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What Makes Oregon's Stephanie Inn So Great?

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 2740 South Pacific [map], Cannon Beach, OR, United States, 97110
October 30, 2007 at 2:32 PM | by pbb | 1 Comment

Now that we've had a chance to pour over Conde Nast's Readers' Choice Awards, we noticed an Oregon hotel that didn't pop up when we wandered through the Oregon Hotel Trail. The Stephanie Inn, say CNT's readers, is the third best hotel in the country, after the Chicago outposts of the Ritz-Carlton and The Peninsula.

So what makes it so special? Good question: CN Traveler doesn't spell out any details. And the survey is just a numerical ranking, leaving us curious as to what makes the Stephanie so praiseworthy. On Tripadvisor, reviewers come to a consensus:

This Inn is probably great if you can pay $600/night for a view room. It is also great if you like a lot of pretension. You will see more people here in slacks than in beach clothes and we were definitely the youngest people there.

The Stephanie certainly has a great view of Haystack Rock, but aside from that, we're just not seeing the appeal. Also, how can a hotel not have online reservations??

[Photo: TripAdvisor]

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The Oregon Hotel Trail: The Oceanspray Inn

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 487 S. Hemlock St [map], Cannon Beach, OR, United States, 97110
October 17, 2007 at 9:00 AM | by annie0007 | 0 Comments

HotelChatter Maven Annie0007 recently wrapped up a two-week jaunt through Oregon, taking her from the mountains and high desert to the lakes and coast. Along with the terrain variety, she stayed in a wide array of accommodations, from a 50s-style campground setting along a starlit lake, to a luxury cottage surrounded by deer and wildflowers, and a 1930s mountain lodge made famous in a classic horror movie. This week we'll be running her exclusive hotel reviews. If you have any questions, hit us on the tipline.

We were off, and up the coast again, past the sea otters, seals and sea lions at the Oregon Aquarium, as well as a stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory, where from a viewing platform you can watch blocks of cheddar divvied up into bricks, bars, and slices - taste yummy samples and buy the best ice cream this side of San Francisco. There are more cows in the county than people. When we got out of the car, the air smelled of earthy, sweet, pungent, farm-fresh dung.

Almost near the top of the coast, just off US 101 and nestled within the tiny artist colony of Cannon Beach, was the last of our Oregon sleepovers: Two nights at The Oceanspray Inn, part of the Haystack Lodgings.

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