2 Best Hotels in Manchester, The Monadnocks and Merrimack Valley

Each of the five rooms in this striking sage-green 1885 B&B near the Currier Museum of Art and a few blocks from Elm Street dining is painted a different color, and all have soft bathrobes, flat-screen satellite TVs, and beds topped with Egyptian cotton linens. There's decanted brandy in the sitting room, whose stained glass is original, and in summer, the wraparound porch is a nice place to sit and enjoy a cooked-to-order breakfast, which is served on a flexible schedule.

A few miles southwest of Manchester, this upscale complex consisting of an 1810 Federal inn and a bigger, contemporary boutique hotel is all about luxury and pampering, with Italian marble bathrooms, whirlpool tubs, sumptuous linens, four-poster beds, and Molton Brown bath products in the rooms. There's also a swanky full-service spa, and meals and drinks offered in four elegant venues.