RockResort at Lionshead — 81 keys (62 hotel rooms averaging 550 sq ft plus 20 condominiums) at the foot of the Eagle Bahn Gondola, organised around a heated outdoor swimming pool and the seasonal skating rink that defines the Vail Square pedestrian courtyard.
"RockResort at Lionshead. The Eagle Bahn Gondola is steps away, the seasonal skating rink courtyard is the village's most photographed feature, and the 550-sq-ft hotel rooms are the largest in Lionshead."
The Arrabelle at Vail Square opened in December 2007 as the centrepiece of Vail Resorts' Lionshead Village redevelopment programme — a comprehensive rebuild of Lionshead's pedestrian core that replaced the original 1960s Lionshead architecture with a Bavarian-inspired alpine-village idiom by 4240 Architecture. The Arrabelle is the village's anchor hotel, organised around the new Vail Square pedestrian courtyard with its seasonal outdoor skating rink, retail-and-dining ground floor, and direct access to the Eagle Bahn Gondola — Vail Mountain's principal Lionshead-base lift, the second of the resort's two valley-floor gondolas alongside Vail Village's Gondola One.
The 81-key inventory breaks down to 62 hotel rooms (averaging 550 sq ft, the largest hotel rooms in any Lionshead address) and 20 RockResort-managed condominiums (one- to four-bedroom inventory rented through the property). Hotel rooms span Standard, Deluxe, and Junior Suite categories; the condominiums add full kitchens and multi-bedroom configurations. Every accommodation has gas fireplaces, soaking tubs, walk-in showers, and either a Vail Square courtyard view or a south-facing Vail Mountain aspect. The condominium inventory's larger units (the three- and four-bedroom configurations) are the headline family-week rooms; the named two-bedroom Penthouse with rooftop terrace is the milestone-anniversary booking.
Dining centres on Tavern on the Square — the property's contemporary-American kitchen on the Vail Square pedestrian frontage, which becomes the village's primary après-ski programme through ski season — and the seasonal pool café. The on-site Centre V Spa runs the full RockResort treatment vocabulary across multiple treatment rooms; an indoor lap pool, a heated outdoor pool overlooking the skating rink (open year-round), and a fitness centre complete the brief. Ski-and-snowboard storage at the Eagle Bahn Gondola line; ski concierge through the season; in-house ski school coordination through the Vail Resorts programme.
The position is the second commercial pillar. The Eagle Bahn Gondola is twenty-five seconds on foot from the property's ski-storage room; Vail Village's Bridge Street and Gondola One are a six-minute walk along the pedestrian-and-creek path; Beaver Creek is twenty minutes by car; Eagle County Regional Airport is thirty-five minutes; Denver International is two hours fifteen. For honeymoons, anniversaries, and family ski weeks who weight the Lionshead position over the Vail Village position, who want a hotel rather than a residence, and who consider the Vail Square skating-rink courtyard a real amenity, the Arrabelle is the answer.
For Vail honeymoons at the Lionshead-position five-star tier, the Arrabelle's Junior Suites with gas fireplace and Vail Square or Vail Mountain aspect are the room category. The skating rink courtyard at sundown handles the cinematic moment; Tavern on the Square handles the post-skate dinner; the heated outdoor pool above the courtyard handles the closing. The hotel's smaller footprint (81 keys) gives stays more intimacy than the 343-room Vail Marriott or the 285-room Grand Hyatt.
Anniversaries here run on the same vocabulary as the honeymoon brief, calibrated to the milestone year. The two- and three-bedroom condominiums with full kitchens for longer stays; the Penthouse with rooftop terrace for headline years. The Lionshead pedestrian-village evening cadence — the lights, the skating rink, the Bridge Street-style architecture — is the Arrabelle's distinctive contribution to the Vail anniversary brief.
Arrabelle's RockResort-managed condominiums are the family-week anchor — one- to four-bedroom configurations with full kitchens, dedicated kids' rooms, and the Eagle Bahn Gondola twenty-five seconds from the door. The seasonal skating rink in the courtyard is its own family attraction; the Vail Mountain ski school via the Eagle Bahn handles the kids' programme; the pool deck runs year-round.
675 Lionshead Place
Lionshead Village
Vail, CO 81657, USA
Eagle Bahn Gondola 25 sec walk; Vail Village & Gondola One 6-min walk via creek path; Beaver Creek 20 min by car; Eagle County Airport 35 min; Denver International 2 hr 15 by road
81 keys (62 hotel rooms + 20 condos)
Hotel Rooms from USD 720/night (avg 550 sq ft)
Deluxe Rooms from USD 880
Junior Suites from USD 1,150
One-Bedroom Condos from USD 1,250
Two- to Four-Bedroom Condos on request
Penthouse on request
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Opened December 2007; Vail Resorts (RockResorts brand programme); centrepiece of Vail Square redevelopment
Eagle Bahn Gondola at door
Vail Square skating rink (seasonal)
Heated outdoor pool overlooking rink
Indoor lap pool
Centre V Spa
Tavern on the Square dining
RockResort-managed condominiums
4240 Architecture Bavarian-inspired
From USD 720/night. Junior Suites and One-Bedroom Condos are the inventory to target for honeymoons and anniversaries; Three- and Four-Bedroom Condos for family weeks. Book three to four months ahead for Christmas / New Year and February peak. April–May and late September shoulder rates are the value windows.
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