Emerald Bay and Vikingsholm
A green-water cove on the southwest shore of Lake Tahoe, featuring Fannette Island and Vikingsholm, a 1929 Scandinavian-style house reached by a steep trail of about 1.6 km.
Califórnia · the United States
In the destination Lake Tahoe.
In the photo: El Dorado Beach at Lakeview Commons
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The city
Largest town on the California side of Lake Tahoe, on the south shore at the Nevada border. It has beaches, marinas and the Heavenly ski gondola that departs from town, and is close to Emerald Bay with Vikingsholm and the Tallac Historic Site with early 20th-century summer houses. Across the border are the Stateline casino-hotels in Nevada.
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The local experience
A green-water cove on the southwest shore of Lake Tahoe, featuring Fannette Island and Vikingsholm, a 1929 Scandinavian-style house reached by a steep trail of about 1.6 km.
A ski resort on the California–Nevada border, with a gondola that departs from downtown South Lake Tahoe and climbs the mountain with lake views; it is also open in summer.
A group of three early 20th-century lakeside summer properties near South Lake Tahoe, with wooden houses, gardens and a beach, maintained by the Forest Service.