Name: The Coonamessett
Address: 311 Gifford Street, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Falmouth, Massachusetts, US
Price range: US$183–US$653 per night
Rating: 8.5

What guests think

At The Coonamessett, guests frequently highlight friendly staff, spacious and comfortable rooms with Cape Cod charm, and a convenient location near Main Street, beaches, and the ferry, while the on-site tavern and continental breakfast receive generally positive feedback.

However, several reviews mention limited front desk and restaurant hours, occasional event-related parking shortages, and challenging access due to hillside paths and stairs. Room experiences can vary, with some noise from thin walls or the road, intermittent HVAC problems, and reports of minimal breakfast or cleanliness lapses amid otherwise strong housekeeping. Overall, expect a charming, low-key inn stay with good dining and location, but check room placement, amenities, and operating hours to match your needs.

Facilities

Cleanliness

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Facilities

The on-site tavern and event spaces are a plus, but hours can be limited or closed for events/season. The hillside layout, stairs, and occasionally icy or poorly lit paths make access and luggage handling challenging, and parking can be tight during events.

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Lynn

9 Oct 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Room was recently redecorated and very comfy. However, it was located at the bottom of a hill and the path was steep and bumpy. Also had no lighting. Overall the property is pretty, but restaurant and lobby are dated.

6

Robert

19 May 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Nice rooms, they have a restaurant and bar but they close at 9pm on fri night. Sat night the restaurant and bar were closed at 3pm so not very convenient. If there is an event which they had both nights while we were there they need to arrange some type of parking for the guests staying at the hotel.

8

Aileen

23 Dec 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The Main building at the Inn was very quaint. We stayed in a room in an out building of the main Inn. It was far from the parking lot and had many many stairs. It was a lot to carry our bags to and from. The Inn had alot of vacant rooms because of the time of year (Dec 21,22) We don’t know why they put us in the furthest away room from everything. Restaurant and bar food was delicious and the staff was very accomodating and very pleasant. We enjoyed the live music too.

6

Kristina

4 Nov 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The facilities were very nice. However they had an event during our stay and the people who went to it took up every parking space even the one assigned to us in front of our unit. This is listed as a pet friendly hotel so we brought our dog for a 2 night stay. After leaving I received a call from the person at the front desk who was pretty rude. She told us that since we didn’t inform them of our dog staying we would incur a $250 fee. She said that we should have informed them because there are specific rooms that are pet friendly. Which is fine but we were never asked. In fact they came to clean our room after the first night and did not say anything even though we had water and food bowls out on the floor. My father had to get on the phone with the manager who was more understanding and only charged us $100. Make sure you tell them ahead of time about any pets.

10

Richard

20 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The breakfast was great. The walks were icy after the storm. I nearly fell several times walking on the deck.

8

Lisa

24 Mar 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The Queen suite was so nicely decorated. As we did love the look of the beds, the television position was odd. (if it could of been pulled out from the wall, the second bed could of seen it) The tavern was awesome, loved the look of it. Food and drink were great! Continental breakfast was ok.

10

Michael

7 Mar 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Two bedroom king suite is great. It has 2 bedrooms and one common room. Only thing is you need to be able to climb 10-12 stairs, so very elderly folks should choose another option. The breakfast in the morning is good. Restaurant on site is good if a bit pricy. Staff is very friendly and efficient.

10

James

3 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Great hotel, bar and restaurant.

10

Diane

8 May 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Prompt and courteous check in. Very nice room with everything we needed. Our only disappointment was that Eli Tavern was not open. I understand, after talking to management that the season starts next week and she gave me an updated paper given the correct info. The continental breakfast was excellent! I hadn't expected such a nice buffet.

10

Blair

8 Oct 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Clean room, great staff, property is on a hillside and not luggage friendly.

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Cleanliness

Many guests found rooms and common areas clean or spotless. A smaller number reported issues such as dirty floors, odors, or occasional bugs.

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Sharon

28 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The breakfast was the best part of the stay. There was dead moths or nat type bugs-all over one of the beds. Not appealing!!

