Area Lodging
Considering a visit to Bainbridge Island with your bicycle? Cyclists of all varieties explore our island home and surrounding Kitsap County every year. If you are planning an epic adventure here, keep in mind that your excursion doesn’t have to be immediately bookended by a long trip home. Take a look at some of our favorite places to spend the night:
The Inn at Pleasant Beach
The Inn at Pleasant Beach
Located on the south end of the island, this new Inn is perfectly situated for some great rides. Just outside the door stretches Crystal Springs road, one of the few flat places to ride on the rock. Taking a left will send you pedaling through historic Fort Ward park, along South Beach drive, and (if you’re brave or stupid) up and over Toe Jam Hill’s 23 percent gradient. The Inn itself is newly constructed, and sits across the street from the historic Lynwood movie theatre and the Treehouse Cafe (dinner and a movie)!
Check out the Inn here: http://www.pleasantbeachvillage.com/the-inn/
The Clearwater Casino Resort
The Clearwater Resort at the Agate Passage bridge
The Clearwater resort is the place to stay if you want a big-city hotel experience here in little Kitsap County. Overlooking the Agate Passage and the northern tip of Bainbridge Island, the resort puts you in the middle of some great road riding routes and about 5 miles from the Port Gamble trail area or the White Horse bike trails. The hotel is modern and tastefully decorated. The beds are great and the rooms are big. Like any real resort, you get an indoor swimming pool and spa, and it’s a few steps away from the Clearwater casino and its restaurants. There is a free shuttle bus that runs back and forth from the Bainbridge ferry dock to the resort.
The Clearwater Resort is here: http://www.clearwatercasino.com/hotel/
The Edgewater
That’s a Bainbridge Island view from the restaurant
So this pick is along the waterfront in downtown Seattle. Actually it’s over the waterfront. Built on a pier just downhill from the Space Needle, this is the place to stay if you have non-cyclists along with you on your trip to Bainbridge Island. The Edgewater is situated really conveniently for you to hit all of the fun tourist attractions that downtown Seattle has to offer. The hotel is bike-friendly (Jaime and Paul typically ride over to the Edgewater for Thanksgiving dinner and a night stay). The Bainbridge ferry terminal is less than a mile down the waterfront. By the way, the Edgewater has a fantastic restaurant called Six Seven that we highly recommend, and see if you can book one of the rooms that either the Beatles or Led Zeppelin have stayed in…
The Edgewater is here: http://www.edgewaterhotel.com/