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Legend Cottage Inn

2.0 star property
Travelers find both relaxation and adventure at Legend Cottage Inn, where mini golf, pool time, horseback riding, and water skiing create a perfect outdoor getaway

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Legend Cottage Inn offers outdoor recreation and relaxation. Guests can play mini golf, go horseback riding, fish, or water ski. Afterward, unwind in the steam room, refresh in the pool, and stay connected with cable channels.

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Pet friendly

Room options

Legend cottage inn room

  • Sleeps 4
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About the area

Bellaire is home to Legend Cottage Inn. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Torch Lake and Torch Lake Park. Visit our Bellaire travel guide
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Shanty Creek Road ,5610, Bellaire, Michigan, 49615

What's nearby

  • A wooden dock extending into a calm lake at sunset with trees framing the view.
    Lake Bellaire
    5 min drive - 5.1 km
  • A clear turquoise lake with a forested island in the background.
    Torch Lake
    13 min drive - 19.8 km
  • A coastal town with a large body of water, dense residential area, and a prominent church.
    Traverse City Beach
    43 min drive - 62.6 km
  • The Legend
    5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • The Chief Golf Course
    11 min walk - 1.0 km

Getting around

  • Cherry Capital Airport (TVC)
    48 min drive

Restaurants

  • McDonald's
    5 min drive
  • Short's Brewing Company
    7 min drive
  • M88 Morning Grind
    6 min drive
  • Shanty Creek Resorts
    3 min walk
  • The Shanty
    6 min walk

About this property

Legend Cottage Inn

  • Property highlights
  • Legend Cottage Inn provides amenities like mini golf and a steam room. Enjoy onsite activities like horseback riding, fishing, and water skiing.
  • You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
    • Swimming pool
    • Express check-out and smoke-free premises
  • Other amenities include:
  • Cable channels and phones

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: High-speed internet

Things to do

  • Fishing
  • Horseback riding/rentals
  • Mini golf
  • Pool
  • Steam room
  • Water skiing

Family friendly

  • Mini golf

Outdoors

  • Picnic area

More

  • 2 floors
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Cable/satellite channels

More

  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Pets

Pets allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

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Reviews

Legend Cottage Inn Reviews

7.4

Good

8.2

Cleanliness

7.0

Staff & service

8.0

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 6 out of 24 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 24 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 24 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 24 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 24 reviews

Reviews

Verified

4/10 Poor

Nick

Disliked: Staff & service

The Inn canceled my reservation

Drove 6 hours to the hotel and found out my reservation didn't go through. Regarding the cancellation, never received a call or any communication other than a confirmation.
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice place to stay

This is a nice place to stay. Check in wasn't that difficult as in previous reviews. You just turn left at first stop sign and there is a building with a huge sign that says CHECK IN. Room was clean, beds were comfy. Yes, there is NOT alot of parking spaces, so if you get one, don't leave because it may not be there when you come back! They also have an outdoor pool which is tiny, but better than nothing I guess. We stayed here and went to Traverse City, a little bit of a hike and through winding roads. I thought it was closer so would have stayed at a closer hotel.
Verified

8/10 Good

Alex B.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Pure Michigan ..

Simple nice and clean , bit outdated but with beautiful views and clean pool . I would definately recommend to friends and family..
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Room was marginal for accomodations. The decor was blase.
Verified

8/10 Good

Corinne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We would stay there again...............

The room has some rustic furniture but the beds were comfortable and the room was clean. One of the best showers...great pressure and good water! It was nice to sit out on the porch and listen to the water fountain in the pond. If you wanted to eat.....places were nearby in the Shanty Creek complex. You do need to know that the check-in was up the hill nearer to the Lakeview Hotel. But that wasn't a problem since we got there around 3pm and someone was at the real estate place where we checked in. I understand it's at the store or such that is right near there, after 6pm. Signage could have been better as to where the Legend Cottages were...from the highway. We had no idea it was in the Shanty Creek complex. But once we found it.....things were great and it was nice to be out farther away from the highway and towns. Although the town of Bellaire is not to far from Shanty Creek. Nice quaint town. We would definitely stay at the Legend Cottages again.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very nice place. Beautiful surroundings.

Short stay but nice. Very quiet in the evening. The room was very modern and comfortable.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Hotel on golf course.

Clean, decent room. Shades were not adequate for morning Sun. Good deal if u include golf.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Bob

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service

Bad checkin experience

Check in takes place half a mile up the hill at the Vacation Club Center, not at the hotel itself. If you want to check in after hours (6:00 PM), the vacation club will be closed and you need to find your key in their after hours box. None of this information was made available to us until we called the phone number on our confirmation email. When you pull into the parking lot for the welcome center, the exterior wall of the building will have two sets of french doors. Between those french doors is a welcome sign with pink trim. The welcome sign is hinged and opens like a medicine cabinet. Envelopes containing maps and room keys can be found there. It's all on the honor system, so you'd better hope nobody stole your room key.
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

great for golfing - good restaurant

relaxing and comfortable - room smelled very freshly cleaned when we first entered- the pool was relaxing- you could grill out if you wished, especially the fresh fish you might of caught in one of many nearby lakes.
Verified

8/10 Good

bruce

Liked: Staff & service

Good price for the area

The area is beautiful and the town was fun. Rubber Ducky Days was fun
Verified

6/10 Okay

Sue

Reasonable price and good location.

