La Torretta

Due to some recent work issues we had to cancel our trip to Destin. I was bummed. We were suppose to leave this Wednesday evening and come back next Tuesday.

In lieu of of Destin trip we ended up with a quick weekend get away to La Toretta Resort on Lake Conroe. I seriously cannot say enough good things about this place. Due to the fact my waterproof camera is refusing to hold a charge and I'm trying to be more "in the moment" than "documenting the moment" the pictures are few and far between. So I will re-create using images found online!

Welcome to the hotel!

The picture above and below are of the guest rooms- every room has the living room area above then bedroom with a large bathroom. I was impressed- especially for the price!

 Lazy River made walking from pool to pool without shoes not so tough- just jump in to get across the pool area and you won't burn your feet!

View of the Splash Pad area

 View of all three pools and lazy river. Not pictured is the toddler swim area.

 My little daredevil LOVED these slides- well, not the tube, but the open one. This was her favorite place to hang out.

So there you have a bit of a picture re-cap. I can't say enough about the hotel- decorations, cleanliness, helpfulness of the staff. The only issue we had is the food. They have a few different food options. Food service by the pool (which we did not partake in, but it looked yummy!) A little coffee shop/ cafe for snacks and they serve breakfast- this place was fine to pick up a snack but as for breakfast the offerings were paltry to say the least. Breakfast Sandwich/ Burrito/ Kolache all looked like Jimmy Dean breakfasts (seriously they were still in the packages) and they nuked them for you. No thanks. The did have bagels and an assortment of pastries but nothing looked too entirely appetizing. 

Secondly- there used to be a restaurant on the property- you can actually see the building it was located in in the photo of the pools above. They have now shut down. If you look on the website they do have another dinner dining restaurant called "Prime" but we think they stole the pics from the original restaurant and used them for publicity for the new place. I have to give them credit for trying- it seems when the old restaurant went out they had to do something so they turned one of the ball rooms into a restaurant. We were pretty disappointed expecting a nice steak house dinner when we walked into "Prime"- It was a buffet. Pretty much everything was inedible. Okay- the chicken wasn't that bad, and the mac and cheese was okay along with the dessert, but the salad had a funky taste to it. Again, I do have to give them credit for throwing together the make shift restaurant until someone comes around to re-open the other place.

They do have other dinner alternatives that include a sushi restaurant/ bar which looked pretty good and I think we will definitely try that next time or just drive into town.

The lounge next to the Sushi Bar had a great piano player and outside at night they blew up a movie screen and played Gnomeo and Juliet. They have a human sized chess/ checkers board game we partook in and putt putt golf which we are saving for next time!

Golf course, driving range, spa, club/bar at night for those sans children, even an Adventure place for kids with their own private playground & arts and crafts if you wanted to hit up the spa for awhile (obviously monitored and staffed). It really seems to have something to offer everyone! I think it's our new "home away from home" In fact we are booking to go back for 4th of July!