The Hotel Charlotte - Groveland, California

18736 Highway 120 · (209) 962-6455 · Map  ·   Panorama View  ·   Website

The Hotel Charlotte was built in 1921 by Charlotte DeFerrari, an Italian native who immigrated to California with her family when she was 16. Her father died in a mining accident soon after their arrival, and DeFerrari began working to help keep the family together. She started by cooking meals for work camps and ranch hands, eventually opened her own restaurant, and ultimately built the hotel that bears her name.

The hotel, built in an era with less enlightened attitudes towards women in business - American women had only obtained the right to vote the previous year - is now on the National Register of Historic Places. It contains ten individually decorated guest rooms, all with private baths, and includes a restaurant on the main floor. The lobby hosts a gallery of works by local artists, and the restaurant hosts wine tastings daily.

The rooms are smaller than you'll find in a modern chain motel, predating as they do America's big-mac & supersize-me period, but should still comfortably fit two people. Most of the rooms contain queen beds, but a few contain two twin beds apiece, one contains a double bed, and one contains two queen beds.

Lodging Details:

• 10 individually decorated guest rooms
• restaurant onsite
• free breakfast for guests
• daily wine tasting
• free Internet
• private baths, Dish TV in all guest rooms
• hotel includes one pets-allowed guest room ($20 fee for pets)
• all rooms non-smoking
• rates from $114 - $189 for double occupancy