Tombstone is a beautiful suite located upstairs at The Ore House Inn (our 130 year old building) downtown New Castle. The queen sized bed sleeps 2 and there is 2 twin beds and 1 twin size sofa sleeper in the living room. We have up to 3 roll-away beds for additional guests ideally Tombstone is for 4 adults and 4 children. At nearly 900 sq. feet it has a full kitchen and dining area, a full bathroom with tile shower, a large living room overlooking downtown and a beautiful bedroom. Our themed room has cable T.V., high speed internet, a game console, typical hotel amenities, and place settings for 7 people. Our hallways characterize New Castle's mining history. Close to Sunlight ski area, The Flattop mountains and Rifle Mountain Park. Tombstone is set up for families to spend time together. There is an Ice machine and laundry facilities on sight. We also have 4 E.V. parking spots behind building. We ask that you declare pets at time of booking and that they not be left unattended while you are out and about. We offer discounts for Whitewater Rafting L.L.C., Iron Mountain Hot Springs and Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. We are 1 block away from RFTA (Roaring Fork Transportation Authority) bus stop.
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There is no smoking of any kind. This includes cigarettes, vape pens or marijuana. If guests are caught doing so they will incur a $500 fine to clean
Quiet time is from 10 p.m. till 8 a.m.
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Property # 4822707
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
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Note from host: Quiet time from 10 p.m. until 8 a.m.
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock
About the area
New Castle
Located in New Castle, this condo is in the city centre and near theme parks. While the natural beauty of Colorado River and Iron Mountain Hot Springs can be enjoyed by anyone, those looking for an activity can explore Glenwood Hot Springs.
Glenwood Springs Recreation and Glenwood Springs Center For The Arts are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with rafting and fishing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with mountain biking and hunting.
New Castle, CO
What's nearby
New Castle Town Hall - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
New Castle Chamber of Commerce - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
Iron Mountain Hot Springs - 15 min drive - 21.6 km
Glenwood Hot Springs - 16 min drive - 23.1 km
Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park - 20 min drive - 24.5 km
Getting around
Glenwood Springs Station - 15 min drive
Vail, CO (EGE-Eagle County Regional) - 45 min drive
Restaurants
McDonald's - 2 min drive
Burning Mountain Pizza & Subs - 10 min drive
Lazy Bear Restaurant - 3 min walk
New Castle Coffee - 2 min drive
Hacienda El Patron - 3 min walk
Frequently asked questions
Is Tombstone at the Ore House Inn pet-friendly?
Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total). Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.
How much is parking at Tombstone at the Ore House Inn?
On-site parking is available at the property.
What time is check-in at Tombstone at the Ore House Inn?
Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.
What time is check-out at Tombstone at the Ore House Inn?
Checkout is at 10:00 AM.
Where is Tombstone at the Ore House Inn located?
Located in the heart of New Castle, this condo building is steps away from New Castle Town Hall and New Castle Chamber of Commerce. Lakota Canyon Golf Club and Colorado River are also within 3 miles (5 km).
Reviews
9.4
Exceptional
Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
Took my grandkids skiing and accommodations were great for what we needed.
Vivian P.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025
Verified
10/10 Excellent
Joseph R.
21 Feb 2018
Great spacious spot between ski days
John was responsive setting things up, and the place worked perfectly for our needs. Would definitely stay again.
Joseph R.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Apr 2020
Thanks Joe! We are somewhat new to this, but put our heart and soul into this venture. We appreciate the great review! Thanks for staying and leaving the place in great shape for our cleanup crew!
Very unusual historic building with modern comfort. The Tombstone room that we stayed in was apartment size, equipped with everything we needed. It sure beat a hotel room!
New Castle is a place we’ve never been to. A quiet place to escape after spending time in Glenwood Springs. We liked the Ore House Inn. Very unique with the themes to all the rooms. Plenty of things for the kids to do and appreciated having the Laundry facilities in house to catch up on laundry.
Got into town after long trip and owners were very responsive and access was explained promptly. Property was clean well maintained and had good ambience. We would be there again. Sorry we could only spend one night.
This was a great place to stay, lots of room and great amenities. Met the owners when we first arrived and they were very friendly. We got to visit Glenwood caverns the next day and got a nice discount from the inn which was great! Would definitely stay again!
Such a fun place for our family to visit. Felt like we were in the comfort of our own home with funner decor! John and Cori were so easy to communicate with as well!! Will definitely be coming back for a longer stay!!
We had a nice stay in the Tombstone room. There was plenty of space for our family and the kitchen was nicely stocked with the essentials. We enjoyed the view from our room which is over the restaurant overlooking the town.