4

Ioannis

23 May 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Floors were sticky. There was a smell at stairway.

4

Alejandra

26 Aug 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Old facilities , bathroom smelled bad, does not look like the pictures on Expedia, limited options for breakfast and totally overpriced. Do not recommend.

6

Nickaela

5 Sept 2023

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Stayed 1 night

the staff was wonderful, but the room smelt like mold from the window unit AC- there was also no fire escape listed or fire extinguishers in the room or around the rooms, which felt odd

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Salina

21 Jul 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

The hotel was nice, very basic. The room was spacious but kind of dismal. Nothing stood out. The staff all around were very pleasant and great, informative and helpful with local recommendations and directions. From front desk, breakfast host and cleaning staff when confronted. Very pleased on that! We had to ask for our floors to be cleaned because they were very dirty. Our socks turned black and we were stepping on crumbs of some sort. We also ran out of toilet paper and tissue the day before our departure as it was not restocked. There was a floor lamp that we had to keep plugging and unplugging because the floor switch did not work. Overall and in all honesty, it was pricy for what it had to offer. My expectation was higher.

10

CHRISTOPHER

12 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

BREAKFAST WAS FRESH, EASY PAKING, CLEAN, SAFE AND FRIENDLY STAFF. IM A REPEAT GUEST.

10

Christine

16 Aug 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

We brought our dog and stayed in one of the "pet friendly" rooms. A new experience for us. When I say the room was clean, I mean that it was one of the cleanest rooms we have ever stayed in. One would never know pets stayed here. It did not smell the walls and floors were in good repair. The tile and grout was clean. And the room itself had simple and calm, modern decor. The staff was unbelievably nice. We could not take our dog inside the main building, but it is attached to a bar and restaurant which goes against MA health codes. We will definitely stay there again!

10

Kristina

21 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Nice room. Quiet. Comfortable bed and very clean bathroom/shower. Breakfast was good, standard but good.

10

Kimberly Danya

16 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We had a lovely stay in our well appointed room. It was very clean and comfortable. Would definitely book there again.

10

Blair

8 Oct 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Clean room, great staff, property is on a hillside and not luggage friendly.

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Rooms

Rooms are generally spacious, comfortable, and often updated with Cape Cod charm. Experiences vary, with some noting thin walls or road noise, older or misrepresented units, limited in-room amenities like coffee makers, or seasonal HVAC limitations.

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Peter

6 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Way over priced pictures make it look way better

8

Jayne

1 Apr 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

The hotel is beautiful with flowers decorating where able. The sign in was a nice welcome after a very rainy drive . Our 2 bedroom suite was on 2nd floor with steep steps. The suite was nice but lighting was inadequate in bedroom with king bed- there was no microwave or coffee machine. Apparently I didn’t what room held. Would I return- maybe but question where room was located.

10

Mary

11 Nov 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The two bedroom suite was wonderful! It was incredibly spacious and well appointed. We also enjoyed all of the options available with the continental breakfast.

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Paul

17 Oct 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

The room was very nice and the bed was very comfortable. The dinners in Eli's Tavern were excellent! The walls between rooms must be very thin as we were able to hear people in another room talking at normal volume levels as well as hearing the snoring of one guest for most of one night. The breakfast offerings are a bit sparse as compared to other hotels. An egg station with sausage, bacon, pancake/waffle offerings would have been very nice.

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MARCIO A

18 Apr 2023

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Stayed 1 night

The room where we stayed didn’t have have ac. I was told that they install window ac when the weather gets warmer but the night we stayed was already warm and we had to suffer.

10

Michelle

6 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Our room was very spacious and very economical!

10

Dennis

2 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Great property, newly renovated.

8

Paulette

25 Oct 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

We thought the location was great. Having a restaurant on site is a big plus. Very clean. However room 28 is above the office and has a bit of a challenging staircase. The floors in the room are a bit challenging with a few dips and slants. Otherwise it was very comfortable. Missing a coffee pot though.

6

Lisa

11 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel is very nice. Our room was wonderful and the location is great. Unfortunately, we were given a room facing the very busy road and rush hour traffic starts very early, before 5 a.m. so make sure that you request a room not facing the road.

