Although not inexpensive, it has a few things going for it:
- the accessible parking spots are near the door (so you don’t need valet every day unless you want it)
- the outdoor pool is heated and has a chair lift for those who need assistance getting into the pool
- we were able to create an apartment-like suite by adjoining a single room next to a one-bedroom hotel room that easily accommodated the five of us and our wheelchair. The suite then had two bedrooms, a Murphy bed, three full bathrooms (one of which was completely accessible), a kitchen (refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, stocked with utensils, dishware and a coffee maker), a living room area that accommodated all of us and a 6-person table. And the laundry facilities were across the hall from us!
- there were several dining options, all accessible, nearby; you could order take-out from all of them and there was a small grocery store (the Mangy Moose)
- The Aspens, an organic supermarket, was down the road a few miles and is accessible
- very close to the southern entrance of Grand Teton National Park
- close to Jackson
- just before I left, I was on The Hotel Terra website and saw a 30% discount on hotel rooms for some of the dates we were there; I called and they applied the discount to our entire stay. Nice!
- concierge service was very helpful in researching wheelchair accessibility for activities and restaurants
What I didn’t like about The Hotel Terra:
- there was a big gap, maybe two inches from the entrance to the door jamb, which was awkward for Marianne to manuever over in her wheelchair (she got a little stuck sometimes)
- there were only three or four accessible parking spaces, and it doesn’t seem like enough
- the Mangy Moose store is not wheelchair-accessible
- the restaurants are expensive, and it was impossible to get a reservation at Calico, a highly-recommended restaurant near The Aspens, or Q Roadhouse (right next to Calico), which were more affordable
- the pool is small – really small
- there are two buildings; we opted to stay in the main building which had the cafe in the lobby, a restaurant in the lobby, the pool and the gym. But the accessible room overlooks the Teton Village courtyard, which has a water fountain that attracts small, excited – and, when the jets go off randomly, shrieking – children. And sound does carry in this valley….
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