Hotels That Feel Like Home

The best escapes don't simply offer an indulgent break from your daily life-they brim with ideas you'll want to re-create when you return home.

- Kelly Allen

Whether you're sinking into a cloud of downy pillows, sipping craft cocktails in an art-adorned lobby, or lounging in a cozy communal space that encourages connection, a hotel can be full of discovery. Visiting one of these newcomers or storied favorites from across the country feels like arriving at the home of a good friend with great taste. Each is a joy to stay in-and be inspired by.

BELDEN HOUSE & MEWS Litchfield, CT

Built as a private home in 1888, this new hotel consists of a mansion and mews that turn architectural eccentricities into opportunities, with banquette seating curved into bay windows and in-room minibars fashioned from old washbasins.

THE INN ON BILTMORE ESTATE

Asheville, NC

After a redesign, this retreat owes much of its charm to details faithful to the era when the Vanderbilts constructed Biltmore House on-site-think William Morris prints on rugs and wallpaper, and reproductions of the building's architectural drawings.

W New York, NY

With a bold entrance featuring a colorful, cascading staircase and a ballroom reborn as a café by day, cocktail bar by night, this edgy hot spot shows how theatrical touches can recharge a space. We give it a standing ovation.

SOHO HOUSE Nashville, TN