10

Kimberly

29 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The rooms were very comfy and visually pleasing.

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Service

Staff are frequently praised as friendly and accommodating. Some guests faced limited front-desk hours or uneven problem resolution, including pet-fee communication and responses to maintenance issues.

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Anne

30 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

A wonderful accommodation we picked last minute. Staff was wonderful. The inn has modern ammenities with preserved historic charm. Continental breakfast was perfect - many options and the coffee was delicious.

4

Cassandra

5 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Very cute place, would love to stay here again as it’s convenient and close to my family. However, and this is a big however, make sure you don’t accidentally leave anything behind when you leave, because the staff will immediately steal it, and management will not do anything to retrieve it or offer any kind of credit for stolen items. Horrible handling of an unfair situation toward a paying guest. I will unfortunately not be staying here ever again out of principle. I had two brand new clothing items I realized same day as check out that I had forgotten to pack from the bathroom, called immediately, and still no resolution. No call to offer a credit. No call with accountability or apology. Nothing. I’m disgusted by the handling of this situation.

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Emily

16 Jun 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

We were very disappointed with our stay at The Coonamessett. First, I found it odd that the front desk closes at 8:00 p.m. That was not terrible - they called and told us so, and that they would leave the room key for us. But then the room was up a very old and narrow staircase. Worse, there was some kind of flood or problem in the room prior to our arrival (rug was wet and they had an ozone machine set up in the hallway). It was a terrible smell and so we asked if our room could be changed the next day. It was a little disconcerting that they seemed aware of the room's condition and weren't surprised by our request to move. The new room was better but I would note that they don't have desks in their rooms, which makes it very uncomfortable if you have any business to do. Breakfast was minimal and they don't let you into the building until 7:30. Thankfully the weather wasn't bad as we had to wait outside. Decor is very sad - like they are trying for a more modern look but haven't quite hit the mark. It all seems like just a veneer. I've known the property for years - decades - and while I was excited to see what they've done with it, it actually just felt depressing.

10

Christina

2 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Very nice and everyone was extremely helpful.

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Kristina

4 Nov 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The facilities were very nice. However they had an event during our stay and the people who went to it took up every parking space even the one assigned to us in front of our unit. This is listed as a pet friendly hotel so we brought our dog for a 2 night stay. After leaving I received a call from the person at the front desk who was pretty rude. She told us that since we didn’t inform them of our dog staying we would incur a $250 fee. She said that we should have informed them because there are specific rooms that are pet friendly. Which is fine but we were never asked. In fact they came to clean our room after the first night and did not say anything even though we had water and food bowls out on the floor. My father had to get on the phone with the manager who was more understanding and only charged us $100. Make sure you tell them ahead of time about any pets.

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Thomas

6 Feb 2024

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Stayed 1 night

No hot water. Would not offer a late checkout even though I had no hot water. It was also a Monday and the place was empty so no reason I couldn’t stay a little past noontime. Horrible experience

10

Amy

11 Apr 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Staff is always so welcoming each time we stay. Rooms are each so unique and beautiful.

10

Rosemarie

20 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great rooms and very accommodating staff

10

Paul

27 Feb 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Kate was very helpful and accommodating!

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Maggie

20 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

It was late arrival between 8-9pm to check in, but no one was there or it was via email for checking in instructions

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Location

Convenient base near Main Street, beaches, ferry, and bike paths, with many finding it easy for exploring Falmouth and Martha’s Vineyard. A few noted traffic noise from rooms by the road.

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Kathleen S

2 Sept 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Large rooms. Updated. Great location to Woodshole ferry.

8

Anne

2 Mar 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent location to services

10

Eugenia

9 Jul 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

We had an exceptional 3 night stay. The room was spacious and comfortable. The daily continental breakfast was just right and the staff was inviting and accommodating. The location was perfect… close to downtown restaurants, shopping and the beach. We look forward to visiting again.

10

Chantal

21 Jul 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Very nice stay. Clean, quiet, nice location.

10

Laura

17 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful property close to Main Street and beaches will definitely be back.

