Premium Room, Patio

The Premium Room, Patio sleeps up to five guests. It is offered with 1 King or 2 Queen Beds, so you can choose the layout that suits your party. Every bed has a pillowtop mattress, premium hypo-allergenic bedding and Egyptian cotton sheets, and blackout drapes help with early starts and late nights.

Yes, the room comes with private patio access. Tenaya at Yosemite sits at 5,288 feet in evergreen forest next to Yosemite's South Gate, so the setting is a relaxed, forest-edge one amid the Sierra foothills. It is a good spot for morning coffee, using the in-room coffee and tea maker, or an evening unwind after a day in the park.

The room is built with accessibility in mind. It has wheelchair-width doorways and overall wheelchair accessibility, plus a low-height bed, counter, sink, desk, door lock and door view port. The TV also supports closed captioning.

The private bathroom has a shower, free toiletries including shampoo and soap, towels, toilet paper, a hair dryer and bathrobes. The sink and counter are low-height.

The room has air conditioning and heating, a 40-inch LCD TV with premium channels and pay movies, a refrigerator, a coffee and tea maker and complimentary bottled water. Free Wi-Fi is included, and room service runs on limited hours.

The daily resort fee includes access to the resort pools and spas, the fitness room, the steam rooms and saunas in Ascent Spa, business center access, Wi-Fi, overnight parking and two bottles of water daily. There are one indoor and three outdoor pools. The outdoor pools include a zero-entry kids' splash pool and a wading pool, with poolside refreshments from the Bearfoot Bar. Self-parking is complimentary. Valet is $25 nightly.

With space for up to five guests and a king or two-queen configuration, it suits families and small groups. Tenaya at Yosemite is family-friendly, with a zero-entry kids' splash pool and a kids' menu at the Bearfoot Bar. Gold Rush Barbecue is an outdoor family dining experience with lawn games. Resort-fee rollaways, cribs and pack-n-plays carry a $30 per-stay charge, limited to one per room.

Guests in Lodge Rooms can have breakfast, lunch and dinner delivered, and guests in the Cottages may order takeout from Jackalope's Bar & Grill for pickup. Jackalope's is open daily from 6:30 AM to 10 PM. Timberloft Pizzeria and Gold Rush Barbecue are seasonal, and Bearfoot Bar is a seasonal poolside bar. Embers has varied by season. Note that the resort is fully cashless, so bring a credit or debit card.

The resort is on Highway 41 in Fish Camp, two miles from Yosemite's South Entrance. The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias is about 3 miles away, and Yosemite Valley is about 33 miles, roughly an hour's drive. Tenaya does not run its own shuttle to the Valley floor, and the YARTS bus runs only seasonally from late May to late September. Plan on having a car, and fill the tank before arriving because Fish Camp has no gas station.

Check-in is from 4:00 PM and check-out is until 11:00 AM. You will need a photo ID and credit card at check-in. Pets need prior approval, with a $125 one-time fee covering up to two dogs. Changes or cancellations within 48 hours of the 4 PM check-in carry a charge. A $0.75 daily California Tourism Fee also applies.