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Summer 2023 welcomes back “Sun Valley on whiskey bottles, cigars, pens, flowers, and
Ice” featuring medal-winning headline skaters notes. The inn serves cookies and snacks in
and the ‘Sun Valley on Ice’ cast. Future figure the afternoon, a perfect pick-up after all the
skaters can enjoy the Sun Valley Figure Skat- outdoor fun.
ing School all at the Sun Valley Lodge. “We are a small hotel and guests come back
year after year. If we recognize the last name,
Places to Stay we’ll upgrade them for the same price,” said
The Limelight Hotel: the assistant manager, Sthefany Seegott. “We
get sold out. We’ll text the guests if the room
This award-winning, 99-room hotel sits
is ready early. If they bring their car in the
right in the center of Ketchum, walking dis-
winter, we clean the snow off each morning for
tance to all the restaurants, shops, and activi-
them. Guests like those small details.”
ties, includes breakfast and even welcomes
The Historic Sun Valley Lodge:
dogs.
The super friendly staff, besides shuttling The lodge has been called “the heart and
soul of Sun Valley.” And no visit to the area
you around town, will sign you up for the use
would be complete without enjoying its ele-
of an electric Audi for two or four-hour stints,
complete with snowshoes and a pass for gance and beauty. From the greeting of the
Galena Lodge in the winter. Or you can jump doorman to the lofty ceilings and expansive
windows looking out into the natural beauty,
on cruisers and fat tire bikes for an open-air
jaunt. the feeling is ‘wow, this is something special’.
The bountiful breakfast, included fresh pas- The lodge underwent a complete renovation
in 2015, sparing no expense to enlarge the 108
tries from a local bakery, eggs, fruit, and any
guest rooms, adding modern amenities and a
other breakfast item you could want, a com-
plete spread. Stroll through the lobby in your 20,000-square-foot spa. Yet it retained the
feeling of a timeless, world-class hotel. The
thick terry-cloth robe to enjoy the heated pool
photos that line the halls attest to the hotel’s
and hot tub or check out the gym. In the lobby
restaurant, with live music many nights, we history and importance. Hollywood legends,
enjoyed tasty chili, and polenta and meatballs. presidents and politicians, dignitaries, Ernest
Hemingway, and other writers, all enjoyed the
Other diners dug into delicious-looking burg-
ers and pizzas. elegant ambiance. In Hemingway’s photos, he
sits at his Royal typewriter working or dines
The Knob Hill Inn:
with friends and Hollywood stars.
In chilly weather, when you enter this inti-
He completed For Whom the Bell Tolls in
mate and cozy inn, a crackling fire greets you
room 206 and I was able to visit the “Celebrity
first, then a smiling staff member. You can
Suite” devoted to his memory, on the second
stroll to the center of Ketchum from this 29-
floor, filled with photos and a Royal type-
room inn or take the local free bus or the inn’s
writer. The room felt spacious and serene, like
shuttle. Dogs are welcome.
he could have walked in and sat down at the
Our favorite menu items at the Inn’s restau-
typewriter at any moment. The hotel provides
rant included the burger, and the fried
a shuttle to and from the airport and around
chicken, which came with popovers and honey
town and free buses run regularly. Guests can
butter. Then the warm berry cobbler with
choose from five different eateries in the vil-
vanilla ice cream for a perfect dessert. Your
lage surrounding the Lodge, from the casual
stay includes breakfast, a pool and a jacuzzi.
Konditorei to the elegant Ram restaurant.
Their shuttle service will drive you around
We enjoyed a scrumptious ‘pancakes with
town and to and from the airport. It’s just a
berries’ breakfast at the Konditorei and the
short walk to the Ketchum Cemetery and Hem-
Heritage Menu at the Ram. The Ram has been
ingway’s grave, usually covered with gifts–
serving diners since the resort first opened in
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