The Best Hotels in Truckee

The Golden Gate Saloon has been pouring drinks long enough that the bar itself is basically a local landmark. The Holbrooke is a historic hotel in the Sierra Nevada foothills, with rooms split between the original building and a carriage house, both dressed in period character without skimping on the modern amenities. A speakeasy-style cellar lounge called the Iron Door sits downstairs for anyone who prefers their atmosphere subterranean.

The grand Victorian facade has been standing on Broad Street since the Gold Rush, and the boutique hotel inside it now looks nothing like a place that survived the 1800s, in a good way. Rooms lean retro-styled rather than dusty-museum, the National Bar pours craft cocktails, and Lola does European-accented California cooking. Nevada City itself is equal parts hiking trails and bohemian charm, so guests tend to arrive muddy and leave well-fed.