
But at the time, I was too busy peeking through windows, staring at Marta’s costumes and photographs…. Amargosa Opera House 3. I didn’t even realise then – not before I started reading more about it, that the hotel would probably be better known to many as the ‘Lost Highway Hotel’ from David Lynch’s Lost Highway (1997). I was not fortunate enough to catch one of her performances – I hadn’t even heard of Marta Becket or the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel, before our trip in 2019! She only stopped performing in 2012, at the age of eighty-eight. The building seemed to be saying, ‘Take me… Do something with me… I offer you life.’” Īmargosa Opera House was born and it became Marta’s stage, home and life. Historic Death Valley Junction is located on the eastern edge of Death Valley National Park.
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Marta wrote in her memoir: “As I peered through the tiny hole, I had the distinct feeling that I was looking at the other half of myself. Priceline Save up to 60 Fast and Easy Amargosa Opera House & Hotel Get the best deals without needing a promo code Save on your reservation by. While her husband was taking care of the car, Marta walked around the building, realised it was an abandoned theatre and decided there and then that it was waiting for her to bring it back to life. Amargosa Opera House & Hotel 2 Stars Death Valley Junction, California Within US Travel Directory Next door to the Marta Becket's World. We learn that in 1967, a flat tyre brought Marta Becket – a New York City born artist – and her husband, to this very garage you see in the first picture for repairs. Next to it, Corkill Hall – an entertainment centre with a built-in stage where the dances, weddings, movies, church services and other community events took place. Amargosa Opera House 3,6/5 Udmærket Vis 575 anmeldelser Populære faciliteter Gratis Wi-Fi Parkering inkluderet Kæledyrsvenligt Aircondition Rengøring HR-C 608 Death Valley Junction, Death Valley, CA, 92328 Åbn kort Udforsk området Ash Meadows Visitor Center 30 min. If all you need is four walls, a roof and a comfy bed for the night, motels are for you.

From mid-May through mid-October all operations are consolidated at the Furnace Creek Ranch. Here we are, at the Death Valley Junction, looking in amazement at the Mexican Colonial adobe building, constructed in 1924 to house the Pacific Coast Borax Company’s offices and labourers’ quarters, and a twenty-three-room hotel welcoming the mining town’s many visitors. Amargosa Opera House HR-C 608 Death Valley Junction, Death Valley, CA, 92328 85 per night Sep 19 - Sep 20 3.6/5 Good (576 reviews) Motels Book a motel in Amargosa Valley Simple and cost-effective, motels are a great choice for the budget traveler. The Furnace Creek Inn is available to guests from mid-October through mid-May. Marfa, for all its artistic weirdness, does not even come close – not by a long shot. About five miles past the border line, in the middle of nowhere and well underway to the Death Valley, a building complex housing a hotel, a café, an exhibition space and an opera house.
