I would like to take my immediate family- 5 adults and a 2 1/2 year old granddaughter away in the late Fall for a weekend. I am looking for a resort with a nice assortment of indoor and outdoor activites that is also located near places of interest that might be day excursions for us. Any suggestions? Any opinions on Water's Edge in Westbrook, CT?
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I stayed at Water's Edge last year for a sales meeting. It's a nice enough place but feels a little corporate to me, not sure if I'd want to stay there on a vacation.
My only concern at this point is getting a hotel for a fall weekend. But some suggestions are.
1. The Brandywine area on the border of Pennsylvania and Delaware is about 2 hours from NYC and is a lovely area of the country. There are Longwood Gardens for botanical fans, and the Winterthur Museum for those interested in colonial American and other antiques. The area around the river is charming as well. Take a look at http://www.longwoodgardens.org and http://www.winterthur.org. A hotel and/or restaurant suggestion would be the Inn at Montchanin Village. Go to http://www.montchanin.com or slh.com
2. The Hudson River area. You can tour historic homes along the Hudson, such as the Vanderbilt Mansion or Kykuit the old Rockefeller Mansion. Take a look at http://www.hudsonvalley.org/web/kyku-main.html. There is a lot to see and do in this area, including outdoor activities like hiking and canoeing. Take a look at t the New York State tourism website at http://www.iloveny.state.ny.us/. A hotel to consider would be the Castle on the Hudson in Tarrytown (30 minutes from NYC). Go to http://www.castleonthehudson.com or slh.com
3. Mohonk Mountain House, in New Paltz New York, about 90 minutes from NYC. Check out their website at Mohonk.com. This is a true resort with all the sponsored activities you might be looking for, and for day trips you can go into New Paltz which has some antique shops or drive for about an hour down to West Point for the day, you can tour the Academy or maybe even get to a football game, go to http://www.usma.edu. Also try the Emerson Inn and Spa in Temper, New York (the Catskill area), about 1.5 hours north of NYC airports. Go to http://www.the-emerson.com/ or slh.com (You could also see WestPoint from the Tarrytown area.)
4. Cooperstown, New York. Stay at the Otesaga Resort Hotel. It is a lovely old-fashioned family resort hotel on the lake, take a look at http://www.otesaga.com. You can play golf of the hotel’s quite famous and challenging course, and of course baseball fans can go to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The town has a lot of antique shops and art galleries.
5. Providence Rhode Island would offer the great mansions to see and the little town which is quite charming. I don't know of any resort-type hotels in the area, perhaps others can post.
I would try Saybrook Point Inn. It has an indoor and outdoor pool, spa and fitness room. You can walk over to Fenwick Area and walk around the golf course (a small 9 hole) right on Long Island Sound. Saybrook is also a good base for heading out to the foliage and other small quaint towns in the area (Chester, Essex, Old Lyme, etc).
That is about as "resorty" as it gets around here. Most other places are inns.