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Lone Oak Lodge – Clean, Affordable, Convenient
BY LAURA NESS
A cozy place to stay in Monterey is the Lone Oak Lodge, on North
Fremont Street, just off Highway 1, past the Monterey Fairgrounds.
This is your basic old-fashioned style motel that makes car camping
easy. You pull up to your room, unload, boom, you’re done. All onestory
units, with pleasant bathrooms, clean, comfortable and
equipped with wireless everywhere. Fresh flowers in each room are a
nice touch, and each unit has a fridge and a coffee maker – thank
goodness!
Creature comforts are important, and this quiet, easy-to-find and
easy-to-love, family-friendly lodge has decent towels, great water
pressure and plenty of space to stash all your stuff. The fireplaces in
some rooms are quite cozy. Everything is clean and in working order.
The best part about Lone Oak is location, location, location: you’re
only minutes away from all the sights and sounds of nearby Monterey
Peninsula and Pebble Beach, but you don’t hear any of it from the
rooms, thanks to layout and setback off the highway. There are several
restaurants in proximity, including a serviceable Chinese for takeout,
and drug store, bottle shop and breakfast spot within walking
distance if you’ve had enough time behind the wheel. You seriously
can’t beat Lone Oak
for value,
convenience, comfort
and quiet. A good
nights’ sleep is what you need most after an exhausting day touring
17 Mile Drive, playing a round on a championship golf course, gazing
at the wonders of the deep at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, playing
tourist on Cannery Row and Fisherman’s Wharf and winetasting and
people watching on the storied streets of Carmel.
Featuring family suites, single rooms and king suites with in-room
spas and fireplaces, an on-site indoor Jacuzzi, dry sauna, exercise
equipment, Scuba Diver rise area, plus an outdoor barbecue area
make the Lone Oak Lodge an ideal home base when you’re in the
Monterey area.
LONE OAK LODGE
2221 North Fremont Street,
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 372-4924
www.loneoaklodge.com
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