I'm posting this for a friend:

I live in NYC and want to go somewhere special with my husband for a weekend in July. Can anyone recommend a luxurious hotel ($250 - $300 a night) or B&B with a great pool,beach or lakefront? We are willing to drive anywhere within a 3 hour radius of NYC.
We are in our 30's with a new baby and this will be our only time to spend alone without the baby.

Thanks,
Jodi

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Jodi,
We went to the Finger Lakes Wine festival last year and absolutely lovedthe are! We stayed on Seneca lake and drove up and down both sides visiting wineries and enjoying the views. One Inn- Geneva on the Lake is exquisite!www.genevaonthelake.com
We stayed at Glenora Inn, which is not luxury, but was beautiful, quiet overlooking a vineyard and the lake.They had a great restaurant where we dined on the patio. Take a look at the Finger Lake area on their web site www.fingerlakes.net.There are some other luxury Inns up there- book now, they get busy!

The Canyon Ranch in Lennox Mass.

www.canyonranch.com

Check out the Sagamore on Lake George, it's top of the line. It's more like a 4 hour drive, but worth it. You can also take the train if you prefer.

thesagamore.com

Canyon Ranch sounds wonderful, but I don't believe they allow children under 14.

Linda-they are going WITHOUT the baby.

Auberge Hatley in upstate NY/Canadian border is supposed to be wonderful.

OOPS! I misread that, LOL! Wait a minute- Canyon Ranch doesn't serve any alcohol? After 9 months of abstinence, I think I'd want to get away with hubby and sip some fine wine while looking out over a lovely lake.Of course, not everyone shares my opinion so don't blast me, OK?

They don't serve alchohol at meals because it is a spa also, but you can buy wine or whatever and have drinks in your room.

Seven years ago, right before my son was born friends treated us to a night @ the Norwich Inn and Spa - not super luxurious but very nice, excellent spa treatments, tennis & pool, very pretty area and the hotel restaurant was good (& we're fussy NY'ers) The Sagamore is nice also, much bigger, beautiful surroundings also good food and nice facilities - but unless you go on off times it is full of families - (I've found even tho I thought we wanted to get away, seeing other people's kids just made us miss our kid more. Go figure.

Oh - That's Norwich, Connecticut. You might look into the beautiful inns near Candlewood Lake in CT. Or the Saybrook Point (I think) in Old Saybrook - very good reputations, but I can't say I've been to them.

A "thanks" to all from Jodie.
She was actually thinking of the finger lakes, as suggested.
Keep those suggestions coming!

Thanks.