Advance reservations are almost mandatory during the summer months. The Sweetwater complex takes up most of the two blocks between Ukiah and Main streets in the village of Mendocino, and that's not all. Besides the 10 units downtown, the company has six more in Little River and two separate houses elsewhere. One of the homes, Redwood Cottage, is a popular lodging about five minutes east of Mendocino. Sweetwater also has hot tubs and sauna, with prices that vary according to privacy and tub size.
Kids are welcome in all units.
You can't get much closer to the water without being in it. Anchor Lodge operates in conjunction with The Wharf Restaurant and Lodge, which features fresh fish, steak and prime rib. If you're awake in the early dawn, you can see the lights of the fleet as boats head out for the day's fishing, stretching in a colorful parade out to sea. In late afternoon the parade returns in reverse. The lodge has 79 comfortable rooms, some with wood-burning stoves.