2 Best Hotels in The Litchfield Hills, Connecticut

Running streams, rambling stone walls, and rare-specimen trees fill the country manor–style inn's 58 acres of rolling countryside. Guest rooms feature antiques, 18th- and 19th-century art, and four-poster canopy beds; their colossal baths have mahogany wainscoting, marble trim, and brass fittings. The 20,000-square-foot spa has earned a reputation as one of New England's finest such facilities—treatments like antioxidant-rich facials and mud wraps are highly popular.

This private, 113-acre hideaway a few miles south of Litchfield consists of 18 imaginative and luxuriously outfitted cottages, each with a distinctive, often amusing, theme---like the Helicopter Cottage, built around a genuine, 1968-vintage Sikorsky helicopter (the fuselage has been fitted with a wet bar). Bathrooms are all roomy, with deep whirlpool tubs and top-of-the-line amenities. Outside your cottage, you'll find a pair of cruiser bicycles to help you navigate the property—you can take a ride to the tranquil full-service spa.