2 Best Hotels in The Berkshires, Massachusetts

Around the corner from Mass MoCA and Main Street, these Victorian mill-workers' houses dating to the 1890s have been restored and are connected with one long porch and some interior hallways walled with exteriors of the old houses to become one of New England's quirkiest hotels. Rooms—some can sleep up to six—have a mix of retro 1940s and 1950s lamps and bungalow-style furnishings, along with stunning bathrooms with slate floors, hot tubs, and mirrors fashioned out of old window frames.

Innkeepers Nana Simopoulos and Caryn Heilman have transformed a derelict downtown building into an eco-friendly marvel, with solar panels and natural clay walls. Guest rooms are decorated in themes ranging from Ancient Greece to Native American, with bedding and linens made from organic cotton and all-natural toiletries in the bathrooms; some rooms have steam showers or spa tubs with colorful "chromatherapy" lights, so you can enjoy a little light show as you bathe.