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The Lodge at Turning Stone Casino Resort.
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If any PGA Tour players are staying at the Turning Stone Casino Resort in Verona, NY, which is hosting this week's tournament, you can bet they're staying in The Lodge, the best choice among the resort's accommodations.
Though there are other options, such as The Inn (the lowest-end, motel-like option), the main hotel (basic, Holiday Inn-style rooms), The Tower (newer, Holiday Inn-style rooms) and an RV park, none compare to The Lodge, a stunning, four-story boutique hotel located right between the casino and the resort's Shenendoah golf course.
This 98-room property is all suites, each equipped with gorgeous fixtures, plasma televisions, oversized marble bathrooms (with separate showers and large, soaking tubs), and private balconies. The corner rooms also feature dining rooms and outdoor hot tubs and the Deluxe suites come with fireplaces.
Guests of The Lodge also enjoy the convenience of its on-site,
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The all-suite Lodge has a contemporary look.
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Oneida Indian-inspired spa, called Skana, and the fine-dining Wildflowers restaurant, where many of its European dishes are prepared tableside. Like the rest of the Turning Stone Resort, Wildflowers does not offer alcoholic beverages, but guests may bring their own.
While The Lodge is the resort's priciest option at $200 per night and up, it is a much better value than most similar properties we have seen and, by far, the best choice for a golf vacation to the Turning Stone Casino Resort.
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