Lincoln City or Newport?

We%26#39;re planning a 3 night trip in April with our 1 and 2 year olds and can%26#39;t decide where we should go. Any suggestions? Of course we want to visit the aquarium, stay in a motel with an indoor pool, oceanview, and a continental breakfast would be great too. Any ideas? Not sure, besides playing on the beach, of what else to do. Thanks in advance!

Lincoln City or Newport?

What is your lodging budget?

Lincoln City or Newport?

We%26#39;d like to be around $115 a night.

Your price is a bit low, even for April. The Whaler might work for you; it is up on a bluff above the beach:

http://www.whalernewport.com/about_us/

I will try to think of others in your price range that have an indoor pool in Newport.

If you are interested in staying a bit south in Yachats (about 30 minutes with a straight road), there is the Yachats Inn, which is oceanfront, indoor pool and very reasonable:

http://www.yachatsinn.com/index.htm

Or, in Lincoln City, the Sea Gypsy might work. Oceanfront, indoor pool:

http://www.theseagypsymotel.com/index.html

Never know what you will find in April for weather.

MOstof motes in Newport are above ocean, great views if oceanfront but not great beach access from rooms

Lincoln City has more motels close to beach. I will let others answer about indooe pools

The La Quinta in South Beach (Newport) is pretty affordable for suites. Their pool is open 24 hours a day too if you have a super-powerful baby monitor. Also within walking distance to Rogue and the Aquarium.

I have also stayed at the La Quinta in South Beach. Was very happy with the place. Seemed like the price was right too.

But no oceanview. Do any La Quinta rooms have a bay view?

Not sure if i put this in my review or not (it%26#39;s been a couple years), but half the rooms view the parking lot and the other half view that little forest between the la quinta and the road. I couldn%26#39;t see the bay from my top floor room. The place next door (yaquina bay lodge?) definitely has a bay view--over the parking lot of rogue.

Turns out my review was on a site other than TA, but here is a relevant passage:

As far as i can tell, all of the rooms are nearly the same size, it%26#39;s just that some of them are layed out differently. So the ones that are ';suites'; have small bedrooms seperate from a small living room, whereas the other rooms are just one giant room with a bed in the corner.

';But here%26#39;s the important part: The smaller the room number, the closer you%26#39;ll be to highway 101, which is quite loud. Also, the even numbered rooms face the parking lot and the odd numbered rooms face a little forest. Based on those factors, the worst room in the place would be #102, and the best room would be #327.

As it turns out, we had a great time here. The pool is open 24 hours a day (again, that%26#39;s close to the smaller numbered rooms if you don%26#39;t like the smell of chlorine) and the breakfast included one of those waffle makers, which is always a nice surprise.

For a monday night in september, the place seemed pretty full--about 80% occupancy or so. So it%26#39;s no wonder they weren%26#39;t accepting any priceline bids.';

Okay, sorry for the multiple posts here. The Inn At Yaquina Bay hasn%26#39;t updated their website since 2007 so I gave them a call. Their weekday rate for April is $65 and their weekend rate is $85. La Quinta is $99 and $109. The Inn at Yaquina has slightly smaller rooms if I remember correctly but I think they also have balconies. Certainly a better view unless you specifically ask for one of the rooms that face the approach to the bridge. I have stumbled to that Inn many times after a long night at the Rogue.