It's Friday night, and us workaday schlubs deserve to fantasize about “
an unconventional and extraordinary getaway,” don't we? Do you fancy an overnight stay in a 1968 decommissioned Coast Guard Sikorsky, pithily dubbed the
Hotelicopter? Or maybe in the Treehouse, 35 feet off the ground and with a full bar?
Winvian is a 113-acre resort in Connecticut's Litchfield Hills; dotting the grounds are eighteen cottages in whimsical themes.
Like, an artist's studio, complete with blank canvas, watercolors and oils, just in case inspiration strikes. And a tomb-like structure named "The Secret Society" -- an homage to Yale's Skull and Bones temple (most of the 14 architects that designed the hotel's cottages are Yale alums).
Win Smith Jr., the
former Merrill Lynch exec and owner of Vermont ski spot
Sugarbush, built the resort on his family's property to save it from becoming a high-rise development. No
shortage of
luxury-travel reviewers are salivating over Smith's "experiential retreat," just opened this spring.
A daily rate starting at $1450 includes the continental breakfast nook, full breakfast, lunch, picnics, spa snacks, afternoon tea, cocktails, dinner, and after dinner petit-fours. The main building is a restored 1775 colonial with a cigar-and-brandy lounge, art gallery, and 130-variety wine cellar... and also boasts
an appropriately gothic backstory. Who needs to pay the rent, anyway?
posted by pineapple
on Apr 27, 2007 -
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