10

Terese

18 Sept 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Very quiet, lovely property, would stay here again. Centrally located

10

Jennifer

19 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

We only stayed for one night but loved the hotel and will stay again. Short distance to biking path and a quick walk/drive to center of town. Rooms are spacious and comfortable. Breakfast was perfect! Had dinner at Eli's and it was delicious! Food and staff were incredible! Shout out to Linda our server! We will be back!

10

Rodney

17 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

I stayed in the two bedroom/three bed suite. It was very roomy with a nice living room area. We had our own bikes, but the bike availability is great because there are some nice bike paths nearby. The breakfast was great... numerous home made baked items, and good coffee. Located in a quiet area on the edge of town.

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Joseph

11 Nov 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Loved this place. The room and bed were both large, clean and comfortable. The restaurant on property (eli's tavern) was super convenient and the food was good. Breakfast in the morning was good too. Location was good, just down the road from main street with more shops and restaurants. Beaches nearby too. We would stay again and we would recommend staying here.

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Lisa

11 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel is very nice. Our room was wonderful and the location is great. Unfortunately, we were given a room facing the very busy road and rush hour traffic starts very early, before 5 a.m. so make sure that you request a room not facing the road.

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Dining

Eli's Tavern and on-site dining receive strong praise for tasty food and drinks. Breakfast is generally appreciated but can be simple, and restaurant hours may be limited or closed during events or off-season.

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Eric

12 Aug 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The tavern closed super early - 9:00 pm. The breakfast was good but minimal. The rooms were large and clean.

10

Antonio

5 Aug 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

The restaurant onsite was great. The staff was friendly and pleasant. thank you,

10

Keith

14 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was neat and clean and great restaurant on site

10

Carrie

17 Dec 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Friendly staff, great food!

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Robert

19 May 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Nice rooms, they have a restaurant and bar but they close at 9pm on fri night. Sat night the restaurant and bar were closed at 3pm so not very convenient. If there is an event which they had both nights while we were there they need to arrange some type of parking for the guests staying at the hotel.

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Paul

17 Oct 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

The room was very nice and the bed was very comfortable. The dinners in Eli's Tavern were excellent! The walls between rooms must be very thin as we were able to hear people in another room talking at normal volume levels as well as hearing the snoring of one guest for most of one night. The breakfast offerings are a bit sparse as compared to other hotels. An egg station with sausage, bacon, pancake/waffle offerings would have been very nice.

10

George A

15 Mar 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

We had a great time at the Coonamessett. We were late arriving because of a delayed plane. We received a plea sent call asking us if everything was OK. That was just the start. How about house cleaning every day, in recent years I thought that was a thing of the past. Our room was big and spotless. The lounge and dinning were very good but pretty limited choices. Breakfast was good but nothing out of the ordinary.

10

Yvonne

22 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great place to stay. Staff are amazing and we had the best cheeseburgers!

6

Nadja

4 Oct 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

The website made it look like a luxury property but it wasn’t. The sheets and comforter were like a cheap polyester microfiber, not a breathable fiber like cotton or bamboo. I was surprised a hotel would have that. And the breakfast wasn’t good. No hot foods, just fruit and a couple of muffin type things that tasted like they came from the grocery store.

10

James

3 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Great hotel, bar and restaurant.

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Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
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6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16 $235	17	18	19
20 $243	21 $238	22 $185	23 $207	24 $183	25 $319	26 $336
27 $184	28 $237	29 $183	30 $218

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $215	2 $344	3 $344
4 $219	5 $199	6 $196	7 $199	8 $200	9 $343	10
11 $278	12 $202	13 $212	14 $248	15 $250	16 $285	17 $653
18 $248	19 $196	20 $216	21 $195	22 $206	23 $415	24 $439
25 $198	26 $188	27 $218	28 $196	29 $267	30 $220	31 $210

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Lark Suite

Village King Suite Pet Friendly

King Deluxe

Village King Suite

Village King Suite Adjacent

Double Queen Suite

King Junior Suite

King Suite

King

2 Bedroom King Suite

Queen Suite

Guest reviews

Very good

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