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Benbow Historic Inn

4.0 star property

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Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Air conditioning
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Free airport shuttle
  • Spa
$381
includes taxes & fees
Sep 1 - Sep 2

Explore the area

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445 Lake Benbow Dr, Garberville, CA, 95542
  • Benbow Inn Golf Course
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Humboldt County Office
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Richardson Grove State Park
    ‪28 min drive‬

Room options

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Premium King Room | Individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Premium King Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(4 reviews)
  • River view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Queen

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(25 reviews)
  • 14 bedrooms
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Garden Cottage Room | Individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Garden Cottage Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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Fireplace King | Individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Fireplace King

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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Leta Benbow's Room | Bathroom | Combined shower/tub, hair dryer, towels

Leta Benbow's Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Terrace King

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(4 reviews)
  • 12 bedrooms
  • River view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Benbow Historic Inn

4-star Garberville hotel close to Benbow Inn Golf Course
Guests at this beach hotel will appreciate convenient onsite amenities such as a complimentary children's club and a playground. Housekeeping is available on request.
Benbow Historic Inn offers 65 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Each accommodation is individually furnished. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Housekeeping is offered on request and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Cribs/infant beds (complimentary) are also available.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a seasonal outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. Services include massages.
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 4-star property offers access to a business center and 2 meeting rooms.

Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Event facilities measuring 8000 square feet (743 square meters) include conference space. This Tudor hotel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, spa services, and a library. Guests can use the outdoor pool at a partner property. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests during limited hours. Onsite self parking is complimentary.

Benbow Historic Inn has designated areas for smoking.

Local cuisine breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Dining Room - Overlooking the garden, this cocktail bar specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered. Reservations are required.

Awards and affiliations

The property is a member of Historic Hotels of America.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free roundtrip airport shuttle from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily local cuisine breakfast available 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee: USD 10 to 18 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Couples/private dining
  • Private picnics

Restaurants on site

  • Dining Room

Things to do

  • 9-hole adjacent golf course
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Ecotours
  • Free children's club
  • Golf
  • Golf driving range
  • Library
  • Outdoor pool (guest access)
  • Playground
  • Seasonal outdoor pool
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Free children's club
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • In-room crib
  • Playground
  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Proposal/romance packages
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 2 meeting rooms
  • 8,000 square feet of conference space
  • Business center

Outdoors

  • Beach towels
  • Garden
  • In a state park
  • On a river
  • On the beach
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Spa services

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 4 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1926
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Tudor architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free crib

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Cable/satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Champagne service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport; guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 12 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20.00 per stay
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 100.00 per stay
  • Resort fee: USD 20.00 per accommodation, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for local cuisine breakfast: approximately USD 10 to 18 per person
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 20.00 per stay

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

The seasonal pool will be open from May to October
Pool access available from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

Benbow
Benbow Garberville
Benbow Hotel & Resort
Benbow Hotel & Resort Garberville
Benbow Inn
Benbow Historic Inn Garberville
Benbow Historic Inn
Benbow Historic Garberville
Benbow Historic
Benbow Hotel Resort
Benbow Historic Inn Hotel
Benbow Historic Inn Garberville
Benbow Historic Inn Hotel Garberville

Benbow Historic Inn Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 360 out of 642 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 178 out of 642 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 63 out of 642 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 30 out of 642 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 642 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Catherine

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I little disappointed. We had dinner at the property, looks like everybody is busy because of the wedding. Ordered dinner and my sister found a piece of plastic on her vegetable. Up the hotel room, not even a soap to wash our hands. What do they expect wash our hands with body wash in the bathroom? Not even a small toiletries for their guest? And when we check out and asked the lady on the front desk,about why they don’t have at least a bar of soap to wash our hands with.She said they were out of stock. Just disappointed.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautifully site by the river.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved everything about the bimbo historic Inn. The ambience is amazing. The only thing we truly hated, and it might prevent us from coming back is the discomfort of the bed. We had a queen size, and it appeared to be a spring mattress versus the newer foam style, we found it to be extremely uncomfortable
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jeffery

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Diane

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous property, excellent staff and service
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

4/10 Poor

Jeffrey, FREDERICK

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
People were nice but the room bed was rough. They never came and filled our shampoo or soap even though they said try would for a 3 day stay. I would go to Garberville instead and stay there plus they have more food options as well.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bonny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely place to stay

Classic inn with outdoor patio for dining or sipping a glass beside a fire pit. Staff are friendly and efficient (except the scones at High Tea were slow to arrive and gone in a flash...).
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A classic resort hotel. A must see and stay.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great but

Beautiful inn. Lots of little issues impacted our enjoyment however. Arrived at 340 but didn’t get into our room until 530 because they forgot to call us when the room was ready! (The new receptionist was very friendly when he found out) At check out they charged us again for taxes when our pre-payment included the taxes. They were reluctant to remove it.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Donna

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Afshin, Oakland

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It’s a very dated property in need of much care. Price is not reflected by condition of hotel and rooms.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful Historic Inn!!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

shell

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What an amazing hotel! We want to come back in the summer months to enjoy the ambiance, scenery & staff! If you love history & service, this is a must see.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I came because of the EV charging, I was quite impressed with how nice the hotel was
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is a fabulous place to stay..
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

paul

Liked: Room comfort
Room cleanup and daily clean didnt happen unless we chased them, TV and lightbulbs not working and an ant infestation.. not the best of stays.. hotel and restaurant were good
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I felt like I stepped back in time. Food was good.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Melinda

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jenna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Gorgeous Unique Sitting Areas- so relaxing!

Gorgeous historic inn with beautiful warm sitting rooms on the first floor with games, a roaring fireplace, and relaxing music. Food can be ordered from the in-house pub to this room as well, or eaten in the pub or dining room, which are both beautifully decked out as well. Rooms have delightful victorian decoration and vintage character. This was a fantastic refresh after having stayed in soulless contemporary hotels for all of my last stays.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cathryn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elke

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tori

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was beautiful on the outside and inside. Very clean and looking great for an older hotel. No TV in the bedroom but we didn’t mind at all.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024