Lodge Highlight: Quail Lodge & Golf Membership

By Elizabeth Kang

This month’s featured lodge affords a memorable expertise that’s an ideal possibility for each a household, pals or couple’s trip. It’s additionally an ideal last-minute possibility, as Quail Lodge is a fast under-two-hour drive, and as a big resort, sometimes has just a few rooms out there on quick discover, even within the excessive season.

Positioned on 850 acres within the sun-drenched Carmel Valley, Quail Lodge & Golf Membership is a child and pet-friendly oasis with a number of eating choices, fantastically renovated rooms, an 18-hole, championship golf course, a soothing spa, and loads of leisure actions to maintain the complete household fortunately occupied. Learn on to discover all the main points that make Quail Lodge & Golf Membership the proper spontaneous summer season getaway.

Yr-Spherical Enjoyable

There’s an exercise for each persona at Quail Lodge & Spa, from pleasant video games of tennis and pickle ball to lazily lounging by the heated, out of doors swimming pool. Extra rest awaits on the resort’s tranquil Spa Adeline. Right here, take pleasure in therapeutic therapeutic massage, girls and gents’s facials and different soothing therapies.

Adventurous sorts gained’t wish to miss the lodge’s distinctive “Land Rover Expertise,” described as a custom-made off-road driving expertise with steep descents, log climbing and tight hairpin turns, situated within the hillside at Quail. Classes and packages vary from one hour to a number of days.

There’s a lot to find offsite, too, whether or not it’s biking alongside the Carmel shoreline, cruising the well-known Pebble Seaside 17-mile drive, or looking the entire charming retailers in quaint downtown Carmel. Breathtaking Carmel Seaside, situated strolling distance from downtown, is a well-liked pastime for sunning, browsing and sandcastle making.

Memorable Eating

It’s not typically that resort eating is sort of as memorable as its environment. Fortunately, Quail Lodge is an exception. With three glorious eating choices situated on the lodge, you might not end up straying offsite for meals as a lot as you anticipated.

For every day breakfast with indoor and out of doors seating, (or delivered to your room) take pleasure in Breakfast at The Lodge. Positioned within the Quail Lodge Foyer, take pleasure in breakfast favorites resembling buttermilk pancakes, avocado toast, gourmand breakfast sandwiches, in a single day oats, and craft espresso.

For a scrumptious, informal lunch and a incredible comfortable hour, go to Edgar’s Restaurant, situated on the Membership Home. Providing indoor, out of doors, and to-go lunch service, count on scrumptious California-inspired delicacies with menu choices resembling halibut avenue tacos, Cobb salad, New England shrimp and lobster roll, and juicy burgers. The Completely happy Hour menu encompasses a number of wine, beer and cocktails, together with nice offers on snacks like quesadillas, grilled artichokes and heat pretzels.

Covey Grill is an excellent selection for dinner, boasting sweeping views of glowing Mallard Lake and verdant gardens. On the menu, select from USDA grade steaks and sustainably sourced seafood and native wines. A youngsters’s menu options basic favorites, together with mac ’n’ cheese and scorching canines. Don’t miss the delectable desserts, particularly the lavender honey goat cheesecake and seasonal pies.

Fashionable Lodging

Having undergone a 28-million-dollar renovation within the final decade, Quail Lodge & Golf Membership is stunningly appointed. Adorned in basic and minimal fashion with wealthy wooden furnishings, rooms boast luxurious bedding and textiles, and soothing cream, blue and inexperienced hues that mimic the pure environment. A number of the newly put in, state-of-the-art facilities embrace Wi-fi bedside charging stations, In-room espresso and tea stations that includes Nespresso, Interactive TV expertise from Sonifi with Chromecast, and On-Demand motion pictures, and way more.

Lodging vary in a wide range of spacious visitor rooms and suites. Guestrooms function  394 – 650 sqft with double queen or king beds, many that includes fireplaces. For much more rooms to unfold out, reserve a Junior, King Suite, Two-Bed room Villa Suite starting from 638 to 2,000 sqft. that includes non-public patios and comfy fuel fireplaces.

Championship {Golfing}

As its identify suggests, Quail Lodge & Golf Membership is a sought-after golf vacation spot, that includes among the finest and most picturesque {golfing} within the space. Actually, the course is repeatedly awarded “Greatest Enjoying Situations” for all of Central California by GreensKeeper.org, yr after yr.

The 18-hole, 6500-yard championship golf course boasts completely maintained greens, with towering bushes, lush scrubs and exquisite flowers framing its fairways. The course is suitable for all talent ranges and was redesigned in 2015 by Precept Designer Todd Eckenrode – of Origins Golf Design. There’s additionally a 9-hole placing course for friends to observe their quick sport.