Sun Valley Village

The self-contained, pedestrianized village is 1930s Tyrolean style and at the heart of the resort is the Sun Valley Lodge with alpine-style rooms, restaurants, stores and outdoor ponds, ice rink, and steaming pools. It was in this lodge that Hemingway wrote most of For Whom The Bell Tolls. Ketchum by contrast is mostly redbrick buildings in the Old Western style, housing many gourmet restaurants, bars and nightspots as well as art galleries and a theater. It’s a lively and casual community with real small town friendliness and a vigorous local artists’ colony. A free continuous shuttle-bus service links Sun Valley Resort to both Dollar and Bald Mountains and throughout the Woods River Valley including Ketchum, Hailey, and Bellavue.