Fort Worden

Wonderful historic old fort, buildings, museums and rentals plus RV camping on the peninsula at Port Townsend. Quiet and so many trails along with a long, beautiful beach. The staff is awesome and for a large family or multiple friends, the Officer's Houses are amazing!

Extremely disappointed. We enjoy Ft Worden very much, but the accommodations could not have been worse. The Corporals townhouse was tattered, cold, dark, and lacking in any decoration. It was depressing to say the least. In addition, we were told we had to go to main building, about a ten minute walk, to get wifi, and there was no tv. The furniture looked like it came from Goodwill. If you wanted to read in the living room, there was only 1 table lamp to read by. These units are very expensive for what you get. We have stayed in historic hotels around the country so it's not a problem that they were old. It's a problem because of how they are put together.

We stayed in one of the NCO buildings for a few nights. The park itself is great and worth visiting, but the rental was awful. The building was ancient, minimally updated, and poorly maintained. Paint was peeling everywhere. There's almost no furnishings, every footfall and creak echoed throughout the house. The kitchen was spartan to the point of being unusable without bringing your own cooking equipment and seasonings. Linens were bare minimum, which was a problem when the plumbing started leaking. Doors didn't close easily or at all. None of the windows have screens and there's no other ventilation, meaning on warm days you have the choice of sweating or letting in endless numbers of disgusting noisy flies. Noise was an issue in general - drunken lawn bowlers were loudly swearing and catcalling women across the street all day, every day. If this place was dirt cheap, like 1/3 what they actually charge, I could see it making sense for a budget, fleabag-level stay. Given the cost it's a massive rip-off and huge disappointment.