The Spa features 16 treatment rooms, a sauna and steam room. The fitness center offers cardiovascular and weight-training equipment, a fully integrated wellness program and a heated co-ed lap pool overlooking the mountains. The Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe has several restaurants on-site including the award-winning Manzanita and the Living Room bar. Each room also features wired and wireless Internet connection, concierge service and iPod docking stations.

The Ritz features luxurious hotel rooms with in-room fireplaces, views of the mountain, private balconies and goose down bedding. The Ritz-Carlton is about 15 minutes from the lake and about 45 minutes from the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe hotel is located mid-mountain at the Northstar resort stunning views of the Sierra Range. If you want to enjoy your own personal hot spring, drive down the hill to Walley's Hot Springs resort for a timeshare rental and a dip in some natural, hot pools. Head to the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe for a private swimming beach right on the lake, to The Ritz-Carlton at the Northstar resort for amazing skiing and organic restaurant food or to the Donner Lake Village Resort for views of the 'other' lake in this area. Whether you want some peace and quiet atop the mountains at the Ridge Tahoe and the Ridge View Resort or you want to be in the middle of the action in Stateline at the Montbleu, you will get a great choice of luxury hotels in Lake Tahoe.

Many of these hotels also have great views and are in awesome locations for enjoying the Tahoe outdoors. Many of these hotels are located at the local ski resorts and have the amenities associated with these locations: great restaurants, ski-in, ski-out options, spas and pools and a concierge. Once you pick your luxurious hotel at Lake Tahoe, you might not have to leave since very amenity will be readily available including excellent service, restaurants, spas and activities. For that special occasion you really want to pull out all the stops.

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