Compared to the other hotels in the area this one was very reasonably priced. The rooms were large and comfortable without being luxurious in any way. The pool was nice. We didn't interact with the staff much since the check-in center is in another building about a quarter of a mile away.
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not what I was expecting

Pulling into the area I had high hopes for our room. Unfortunately those were destroyed when we walked in. Room was bare at best, the toilet leaked from the base and there weren't enough parking spots.
Verified

8/10 Good

JJM

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice Place To Stay -- Recommend / Very Good Value

We stayed two nights ... pleased with the room - very clean, pretty new, roomy, small refrig/microwave, beautiful golf community. We were visiting friends in the area and were just looking for a reasonably priced highly rated location - we were not disappointed. A couple wonderful golf courses in the development ... made me wish I had brought my clubs. Nice staff at check-in/out. We had a nice dinner on-site (2 block walk) at the Lake View restaurant ... wonderful view of the Lake Michigan, nice menu with reasonable pricing. Recommend this resort room ... great location close to Travis City and the other great small historical towns along the Michigan shoreline in the area.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Little gem to stay at.

Nice, clean room. Beautiful area. I would recommend this hotel.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Cindy

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Nice hotel/terrible check in/out process

I was not given enough information regarding checking in and checking out. Specifically, I did not know the following: 1. The check in office was located across the road and down the street. 2. The check in office closed at 6 PM. 3. If you do not check in prior to the office closing, your key is hidden outside of the office. 4. The office did not open on the date I checked out until 10 am. I needed to leave at 9:30. I drove around and finally found someone who could tell me how to check in and where to find the keys to my room. I attempted to call the hotel and only got a voicemail to leave a message. I left a message and as of today have still not received a return call.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

dan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

great place

got in late and they help me find the room asap the kids love it will be back
Verified

8/10 Good

Amelia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautiful resort property for value price

This property was beautiful and close to Torch lake which was our Michigan destination. The only difficulty was locating the key for after hours check in. This is a gold resort and we would definitely return for another vacation up north. It was nice to go walking around as well. The grounds are beautifully maintained and it was very quiet as well.
Verified

8/10 Good

DJ

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good value

This hotel is nothing fancy but is a good value in a good location.
Verified

4/10 Poor

Andrea

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

nice hotel room, but crummy staff

This hotel is part of a vacation club, thus SEPERATE from the actual shanty creek golf resort. I had called in advance to schedule late check in, as I was planning on attending a wedding shower in bachelorette party in traverse city. The roads to navigate late at night through the shanty creek resort were horrendous, and the directions to where my keys were being held were not very clear either. Thank god for the security staff at the main shanty creek lodge who navigated me to the box at the check in center, and then to my lodge and room. The free breakfast promised to me and the other guests staying in my room was not acknowledged. They did not provide me with food vouchers. No one was at the check in center the next morning, nor did anyone respond EVER to my messages left. The room itself was fine, but expect nothing from the absent vacation club staff, and be prepared to rely on the mercy of the shanty creek resort staff to help you out. Next time I will be booking a room at the main shanty creek resort, they are a lot more helpful.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great place to stay.

We had a great stay. Lovely surroundings, peaceful.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Cassie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good for everyone

Great area, not as crowded, wonderful amenities, makes for a very pleasant stay with great value. Very accessible to other cities in the region.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness

Alright

We stayed July 24 as we have family in Bellaire. The Legend Cottage Inn was a clean place to sleep and watch television. The pool is outdoors. We usually stay at Shanty Creek which is alright too but costs about $* more per night. Shanty Creek has an indoor pool and hottub but that, to us is not worth the additional $* per night. One thing I didn't like is that there was no internet service.
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness

Just alright

A couple of times per year, we go to Bellaire to visit family. There aren't many relatively inexpensive places to stay in Bellaire. Legend Cottage Inn was alright. It was clean and I saved $* per night by staying there. There is no internet = not good. There is only an outdoor pool but in my opinion, a pool is not worth $* per night. There was no in-rrom information about the area. When we were leaving, we saw a sign for one of the nearby golf courses who had a fair priced breakfast buffet. We went to it and it was very good. All in all, though, we would stay there again due to the price.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Only minor inconveniences

The hotel was well kept and maintained, clean and comfortable. This hotel is part of a large resort that includes golfing and skiing. There are also condos and residences nearby. One thing that makes this hotel different from most is that the check in location for the room is in a "welcome center" about 1/4 mile away from the room. The welcome center also doubles as the real estate office for the resort (they are selling land to build on), but no sales pitch for land was given to us during our stay. This hotel is about 30 minutes from Traverse City and 45 minutes from Petoskey.