ABOUT VACATION RENTALS IN LAKE TAHOE AREA
Lake Tahoe is a great place to get away from the daily routine of home. Spend your days outdoors skiing, sledding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and even year-round fishing! Lake Tahoe is one of the world's largest and most beautiful mountain lakes. The lake is 22 miles long, 12 miles wide and straddles the California and Nevada borders at an elevation of 1800 m. The lake is formed by waters from melting snow that has been trapped in a valley by a ring of mountains. On the south shore is the lake's largest city, South Lake Tahoe, California. The North Tahoe area offers beaches, boating, and sports
The lake is azure-blue and surrounded by forested slopes, scenic mountains, great ski resorts, some 30 golf courses, hiking and mountain biking trails, paved cycling/rollerblading routes, horse trails, beaches, and even more! Vacationers to the Lake Tahoe Area can visit the 'Desolation Wilderness', an expanse of peaks, canyons, and 70 alpine lakes. The sights here include the much-photographed Emerald Bay. Or they can fish in Tahoe's streams or lakes.
Winter in Lake Tahoe in California is eventful. Vacationers can go skiing at one of the many great ski resorts or go on snowmobile rides with their panoramic views of Lake Tahoe. They can spend the afternoons shopping in the boutiques and indulging in a long lunch at their favorite Tahoe restaurant. Lake Tahoe vacation rentals hold numerous other attractions as well. The Nevada south shore offers some of the finest casinos in the United States. Here you are minutes from Virginia City, which is a mining town of the Old West that has been preserved as it was. Tahoe is also the honeymoon capital of the American West!
There are more than thirty courses around Lake Tahoe. Edgewood and Glenbrook are rated among the best courses in the world! One of the things that you'll enjoy about skiing at Tahoe is the absence of crowds. The typical Tahoe ski lineup is less than 1 minute long! Tahoe is a Mecca for cyclists and mountain bikers. At higher altitude, there are loose-surface biking trails available.