Kate M.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Apr 2020
Thanks, Come back any time!
Verified
10/10 Excellent
Dan C.
29 Mar 2019
Cute & Convenient
Great room, friendly property manager. Stayed with a family of 6...and our dog.
Dan C.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Apr 2020
Thanks Dan, and thanks for leaving our place so sparkling clean! Come back any time!
We enjoyed our stay at this property…we wanted to visit both Aspen and Vail and our place was equal distances between both. Place was very clean and roomy. Would recommend it highky
Don A.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2022
Verified
10/10 Excellent
Amy K.
21 Apr 2018
Great place!
Our stay really exceeded our expectations. John and Cori were both great and all of the staff at Elk Creek Mining. We were greeted with a smile, late at night for our check in by Johnny, who showed us around and made sure we were comfortable. Everything we could have needed was provided and extremely clean. Would highly recommend to anyone staying in the area!
We had anouther very enjoyable stay the Oar house. The host John was easy to contact and very accommodating. We chose the Tombstone since it is one of the larger units, large kitchen & family room giving us plenty of room to relax. This is our go to when visting New Castle.Jeff & Barb
There were three of us-parents and an adult "child," so it was really nice to have the privacy of a bedroom, which we gave to him, while we slept in the comfortable pull-out sofa in the living room. As we get up earlier than he does, we could make mild noise and he never heard us. There's a full kitchen too, and room for more people. We took a nice early morning walk on the backstreets, which we enjoyed.
judith h.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Apr 2020
Thanks Judith! I've been a bit laid up with some surgery; happy you enjoyed your stay!
Verified
6/10 Okay
Jeff L.
24 Apr 2018
dissapointed
steep stairs for carrying luggage up, sleeping arrangements were fair at best
Jeff L.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Apr 2020
We were in constant contact with the guest about sleeping arrangements. There are 2 rollaway beds and 2 queen sleepers as well as the queen bed in the bedroom; we provided linens for the sleepers. Instead the guest decided to pull mattresses off of rollaway beds and sleep on the floor. While we are sorry sleeping arrangements were not as comfortable as they would have liked, we understand why, and the guest never contacted us with any questions after check in.
Verified
6/10 Okay
Mark Z.
29 Sept 2024
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Check-in, listing accuracy
Photos are not accurate.
First, there is no restaurant/bar below the units. It is now a hair salon. Second, the photos f the Tombstone suite are not accurate. Main bedroom is different. This entire boutique rooms hotel is for sale. There is no hotel style security lock on any of the doors. We found the hallway door to the bedroom door unlocked.
Mark Z.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 30 Sept 2024
1. Our photos are ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE! The only thing different in the bedroom is the paint color on the wall! That unit was completely reappointed less than 1 year ago!
2. We are happy that you read our reviews (some of which mentioned our restaurant that we closed 2 years ago when we expanded our hotel); We are unhappy that you neglected to read our property description which does not mention a restaurant downstairs.
3. The (2)133 year old doors in our Tombstone Suite have both a key lock and A deadbolt! And the exterior doors to the upstairs portion of our hotel have electronic locks with a keypad! We again apologize that we left your bedroom door unlocked after my wife went in to inspect your room to make sure it was perfect!
4. We bought our building in 1999, completely renovated the downstairs and opened a very busy restaurant! in 2017 we took on the painstaking task of transforming the upstairs of our 125 year old building into a hotel and finished in December of 2022 after closing the restaurant we had operated for 23 years and transforming the downstairs portion into an 1100 sq foot suite and commercial space where our tenant Salon West operates. After a combined 70 years in the restaurant business and 5 years of converting our building into a hotel, we have decided it is time for us to transition out of this aspect of our lives. My wife and I still operate our hotel on a daily basis and plan to until the day perhaps comes when someone else would like to take over a project that has been 25 years in the making!
Verified
2/10 Terrible
Vanessa M.
8 Mar 2023
Disliked: Cleanliness, location, listing accuracy
smell
the entire room smelled like bleach, we waited 45 minutes and ended up having to leave and book else where. the building was a lot more outdated than we anticipated and what the photos had shown. very unsettling experience.
Vanessa M.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 9 Mar 2023
We do use bleach in the bathroom and on the floors to disinfect them! The reason your room may have smelled a little strong is that you kept requesting an early check in and we had to scurry to accommodate your request having 7 rooms to clean at our property that day. The previous guest checked out at 11 and you requested a 1 p.m. check in! Our pictures and the "theme" of the room is "Tombstone" and is reflected throughout! The pictures taken are all of the room itself.
Verified
2/10 Terrible
Katy E.
