Edgewater Inn

Every time I stayed here it was great!

Stayed 5 days and few regrets. Great views up around Lake but spoiled. Room was in great need of a thorough clean. Marks on the wall. Stained carpet. The pool is COLD and had cigar and cigarette buts in the bottom. Being adjacent to the drawbridge is convenient for town but means constant traffic noise and hearing it open (and the Emerald Isle ferry leave noisily early each morning. We will be back to Charlevoix but not to this hotel.

Great for out-​of-​season peaceful getaway.

Location, location, location.
If this place were along a nondescript highway, it would have a fine rating The rooms are for the most part, other peoples’ condos that are rented out, and so it’s very hard to know what the details are from one room to another. Ours was more than fine. Amenity wise, they have a little indoor/​outdoor pool, and a restaurant which we did not try out.
But really this doesn’t matter, because the location is wonderful! All the rooms have patios or balconies that look out to the canal between cute Round Lake, and Lake Michigan. You look south to the main part of old town Charlevoix, and to the victorian mansions along the southern hill.
The lake and the canal are full of boating activity; the canal is separated by a mechanical bridge which raises every 30 minutes so so, and there are always sailboats, fishing boats and occasionally Beaver Island ferry boats coming in and out all day. Even the airport is to the south, so you can see small planes fly in. The activity stops at night, so you can rest easy.
You are a short walk to all of downtown Charlevoix, so you can walk to restaurants, shops, etc.
We went to have a short getaway from another wonderful part of northern Michigan, and it was a real treat. Unless you’re looking for head-​to-​toe pampering and snap-​your-​fingers service, I can’t see how you can ask for more anywhere near downtown. It’s totally entertaining to watch small resort town summertime activity, and calm and casual for easy access to dinner, breakfast, and better than expected shopping.