In the main guesthouse, some of the king rooms have lofts and skylights with netting beneath them so you can lie down and gaze up.īundle up to take in the season’s stark beauty on a hike right off the property, or go for a short drive to some of the most popular trailheads in the Catskill Forest Preserve’s Slide Mountain Wilderness, including Giant Ledge and Slide Mountain, the tallest peak in the Catskills. Others are luxury cabins with decks, mini-fridges and en suite bathrooms. ![]() Some are free-standing wood A-frame cabins with private outdoor decks and private bathrooms nearby. Influenced by the idea of hygge, the new Eastwind Oliverea Valley opened in January in the Catskills with 27 cozy rooms and cabins that feature clean lines inspired by Scandinavian design. ![]() The Catskills and Lake Placid, New York Eastwind Oliverea Valley Eastwind Lake Placid Above, the inn’s restaurant.Credit…Lawrence Braun A sauna at Eastwind Lake Placid, which recently opened in a former 1950s motor inn.Roasting marshmallows at Eastwind Lake Placid. In the Catskills, the new Eastwind Oliverea Valley has 27 cozy rooms and cabins inspired by Scandinavian design. There is also a fitness center, as well as fireplaces to gather around after a stroll through the Public Garden, the first public botanical garden in the United States, across the street. Today there are 286 rooms, along with Contessa, a rooftop Italian restaurant operated by Major Food Group (the hospitality company behind the Carbone restaurants). The Newbury opened in 2021 in a building that almost a century ago was home to one of the first Ritz-Carlton hotels in the country. Yet another fireplace awaits in the Library, where hotel guests can curl up on velvet and leather chairs and sofas with books from the Newbury’s collection. At the Street Bar, New England-inspired fare is served near a fireplace in a moody hideaway designed to conjure a 1920s speakeasy. The suites aren’t the only places in the hotel to warm up by a fire. Hot chocolate lover? Consider the Spiked Drinking Chocolate made with chocolate, rum and crème de cacao. For a wintry cocktail, the Campfire is fittingly smoky, made with tequila, mezcal, toasted marshmallow syrup and mole chocolate bitters with a toasted marshmallow on top. “In the early evening,” the menu’s oak option begins, “retire to your room and enjoy this lightly scented, long-burning wood.”Īlso on the menu: wine, cocktails and a nosh section with treats such as s’mores, molten chocolate cake and, for those longing for something savory, grilled cheese and tomato bisque. ![]() ![]() Guests select their choice of wood from - what else? - the fireplace menu, which includes birch, cherry, maple and oak. Yet at the Newbury Boston you’ll find a countryside pleasure in the midst of the city: 42 suites with wood-burning fireplaces, complete with a fireplace butler to fan the flames. Winter in New England calls to mind frozen ponds and snowy mountains. Be it a cabin in the Catskills or a boutique hotel in Old Quebec, at these five escapes you can sip, stroll, sink into velvet sofas with books and board games, and embrace the new year.įireplaces are in 42 of Newbury Boston’s suites, as well as in public spaces like the Library (above).Credit…Nikolas Koenig Boston The Newbury Boston Why not spend a few of them at a cozy hotel where you can savor the season’s pleasures - crisp air, snowy fields, the scent of a maple log fire? From a new lodge in Grand Canyon National Park to a Victorian-era hotel in the Scottish Highlands, these properties cultivate toasty, cheerful atmospheres - what the Germans might call gemütlichkeit and the Danish hygge - with fire pits, “fireplace butlers” (more on that shortly), saunas and cocktails made with toasted marshmallow syrup. While the holidays are long gone, there are still plenty of winter days ahead.
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