Best Resort-Style Hotels and Stays in Spokane
Resort stays in Spokane are limited, so a clear picture helps: the city has no large destination resort inside its limits, and the closest resort draw is Northern Quest Resort & Casino at Airway Heights. Best Western PLUS Peppertree Airport Inn is the hotel in this guide that links to it, with a complimentary 24-hour shuttle, and Coeur d'Alene's lakeside resorts lie about 30 miles east on I-90. Treat Spokane as the practical base for a resort-style weekend (verify shuttle times before you plan an evening out). Plan evenings around the casino shuttle times.
Spokane is a working regional city, and its resort identity comes from its surroundings: golf courses on the plateau, Lake Coeur d'Alene across the Idaho line, and Northern Quest Resort & Casino on the west side. Summers are the resort season, with long daylight and dry weather, while winter turns attention to Mount Spokane (book early for June to August).
Where to stay
A Spokane base for resort days
Resort-style in Spokane means access to resort amenities rather than a self-contained resort. Peppertree offers a pool, a fitness center and a shuttle to Northern Quest, while the wider region adds golf, lakes and trails. It suits guests who want a practical base with resort options nearby and prefer to move between them by shuttle or car (confirm golf tee times separately).
Best Western PLUS Peppertree Airport Inn sits just off I-90, minutes from Spokane International Airport and Northern Quest Resort & Casino. Registered guests get a complimentary 24-hour shuttle to both, approximately every 30 minutes by request. Rooms include a microwave, a refrigerator, a coffee maker and a 42-inch TV, and the indoor pool, fitness center and guest laundry round out the practical side of a longer stay. Dog-friendly rooms are available for travelers with a pet (complimentary parking applies during the stay). Evening guests can eat at the Denny's next door without moving the car, which suits a short stay with an early flight the next morning.
Golf is the second reason to choose this side of town. Indian Canyon Golf Course is a short drive from the airport hotels, and Peppertree names it nearby along with Spokane Arena, Gonzaga University and Fairchild Air Force Base. A stay here suits a golf weekend with evenings at the casino resort, then a Sunday drive east on I-90 to Lake Coeur d'Alene. A breakfast voucher for the Denny's next door keeps mornings simple before a tee time (book tee times in advance for summer weekends). Ask the front desk about tee-time shuttles or nearby practice ranges, since the hotel staff know which courses fill first on weekends.
For a fuller resort feel without leaving the city, compare the grand downtown hotels. The Davenport Hotel offers three restaurants, a spa and salon and a tennis court, and The Davenport Tower has an indoor pool, a hot tub and The Safari Room Grill and Bar. These are city hotels, not resorts, but they cover dining, wellness and recreation under one roof, and Riverfront Park sits a short walk or drive away (parking terms vary by hotel, so ask when you book). Neither is a lakeside property, so treat them as polished city stays with resort-style dining and spa services rather than a full destination resort.
The Idaho option is the real resort extension. Coeur d'Alene sits about 30 miles east on I-90, with lakeside resorts and a long waterfront, and the Centennial Trail connects Spokane to the Idaho line for cyclists. A rental car makes the day easy, and returning to Spokane for the night keeps the budget lower than a lakeside room. Fly into Spokane International, which is minutes from Peppertree (check traffic on I-90 on summer Sundays before you head back). Parking at the lake can be tight in July and August, so arrive early and plan a downtown Spokane dinner on the return drive.
A traveler's perspectiveFor a golf weekend I would book Best Western PLUS Peppertree Airport Inn, because it sits just off I-90 and offers a shuttle to Northern Quest Resort & Casino. I recommend the indoor pool after an afternoon at Indian Canyon, and the Denny's breakfast voucher keeps mornings simple. My advice is to use its I-90 access if you plan a drive east toward Idaho.
Local tips
- 1Request the 24-hour shuttle in advance for Northern Quest Resort & Casino, because it runs approximately every 30 minutes by request and evenings get busy.
- 2Book golf at Indian Canyon Golf Course early for summer weekends, since tee times fill when Spokane's dry weather peaks in July and August.
- 3Use the guest laundry at Peppertree on a longer road trip, because it saves packing extra clothes for Idaho side trips and lake days.
- 4Drive east on I-90 for Lake Coeur d'Alene, since it is about 30 miles from Spokane and makes an easy day trip with a rental car.
- 5Arrange extended airport parking in advance if you fly out, because it needs a qualifying overnight stay and carries a daily charge.
- 6Compare the Davenport Hotel for a city resort feel, since it offers a spa, three restaurants and a tennis court downtown.