The 9-hole Valley Links Course is a super friendly layout, ideal for a quick warm-up round upon arrival at the resort. However, few resorts can compete with the contrasting styles of play. And at French Lick, the golf is second to none. Like many golf destinations, French Lick has multiple courses on property (45 holes in total). The rooms are great, but to me nothing beats unwinding at day’s end in the atrium’s uber comfortable chairs, glass of wine in hand.Īs much as I enjoy great resort accommodations and activities, for me it’s always about the golf. Now on the registered list of National Historic Landmarks, it houses amenities like two pools, a spa, and the incredible Sinclair’s Restaurant. It’s hard to believe, but this incredible free-standing dome (once dubbed the “8th wonder of the world”) was actually abandoned and beginning to crumble to the ground a mere 20-years ago.Īs part of a $500+ million project in the early 2000’s, West Baden was restored to it’s current brilliance. It’s located a stones throw from downtown French Lick and houses the ever popular casino.įor our stay, we enjoyed the incredible West Baden Springs Hotel. The toughest decision at French Lick Resort might just be where to stay - French Lick Springs Hotel or West Baden Springs Hotel.įrench Lick Springs is the original hotel and has played host to quite a few famous celebrities, athletes and politicians over the years. The entire property oozes old-world charm, and though accommodations and amenities leverage modern-day luxuries, careful attention was given to preserve a historic feel. Horse drawn carriage rides, cobblestone streets, and thousands of old images line the halls of both resort hotels. We’d only been at French Lick Resort for a few hours - and had yet to hit a single shot on the highly touted golf courses - but already we were feeling right at home.Īs it turned out, that trolley car ride (a replica of the original 1903 trolley) was a mere taste of the history brought to life at today’s French Lick Resort. “Wow, how cool is this?” I said to her, as the conductor slowed the train and welcomed us aboard.Ī few whistles of the horn and we were off, taking the one-mile trip along the tree-lined tracks to the French Lick Springs Hotel - our destination for our inaugural night’s dinner at the signature 1875 Steakhouse. Standing on a small platform adjacent to the breathtaking West Baden Springs Hotel, Brittany and I watched as what appeared to be an early-1900s trolley car turned the nearby corner and slowly chugged toward us.

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