Mendocino County Cottages

REVIEWS

SUNSET MAGAZINE NAMES ELK COVE INN TO “WEST’S 20 BEST SEASIDE INNS”
February 1, 2004 – Mendocino Coast’s Elk Cove Inn is featured in Sunset Magazine’s February cover story — 20 Best Seaside Getaways.

According to Sunset, “From the storm-lashed Pacific Northwest to perpetually sunny Southern California, winter is the perfect time for a romantic getaway… at one of our favorite inns.” Elk Cove Inn & Spa, perched on a secluded bluff 15 miles south of the village of Mendocino, overlooks nearly a mile of dramatic, unspoiled Pacific beachfront. The setting fits Sunset’s theme to a tee… “Sand between the toes isn’t a pleasure exclusively reserved for summer. Neither are long walks on the beach or longer views of crashing surf from a rocky blufftop — especially when at the end of the day, you don’t have to go home.”

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MENDOCINO COAST’S ELK COVE INN CHOSEN ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST BED & BREAKFAST INNS,
RECEIVES ACCOLADES IN NEW YORK TIMES
MENDOCINO, Calif., January 28 , 2003 –

The Elk Cove Inn has received high praise from the readers of Arrington’s Bed & Breakfast Journal, who ranked it one of America’s best bed and breakfasts, and from a New York Times writer, who trumpeted the Inn as the perfect place for a Pacific Coast sunset. The Elk Cove Inn was voted by inn-goers as one of America’s “Best Inn or Bed & Breakfast in the U.S.A.” according to Arrington’s Bed & Breakfast Journal’s 2003 Book of Lists. The book ranked the Elk Cove Inn among one of 15 in the category.

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Marshall Krantz, Coastal Living, 1999
A few miles south of the Navarro River Bridge, the winding, two lane road tops a rise. Cupped in the cove below, a half-dozen huge rocks lie just offshore like a fleet of scale model islands… This is Elk, a place apart. On a coast celebrated for its scenic beauty, Elk is exceptional. Those rock formations, sometimes called sea stacks, constitute a collection aesthetically unequaled… Like much of this coastline, Elk is characterized by sweeping vistas; but this tiny town also seems to turn inward, enfolded by sloping forests on land and sheltered by towering rocks at sea. You come to Elk to stoke a hot romance, ignite a smoldering one, or rekindle the embers of a waning one.

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America's Best Bed & Breakfasts: The Elk Cove Inn, Fodor's Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns, Fodor's Travel Publications, 1997
A night spent in one of the cottages on the bluff at Elk Cove is the closest thing around to sleeping right on the beach. No matter where you stay at this inn, which boasts an oceanfront location in a hidden cul-de-sac off the Coast Highway, you can drift off to sleep to the sounds of the surf and awaken to the songs of birds. Some visitors insist on staying in the main house - usually, says the innkeeper, East Coast guests nervous about earthquakes - while others demand one of the cottage rooms time and time again, lulled by the siren song of the sea.

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Tim Schey, contributing author, Adventure West Magazine
With names like Surfsong and Swallow's Nest, it is easy to lose oneself in the romance of this timeless setting. The only disturbing sounds you hear are likely to be those of the wind or wildlife.

WHAT OUR GUESTS SAY

I proposed to the most beautiful woman in the world. There we were, walking on that beautiful beach on a gorgeous Saturday evening - the air crisp, the sun setting, the waves dancing and best of all, my best friend sitting on a log while I took to my knee and asked her to be my wife - what a moment!! I feel like the luckiest man in the world to find this paradise.

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To reflect that no matter what happens in life there will always be beautiful places like this, I will go back to my day-to-day life with a new view... because when I close my eyes, I'll see the waves from the window seat and hear the surf crashing into the rocks. It will keep me grounded. Thank you for a wonderful time.

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Fifteen years ago we stayed in this very room on our honeymoon. Our lives are very different now, but when we entered the room we felt magically transported back in time. It's incredible to go back to a fabulous time in your life and discover that things are even better than you remembered.

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Five months ago my husband proposed to me out there in front of the great rock at sunset. Looking out of this window brings back the memories of that beautiful fall day. Thank you for bringing me back to this magical place - it was a great way to spend my 30th birthday and a great way to be reminded of our love for one another (March, 2001).

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We were totally spoiled during our stay - wish the bed would fit in my suitcase (May, 1995).

I never realized how caught up in the smaller aspects of life I was until I came here to unwind. Being here puts everything in perspective. I don't know when life became so hectic, but until it slows down, coming here balances everything out. Thank you for realizing and providing what everyone desperately needs (March, 2002).

CONTACT

David Lieberman, Innkeeper, Elk Cove Inn
Email: innkeeper@elkcoveinn.com

We are located 150 miles North of San Francisco and 15 miles south of the village of Mendocino.
A short stroll from the inn puts you in the center of Elk, a lively community composed of equal parts history and contemporary good living, with shops, convivial conversation, even a state park with visitor center.

6300 Highway One S. | P.O. Box 367 | Elk, CA 95432 | 800 275-2967 | 707 877-3321 | Fax: 707 877-1808