My husband and I stayed in Park City at the Park Avenue Condominiums in June /02. We stayed in one of 10 condos operated by an outfit...
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My husband and I stayed in Park City at the
Park Avenue Condominiums in June /02. We
stayed in one of 10 condos operated by an
outfit called Resortex. They are only open for
two hours on Saturday afternoon for
registration, but the mechanisms for
registering late and getting your keys seemed
very straightforward.
We arrived during office hours and found the
manager to be a very friendly and helpful
person. She had brochures about Park City
and gave us a good quality t-shirt for our son
(who collects t-shirts from all the places that
we don't take him to). The office was easy to
find and just across the street from the resort.
We stayed in a condo with a patio that faced
Park Ave., which is a very busy street, and I
was disappointed that we were so close to
the road, when the other half of the condos
face onto the municipal golf course. But the
placement of trees made our patio actually
quite private, and the street noise did not
turn out to be a problem. We stayed in a very
roomy one-bedroom condo with covered
parking. The ceilings in the living room and
the upstairs bedroom were vaulted and the
total height of the wall going up the stairs
was over 20 feet, giving a very spacious feel
to the unit. Also, the bedroom windows faced
the back of the complex so that the road
noise had no impact on our sleep. The unit
had a Murphy bed that could make the dining
area into a second bedroom with a privacy
accordion curtain.
There was an eating bar in the very large and
well-laid out kitchen, and an ingenious table
that could be wheeled out and set up in the
dining area and put away again if the second
bedroom was being used. The living room
was also large enough to accommodate the
table if the second bedroom remained set up.
The kitchen was great, and we ended up
cooking almost all our meals there, we ate out
only once, for lunch! Having a 24-hour
Albertson?s grocery store across the street
also helped with our decision to do so much
cooking.
The resort has a small heated pool and two
hot tubs, as well as single-sex saunas located
in the change rooms. The resort office is
located by the pool, and the staff were also
very helpful even though they had no
connection to Resortex. The golf course is
beautiful, surrounded by mountains and with
a couple of ponds with migratory birds
enjoying the respite on their trip north. We
had a car with us but walked almost
everywhere; Park City is small and compact,
with a delightful "old town", municipal park,
and tourist amenities close by. There is also a
beautiful and well-managed municipal library
with free Internet access.
There are no resort activities organized by
Resortex, the town and surrounding
mountains and forests provide enough
activities. The resort is geared for people who
are looking for a spacious and relaxing
location to enjoy the outdoors as only Utah
can offer. As a PS for shoppers, Park City has
a Factory Outlet mall with the best bargains I
have seen in a long time.
