Where to Stay in New England

		Where to Stay in New England
		New England is known for its country inns, but there are also historic grand hotels, deluxe city hotels, seaside resorts, convenient roadside motels, cozy B&Bs, and even old-fashioned tourist cabins.

New England has the full range of accommodations, from palatial old mansions and country estates converted to inns, to 1930s'-style "tourist homes" and lakeside cabin communities.

Here's the rundown on the major types of accommodation:

Inns
Country inns are New England's glory: country estates, town mansions, restored farmhouses and traditional village taverns, all providing clean, comfortable accommodations and a list of other services. They are often mini-resorts with many services and activities, and room rates in the higher brackets. More...

Bed-and-Breakfast Houses
B&Bs can be simple houses with a spare room, a shared bath, and a simple breakfast, but most are in fact small inns that serve no meals except breakfast. The line between "inns" and "B&Bs" is blurred. More...

Boutique Hotels
Perhaps the fastest-growing portion of the lodging industry, boutique hotels (or city inns) are new or renovated city buildings offering all comforts and services in a more intimate, friendly setting.

Motels
Motels do the bulk of the lodging business, from the inexpensive place at the Interstate highway interchange to the "resort motel" on the beach in Cape Cod. They vary in style and appointments, but all provide clean rooms with one or two double beds, private bath with shower and/or shower-and-tub, air conditioning, cable TV, and telephone. Many also have in-room coffee makers, microwave ovens and small refrigerators. A light breakfast—or at least coffee and rolls—is often included in the room price.

City Hotels
The familiar international lodging chains—Four Seasons, Hilton, Hyatt, Westin, etc.—are present in many New England cities, providing all the expected comforts and services at standard five-star rates. Weekend package plans can make these luxury lodgings more reasonably priced.

Resort Hotels
New England's lakes, mountains and seashores were once sprinkled liberally with Victorian-style grand hotels, gracious summer palaces set on vast grounds with every possible facility for their guests. Many have disappeared, the victim of changing times, but several of the grandest (such as the Mount Washington Hotel and The Balsams) have survived and prospered; and some new grand hotels, echoing the old style, are even being built. Room rates are in the higher ranges.

Most cities have at least a few local hotels, not managed by the big chains, with comfortable services at somewhat lower prices.

Camping
Forest campsites in state or national parks and forests are relatively simple and inexpensive. Private campgrounds offer many more services, at substantially higher rates. More...

Bed-and-Breakfast Houses

Country Inns

Important! Making Reservations

Camping

Traveling with Pets

Above, the grand Mount Washington Hotel at Bretton Woods NH.

Below, the Ardmore Inn in Woodstock VT.

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