Columbia Gorge Hotel

Hood River, Oregon Hotels & Resorts

Hood River, Oregon Hotels & Resorts

Surrounding Area

How about a vacation in one of the most beautiful recreational capitals of the world?

Visit a place of quiet luxury set as a jewel in the midst of the Columbia River Gorge, the U.S.’s first proclaimed National Scenic Area, where views of mountains, an enormous river, and a green that can almost be tasted are everywhere you look. While many of our guests are content to stroll the manicured gardens, visit Wah Gwin Gwin Falls or relax in the Valentino Lounge, just minutes away, guests will find pleasures for most any passion.

Windsurf or kite board the world famous Columbia Gorge. Ski or snowboard year round on Mt. Hood. Golf all year at one of many nearby golf courses. Tour Bonneville Dam or one of several wineries. View the Rodin collection and a full size replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill Museum, or stargaze at Goldendale Observatory. Raft the White Salmon river with Zoller's Outdoor Odysseys. Enjoy the Klickitat and the Deschutes Rivers. Fish for salmon and steelhead, trout, bass, and walleye. These are just a few of the many activities you'll find here in the Gorge.

Rooms/Suites

Each of our guest rooms features a view of the spectacular Columbia River Gorge or the gardens surrounding Phelp's Creek. Some rooms offer brass or canopy beds, and we do offer deluxe rooms that are equipped with fireplaces. Rooms with King, Queen and double beds are available.

Amenities

Limited room service, cable television, air conditioning. Please note, The Columbia Gorge Hotel is a completely non-smoking property including all guest rooms.

Services Offered

We invite you to indulge in beauty, aromatherapy and relaxing treatments that will leave you with a sense of wellbeing....Facials, Waxing, Massages, Manicures & Pedicures, Cosmetic Artistry, Hair Design: Cut & Color Bridal Designs & More

Policies & Restrictions

In addition, we offer a select number of Garden View rooms that are pet-friendly for pets under 50 pounds for an additional $20.00 per night.

Rates & Availability

With 39 rooms ranging from standard queens to corner suites, the Columbia Gorge Hotel’s guest rooms offer incredible comfort for both business and leisure travelers alike. Each of our guest rooms feature views of either the spectacular Columbia River Gorge or the gardens surrounding Phelps Creek. When you return to your room at the end of the day, it will be ready for a memorable and comfortable night’s sleep. Sweet dreams!

In addition, we offer a select number of Garden View rooms that are pet-friendly for pets under 50 pounds for an additional $20.00 per night.


Check-in is at 4:00 pm. Check-out is at 11:00 am.

Directions

Located in Hood River, Oregon, the Hotel is beautifully situated in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area and just sixty gorgeous miles from Portland on I-84 exit 62. Should you be coming to us from Portland and have the time, may we suggest some points of interest for you to explore along the way? The following waterfalls, geographical points and overlooks are what captured the heart of the Hotel’s founder, Simon Benson, inspiring him to build a luxurious retreat for visitors and travelers to the Gorge back in 1921:

Hood River, Oregon Hotels & Resorts

Hood River, Oregon Hotels & Resorts

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The stately site on which the Columbia Gorge Hotel now stands was originally developed in 1904 by Bobby Rand, a Hood River pioneer, as the Wah Gwin Gwin Hotel (a Native American name meaning "rushing water" for the 208' waterfall on the grounds).

These were the days of steamers navigating the waters of the Columbia River from the Cascades to The Dalles. To alert the hotel, the captains would sound the whistle once for each guest he had on board. Maids would then quickly make up the appropriate number of beds.

In 1920, Rand sold his interests in the hotel to Simon Benson. Benson had just helped complete what many of the era claimed to be the world's most beautiful road, the Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway. Benson's dream was to create an opulent hotel for travelers at the end of this road. He hired some of the same Italian stone masons that had built the highway to embellish his hotel.

The hotel had barely opened before it had an international reputation. Presidents Roosevelt and Coolidge, actresses Myrna Loy, Jane Powell, and rumor has it, Rudolph Valentino are some of the notables to have graced the hotel.

During the depression, the Hotel fell on hard times and was purchased by the Neighbors of Woodcraft as a retirement home. Such it remained for a quarter of a century, until the ongoing restoration began in 1977. Now corporately owned and operated, The Columbia Gorge Hotel has been brilliantly restored to a new opulence. The Hotel stands proudly atop a bluff overlooking the mighty Columbia River greeting its visitors with warmth and elegance continuing to be an elegant oasis in the heart of the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.*