Must-see hotels in New England

  • Brass Lantern Inn

    Nantucket

    A winning central location and elegant pastel-colored decor make this 1847 inn a firm favorite. The welcome is warm, the breakfast plentiful. Year-round…

  • Topsides B&B

    New Hampshire

    Just a short walk to the center of town, this handsome B&B has five elegant, classically furnished rooms with wood floors. Three of the rooms have lake…

  • Mill Street Inn

    Newport

    Located in the heart of downtown Newport, studio and one-bedroom suites in this former mill with exposed brickwork, high ceilings and neutral color…

  • Camden Hills State Park

    Midcoast Maine

    The park's appealing campground has hot showers and wooded sites, some with electric hookups. There's also wi-fi. Reserve online through Maine's…

  • Greenfield State Park

    New Hampshire

    Eight miles northeast of Peterborough, off NH 136, this 400-acre park has over 250 pine-shaded campsites. There's fine swimming and hiking, as well as…

  • New Bedford Harbor Hotel

    South Shore

    Central, stylish and up to snuff, this boutique hotel caters to travelers catching the ferry to Martha's Vineyard, as well as the occasional New Bedford…

  • Great Bay Camping

    New Hampshire

    About 11 miles west of Portsmouth, this family oriented campground has numerous sites along a tidal river. The entrance is behind the Shell gas station.

  • Wolfeboro Campground

    New Hampshire

    Off NH 28, and about 4.5 miles north of Wolfeboro's town center, this campground has 50 private, wooded sites.

  • Blackwoods Campground

    Acadia National Park

    Five miles south of Bar Harbor on ME 3, year-round Blackwoods requires reservations from May to October. Flush toilets, running water, a dump station,…

  • Captain Lawrence Inn

    Cape Cod

    History buffs will love this B&B located in the house of 19th-century whaling captain Tom Lawrence. There are lots of nods to the building's former owner,…

  • Samoset

    Midcoast Maine

    This oceanfront property seems to stretch forever, as does the pedigree of its upmarket resort (which dates from 1889). All the bells and whistles are…

  • Days' Cottages

    Cape Cod

    The 23 identical cottages, lined up like ducks in a row, are an architectural landmark dating to 1931. You can't get closer to the water – each cottage is…

  • HI Eastham

    Cape Cod

    This summer hostel has 42 beds in a small colony of no-frills cabins set around a main building housing a kitchen and a lounge. Each basic cabin sleeps…

  • Falmouth Heights Motor Lodge

    Cape Cod

    Don't be fooled by the name. This tidy operation is no drive-up motor lodge – it's not even on the highway. All eight styles of rooms (some small and…

  • HI Truro

    Cape Cod

    Budget digs don't get more atmospheric than this former coast-guard station perched amid undulating dunes within the Cape Cod National Seashore. It's so…

  • Menemsha Inn

    Martha's Vineyard

    Menemsha Inn is a big old sprawling inn perched in the woods on a cliff overlooking the Menemsha piers. There's a huge variety of rooms; all are fairly…

  • Sea Crest Beach Hotel

    Cape Cod

    Looking for the perfect family beach hotel? Right on the sparkling sands of Old Silver Beach, the sprawling, 263-room Sea Crest has indoor/outdoor pools,…

  • Beachplum Inn

    Martha's Vineyard

    If you're looking for a little comfort in the wilderness, make a booking at the Beachplum Inn, located on a hill overlooking the Menemsha piers. The…

  • Gray Homestead

    Midcoast Maine

    Four miles south of Boothbay Harbor on Southport Island, Gray Homestead has 40 wooded RV sites (some oceanfront, all with hookups), where you can also…

  • Morrill Mansion

    Portland

    Charles Morrill, the original owner of this 19th-century West End town house, made his fortune by founding B&M baked beans, still a staple of Maine…

  • Curtis House Inn

    Connecticut

    The Curtis has been an inn thing since 1754, and it shows in some places. But the 18 rooms, though a bit musty in some respects, are the most affordable…

  • Inn at St John

    Portland

    This decent-value, turn-of-the-20th-century hotel has a homely, friendly feel, with old-fashioned pigeonhole mailboxes behind the lobby desk and sweetly…

  • Ship's Knees Inn

    Cape Cod

    This place packs in excellent amenities and appealing period decor. Best of all, it's just a quarter-mile walk to Nauset Beach. The 17 rooms in this old…

  • Hotel Coolidge

    Vermont

    The glory days for this well-worn 1929 hotel are long past, but its creaky floors and odd room configurations do exude a certain eccentric-uncle charm…

  • Summer House Cottages

    Nantucket

    A refined getaway of low-key elegance. Stay in one of ’Sconset's signature rose-covered cottages (sizes vary, and include in-demand three-bedroom options)…

  • Surfside Cottages

    Cape Cod

    This agency oversees the rental of a community of cottages just back from Lecount Hollow Beach (and full marks to the website, which specifies how many…

  • Essex Street Inn

    Massachusetts

    This Victorian inn was built as a lodging house in 1880. Today it's an elegant place to stay, albeit less intimate than some of the other options in…

  • Tides Motel of Falmouth

    Cape Cod

    It's all about the water. This place is smack on its own private beach, and you could spit into the ocean from your deck. Otherwise, it's straightforward:…

  • Bay Willows Inn

    Newport

    The friendly, most recent managers of this privately operated mid-last-century motel have done an excellent job in bringing it back to respectability…

  • Captain Gosnold Village

    Cape Cod

    In a residential neighborhood, Captain Gosnold is a little community unto itself and just a sandal-shuffle from the beach. Choose from studios with…

  • Village Inn

    Cape Cod

    Antique charm and modern comforts pair well at this relaxed B&B occupying a 200-year-old house that's on the National Register of Historic Places. Set on…

  • Salem Inn

    Massachusetts

    The inn's 40 rooms are located in three historic houses, including Captain West House, a large, brick sea captain's home from 1834. The rooms vary greatly…

  • Edgartown Inn

    Martha's Vineyard

    The best bargain in town, with 14 straightforward rooms spread across the main inn and garden house. The inn dates to 1798 and claims Nathaniel Hawthorne…

  • Even'Tide Motel

    Cape Cod

    This highly regarded motel, set back from the highway in a grove of pine trees, has an assortment of options: regular motel rooms, plus 10 diverse…

  • Inn on Cove Hill

    Massachusetts

    This is a Federal-style house built in 1791 with, so they say, pirates' gold that was discovered nearby. It has been lovingly restored down to the tiniest…

  • Bow Roof House

    Cape Cod

    It's hard to find places like this anymore. This homey, six-room, c 1780 house is delightfully old-fashioned in price and offerings, and within easy…

  • Little Place Guest House

    Burlington

    A 10-minute walk from the center in Burlington's up-and-coming Old North End, these two bright and cheery self-catering apartments are like a little home…

  • Portland Regency Hotel

    Portland

    The Regency occupies Portland's former armory, an 1895 redbrick building in the heart of the Old Port District. Rooms tend to be small, with traditional…

  • Centerboard Inn

    Nantucket

    The pampering provided by the welcoming innkeeper here – with extras like spa-quality bath lotions and loaner iPads – give this chic B&B a leg-up on the…

  • Crocker House Inn

    Martha's Vineyard

    This cozy century-old inn is just a stone's throw from the harbor. Some rooms are small, but otherwise everything about this place is likable. The…

    • placement: fullWidth
    • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
    • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [300, 250], [320, 50], [1, 1],
    • targeting:
      {
        "position": "superzone"
      }