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Stay at Santa’s Lodge in Santa Claus, IN.

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Take your family to a lodge decked out with year-round holiday cheer; attractions include indoor and outdoor pools, hot tub, and restaurant

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  • Stay for four in a double-queen room

Hotel at a Glance: Santa’s Lodge

It feels like it’s Christmastime at Santa’s Lodge, no matter what the calendar says. Inside the lobby, a 37-foot-high vaulted ceiling—hand-hewn from the timbers of a 19th-century barn that once stood on the property—soars over festive decorations, including Christmas trees, Santa Claus statues, a horse-drawn sleigh, and two stories worth of antiques. A stay at Santa’s Lodge is the perfect way to get in the holiday spirit all year long.

  • American fare is on the menu at St. Nick’s restaurant; you can dine on traditional American cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
  • Make a splash in the hotel’s year-round indoor or seasonal outdoor pool.
  • Go on an adventure: The inn offers a wide selection of onsite activities including seasonal zipline tours, rock-climbing wall, bounce house, and two pools, as well as catch-and-release fishing.
  • Nearby attractions: Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari (1 mile), Christmas Lake Golf Course (3 miles), and Frosty’s Fun Center (0.2 miles).

Santa Claus, Indiana: Year-Round Festive Cheer in Historical Town

According to local legend, the early settlers of present-day Santa Claus had a problem: every time they agreed upon a name for the town, they’d discover it was already taken. In fact, the small community was known as the “nameless town” until Christmas Eve of 1852. On that wintry night, the villagers were debating names in a log-cabin church, when a gust of wind blew open the door. The unmistakable sound of sleigh bells could be heard over the falling snow. The children cried out, “Santa Claus!” and the town finally had a name. Each December, the Santa Claus Post Office is flooded with hundreds of thousands of letters addressed to ol’ St. Nick. Each letter received by December 21 receives a reply.

Naturally, the town—which is Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler’s hometown—is a magnet for all things Christmas. Built in the mid-1930s as part of a now-defunct holiday theme park, Santa’s Candy Castle remains a local landmark. Here you can buy gourmet candy canes, hot chocolate, and other handmade confections. Pop into the Santa Claus Museum to learn more about the history of the town through documents, photos, and artifacts.

Other Details

Room Details

Double-Queen Room

  • Two queen beds
  • Standard occupancy: 4
  • Maximum occupancy: 4

Hotel Policies

  • Check in: 3 p.m.
  • Check out: 11 a.m.
  • Parking: free
  • Smoking policy: no smoking inside the property.
  • Pet policy: pets are not allowed inside the property.
  • Accessibility: please contact property for handicap accessibility requests or options.
  • Room upgrades: upgrades may be available during booking or at check-in for an additional cost.

Amenities

  • Indoor pool and seasonal outdoor pool
  • Hot tub (seasonal)
  • Restaurant
  • Complimentary breakfast
  • Ziplining (seasonal)
  • Bungee trampoline (seasonal)
  • Rock-climbing wall (seasonal)
  • Paddleboats (seasonal)
  • Fishing
  • Playground
  • Seasonal bounce house
  • Gift shop
  • Complimentary WiFi
  • Complimentary parking

Getting There

  • Nearest airports: Evansville Regional Airport (EVV; about 46 miles), Louisville International Airport (SDF; about 81 miles)
  • Distance from Evansville: about 42 miles

Need to know info

  • 4-day cancellation notice required prior to check-in or reservation is non-refundable; reservations made within cancellation window are non-refundable
  • No-shows will be charged total Groupon rate
  • Traveler name must match ID at time of check-in
  • No refunds will be processed by Groupon after check-in
  • Must be 18+ to check in
  • Credit card required at check-in
  • Rates may vary by date and are subject to availability
  • Dates cannot be changed once booked; valid only for night(s) purchased
  • Final price at checkout may include an additional Groupon service fee, which Groupon retains as compensation for facilitating your reservation; this fee will not exceed 6% of the nightly cost of the reservation.
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About Santa's Lodge

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Richard
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32 ratings|31 reviews
Staff was excellent! Room was very nice and breakfast was great! Looking forward to our next visit!!!
Sharon
6 ratings|3 reviews
Great room and friendly accommodating staff.
Alisha
3 ratings|3 reviews
Very nice
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782siobhan
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Charming and fun, comfortable bed. Breakfast was tasty!! I'm an overseas visitor, from Scotland. We really enjoyed our stay here! The decor is a little bit dated but I think that fits really well with the theme of Christmas. If it was modernised it wouldnt be as much fun. My son particularly enjoyed looking at all the Christmas decorations in the lobby and the room itself was very comfortable. The air conditioning was great! We had everything we needed. Highly recommend a stay here if you are in the area. The breakfast had the best waffles I have ever tasted in my life!
336lynns
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A local gem filled with the Spirit of Christmas What a beautiful local gem! If you are a thematic or a local loving traveler, you are going to love this lodge! The lodge is designed exactly how I would envision Santa and his elves would create a place for visitors. The owners have lovingly taken care of this property. The lodge has the feel of a state park lodge with rough hewn logs creating the main area and the furnishings in the room use the same theme. Visitors are surrounded by Christmas decor in the main lobby. Santa’s sleigh is there to climb in and take that Christmas photo. There are Christmas trees, garland, and wreaths, plus a nice Christmas scene with miniature houses. There is coffee available for those who need a quick caffeine fix during the day. The staff is very friendly and helpful. They are proud of their little resort and they want you to love it too! Since we were there during the peak season of summer, they had the full breakfast buffet in the morning in their restaurant downstairs included with your stay. They offered scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits, gravy, muffins, waffles, juice, milk, cereal, and coffee. It was a nice way to start the day. They have an indoor and an outdoor pool, but we had spent the day at Splashing Safari, so we didn’t use the pool. The lodge is just a few minutes down the road from Holiday World, so we actually came back and changed, had dinner at Fat Santa’s Pizza across the parking lot, and then went back for the light show at the park. We loved everything about our stay and it was made “top notch” by the quality of service that we experienced at Santa’s Lodge.
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Christmas in July Getaway_ Stayed at Santa Claus Lodge while visiting Holiday World! The hotel is in definite need of some updating and fixing up the rooms! Offered a breakfast buffet and this lodge is within minutes of the Holiday World park. Lodge offers an outdoor and indoor swimming pool. We stayed mainly for the convenience to Holiday World as we was there from the time they opened til they closed!

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