Where to stay at Watkins Glen

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Where to stay at Watkins Glen

Post by sdcham1 » Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:15 pm

Just looking to make a booking and not sure where to stay, I would like to find something not so B&B. I'd like something with a bar or pub attached and ideas?

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Re: Where to stay at Watkins Glen

Post by BonraS » Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:33 pm

Get a room at the Seneca Lodge. Nice rooms and a Bar!
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Post by offcamber09 » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:29 pm

+1 on Seneca. Lots of history and not so much peeling wall paper as years ago. Your going to need that bar if your new motor is any indication! :wink:
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Post by John F » Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:56 pm

Or camp at the track and drive to the Seneca for the bar :D in the tow vehicle of course
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Post by boltonite » Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:45 am

Or do both: stay in one of their "quaint" cabins, its almost like sleeping outdoors on the ground! +1 on the bar and lodge.

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Re: Where to stay at Watkins Glen

Post by DPS » Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:42 pm

A step up from the Seneca Lodge is the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel. I stayed there when I ran with the Audi Club in July. I think its a new hotel, less than 5 years old, or so? Very nice rooms, decent rates. Its in the center of town, right on the lake. Its just a bit further from the track than the Seneca Lodge.

http://www.watkinsglenharborhotel.com/

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Post by 6PAK72 » Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:26 pm

Liz and I really enjoy the Falls Motel. The bar has a 30-foot waterfall in it. Really.

Room rates are reasonable, bar and wine list is excellent, food is very good, the owner is a racer.
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Post by tju-vette » Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:46 pm

Has anyone stayed @ the Watkins Glen Villager Motel & Glen Manor?

Their rates seem very reasonable and they have a car club special that give the 2nd night @ half price.
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Re: Where to stay at Watkins Glen

Post by jadams » Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:28 pm

I've stayed at the Villager a bunch of times. If you get the "hotel" rooms near the pool, they are not that bad. A little expensive for what you get, though. The motel rooms are pretty nasty, but it has been many years since I have seen the inside of them. So maybe they are fixed up by now!
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Clean and well priced

Post by 6PAK72 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:12 am

Liz and I stayed at the Clipper on Monday and Tuesday, just about across from the Dunkin. It was good - warm shower, working A/C and heat to dry wet suits, clean, $89.
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Re: Where to stay at Watkins Glen

Post by chaos4NH » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:51 pm

tju-vette wrote:Has anyone stayed @ the Watkins Glen Villager Motel & Glen Manor?

Their rates seem very reasonable and they have a car club special that give the 2nd night @ half price.
It was the filthiest, vilest place I have ever paid to stay in (my military experiences were for free! :shock: )
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Re: Where to stay at Watkins Glen

Post by CP » Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:52 pm

I try to stay at the Seneca Clipper every time I'm in town. They've got parking for a tow vehicle with trailer near the street and it's across the road from homemade ice cream. Free intarweb too.
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Post by tju-vette » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:32 pm

CP wrote:and it's across the road from homemade ice cream
That will ruin the power to weight ratio though :roll:

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Re: Where to stay at Watkins Glen

Post by CalypsoBean » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:34 pm

I made reservations here: http://www.thefallsmotel.com/ $80 a night.

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