8 Aug 2018
Not as advertised
The Tombstone suite was not as we had expected- the kitchen was vastly incomplete for basic cooking/eating, the 2 queen pull-out couches were hardly twin size and very uncomfortable, the whole place was not very clean/dusted/streak-free. Also to note, the property is very close to the railroad; the night we stayed a train went through at midnight and 6 am blowing it's horn. On the bright side John and his son were very quick to respond to needs/issues, and our kids thoroughly enjoyed playing hungry, hungry hippos. The building has fun historic character.
Katy E.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Apr 2020
Having been in the hospitality business for 30 years, sometimes you can already tell when there is going be an issue with a customer that you can't seem to successfully manage no matter how well you prepare their stay. The fact that a queen bed, 2 rollaway beds and 2 sofa sleepers; As well as 12 towels 4 blankets and 8 pillows were used when they checked in at 6:30 p.m. after finishing their days activities and there were only 2 adults and 3 children booked tells us that they obviously had more people than were paid for. We are sorry they were unhappy with there stay and we called and explained how we were going to arrange sleeping arrangement earlier in the day and they didn't have a problem until they checked in and realized that there wasn't additional bedding for there additional guests.
Four people, one washcloth in the room. Text the owner who told me to find a housekeeper to ask for more ( I’m already undressed to shower) or he could leave some hanging on the door. Got home after a late evening and still no washcloths. Text again the next morning and finally got a knock on the door and got handed two, stiff what looked to be dishcloths.
Ok for the price.
Teresa S.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 5 Aug 2020
I sorry, you felt way, but I did text the housekeeper and asked her to hang them on your door; I did not ask you to find the housekeeper, I apologize that I did not follow up to make sure they were delivered, the washcloths I handed to you were brand new and that is why they were a bit stiff.
About the host
Hosted by John
We run our businesses as family, My name is John, wife Cori, son's Johnny and Treigh. Cori takes care of the vital side of things working at Valley View Hospital to maintain health insurance benefits for me and the boys. We love four wheeling (Cori perhaps has the nicest jeep ever and Johnny's not far behind!) We love to take our RZR and four wheelers to Moab, UT in the winter when we are not snowmobiling. Our kids grew up at Lake Powell boating and having a good time with family and friends. We have super fast internet in Tombstone because both kids are serious video gamers. Cori and I love gold mining and dredging and recently had one of our best clean ups ever on Elk Creek which runs through New Castle. Other than that we have been in the restaurant business our whole lives and want to take our hospitality to the next level on the top side of our building. Work Hard, Play Harder!!!!
Why they chose this property
I personally have had a love for old mining towns, gold mining, and historical buildings since first visiting Blackhawk and Central City Colorado in 1979 when they were still just ghost towns. In 1999 New Castle was the fastest growing town in Colorado so we decided to stake our claim and expand our restaurant business from Nearby Glenwood Springs. We opened Elk Creek Mining Company in September of that year with 5 apartments upstairs. in 2008 we decided to close our business in Glenwood and focus solely on Elk Creek Mining Co. The pictures in our hallways of The Ore House Inn Depict Downtown New Castle's history and show our building as a gas station downstairs with a boarding house upstairs. Our restaurant has won The Local's Choice award for best restaurant every year since 1999 winning gold every year but two and winning silver in those cases: Notable considering we have never asked anyone to vote for us in this age of social media! After renting apartments upstairs for nearly 20 years and growing tired of having tenants rough house our building we decided to go back to the building's roots and become a boarding house again. My wife, my two son's and I have put our heart and souls into this effort and hope you are impressed with what we have accomplished. Cori and I believe New Castle is the best town on earth to raise a family and New Castle was recently named the 5th safest town in Colorado and the ONLY ONE on the western slope! When I first moved here in 1996 A lot of folks in Glenwood Springs scoffed at the idea "Why would you move to New Castle?" Those very same folks live here now!
What makes this property unique
130 year old building that used to be a boarding house in a town full of saloons and brothels! At one point New Castle was actually seriously going to be considered to be the state capital. Teddy Roosevelt hunted here when he stayed at the Hotel Colorado and brought tons of friends and nearly wiped out our entire bear population. (we have pictures of him across the river from our building). Gateway to perhaps the best snowmobiling the world has to offer. SOOO many offroad and four wheelng trails close by and many others within an arms reach. Unique Downtown revival, we have lots of great restaurants and even a new bakery opening up! Check some of them out: Elk Creek Mining Company, Hogback Pizza, Eat! Bistro, and Black Dog Saloon just to name a few of our favorites: also your typical fast food and other restaurants.
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