (we didn't use), a TV, a large supply of movies; a balcony with two plastic chairs, a propane grill, and an uninspiring view of the parking lot. In the loft: 2 queen beds, side by side. A closet/luggage area; and a full bath.||||My main objectives in a place like B-202 are 1) a good night's sleep; and 2) ability to prepare simple but good meals for the family.||||For sleeping, I give this condo a 3 out of 5.||||B-202 does not have air conditioning. The loft has a ceiling fan. During our stay, Yosemite Valley was about 95 degrees during the day. Higher areas such as Glacier Point were 10 to 15 degrees cooler. The loft was warmer than we liked when we went to bed but cooled off so much during the night that we would wake up chilled and grab a blanket. I imagine that the temperature would have been less of a problem during a cooler part of the summer.||||The mattresses were comfortable.||||For ease of meal prepation, I give this condo a 5 out of 5.||||There was a nice assortment of pots when we arrived. There was only one sad skillet but when I pointed this out, they provided a complete new set that very day. Good knives, good cutting board, silverware. The kitchen had basics: oil, flour, some spices. The grill worked fine. ||||I've stayed in housekeeping condos/cottages all over the place. B-202 is better than most. ||||If you want luxury, B-202 isn't for you. If you want the sorts of things that my family wanted, B-202 is probably as good as you are likely to get...

Five of us just stayed 2 nights in Falcon's nest. We had a great time at the apartment downstairs. Everything we needed were provided. It's clean, beds are comfortable, the kitchen is loaded with all we needed for a nice dinner after long hiking day. It's about 30 min drive from the Yosemite village. But it's still the closest we can get when all the village hotels are booked. It's right next to the glacier point road starting point. We were able to shop for grocery in the village at end of the day. The village store is well stocked and price is not outrageous. They open till 10 at night. David, the manager for the property is thorough with his instructions. The self checkin was easy and straight forward. I would highly recommend this property if you come with...

The lodge are located inside the Yosemite park in a great position that allows you to reach all the places from where most of the trails start. We stayed in the condo lodge, really well equipped, with kitchen, laundry room, TV, fire place, barbeque and WI-FI connection that actually was not working.. but you cannot ask more considering that you are in the middle of Yosemite park! (I would suggest the owner simply not to include WI-FI in the services list…). We also had the chance to see from our balcony a bear walking close to lodge! Beautiful experience! It’s a pity that the place is not so well maintained (in our room window was not closing well, mosquitoes’ net was out of order) because the place is really nice! Overall I would...