RoomsBrick Room
- 330 sq ft
- 1 king
- Sleeps 2
Bare brick, terracotta floor and a deep window.
From$145
/ night
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Paducah, Kentucky
Fired once,
properly
A hundred and forty rooms in a brickworks, eight of them inside the beehive kilns. Terracotta throughout, a gaming hall in the drying shed, and a river four blocks north.
Where you sleep
Every room faces something worth facing
Five room types and a villa, all with the same bed, the same coffee and the same people at the door.
Rooms
RoomsDrying Shed Double
- 390 sq ft
- 2 queens
- Sleeps 4
Two queens under a long timber roof.
From$165
/ night
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RoomsClayfield King
- 420 sq ft
- 1 king
- Sleeps 3
Facing the old clay pit, now a pond.
From$199
/ night
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SuitesTorbanela Suite
- 700 sq ft
- 1 king
- Sleeps 3
A round room inside a beehive kiln.
From$379
/ night
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SuitesThe Torbanela House
- 1200 sq ft
- 2 kings
- Sleeps 5
Two kilns joined, with a courtyard between them.
From$649
/ night
Check dates140
Rooms and kiln suites
8
Rooms inside kilns
4
Restaurants and bars
1894
Year the kilns were lit
Eat and drink
Bars, kitchens and one counter
We buy locally where it is genuinely better and say so plainly where it is not.
All venues
The Torbanela
Fire cooking · $$$
A wood oven built by a kiln mason. Bread, whole fish, lamb shoulder and very good vegetables.
Dinner nightly
Clayfield
All day · $$
Facing the pond. Breakfast, sandwiches, and a fried catfish plate at night.
6:30 AM–10 PM
Terracotta
Cocktails · $$
Warm brick, low light, and a bourbon list that is long without being smug about it.
4 PM–1 AM
River Bend Bakery
Bakery & coffee · $
Bread from the wood oven overnight, coffee, and a sorghum bun worth the detour.
6 AM–2 PM
What there is to do
More than somewhere to sleep
Everything here is step-free, and we will say so honestly where a route is longer than it should be.
Everything here
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The Drying Shed
Gaming
Twenty-two thousand square feet under the original timber roof, with louvred glazing down both sides. Three hundred machines, 18 tables and poker most nights.
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The Kilns
History
Fourteen beehive kilns, eight converted and six left as they were. A tour at eleven explains how a brick was made here for ninety years.
More about The Kilns
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The Pottery
Making
A working pottery in the old machine shop, with classes most afternoons and a kiln firing every Thursday that anybody can watch.
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The River
Outdoors
Four blocks to the confluence, a floodwall painted end to end, and bicycles free to borrow.
More about The River
Offers
Four offers and all the small print
Every offer here includes free parking, free Wi-Fi and the full resort fee benefits.
Code TORBANELANIGHTSTorbanela Nights
Third night free in a kiln suite
Three nights inside a beehive kiln, pay for two. There are only eight, so book early.
Terms and bookingThrow and Fire
Two classes and a firing
Three nights, two pottery classes and your work in the Thursday firing.
Terms and bookingCode MIDWEEKMidweek
25% off Sunday to Thursday
Midweek, when the pottery is working rather than teaching.
Terms and bookingTHE TORBANELA Rewards
One card, the whole property
Free to join, points never expire while the account is active, and tier status runs a full calendar year.
Ember
Join free
- Member rate, 8% below flexible
- Points on rooms, dining and play
- Free Wi-Fi upgrade
- No booking fees, ever
Amber
2,500 points
- Everything in Ember
- 2 PM checkout when available
- Priority at the bars
- 10% off spa treatments
Copper
15,000 points
- Everything in Amber
- Room upgrade at check-in when available
- Resort fee waived on member rates
- Lounge access, 7 AM–10 PM
Gold
60,000 points
- Everything in Copper
- Suite upgrade when available
- Dedicated host line
- Two event tickets each quarter