The Mount Washington Hotel is one of my favorite hotels in the world. It's a beautiful, old-fashioned grand hotel and a New England classic. It was opened in the summer of 1902 and later hosted the Bretton Woods International Monetary Conference in 1944, which established the World Bank and the IMF!
Things I love about the Mount Washington:
The lobby. Seriously, it's a really pretty lobby.
Especially when it's decorated for Christmas with a giant gingerbread house!
The porch. This porch is the best. It's wide and peaceful with a beautiful view and they bring you drinks and cheese! When I'm there, I spend most of the time reading in the wicker lounge chairs and justifying ordering more drinks and cheese.
The canopy tour. This is actually a love/hate thing. I'm glad I did it and the actual zipping was really thrilling and fun.
The whole standing on tiny wooden platforms 50 feet high in swaying trees thing, not so much.
My brother Michael mid-zip.
Breakfast in the main dining room. So good, so pretty. My mother, sister-in-law and I also love tea in the princess room.
The Spa. This was the first spa I've been to, not that I've been to that many, but it's still my favorite. The first time there, my sister-in-law and I took three showers just because it was so nice and we loved the spa's signature body products. The spa employees thought we were crazy, but it was worth it for those relaxing pine scented showers!
The cave. A prohibition era speak-easy. Plus there's bar shuffleboard!
The atmosphere. My favorite part of the hotel is the atmosphere. It's one of those places where every detail is done well. There are monograms on all the napkins, a little newspaper with daily events for hotel guests, cute gift shops and a post office on the street on the lower level, help yourself croquet on the lawn and a table left empty every night in the main dining room for the wife of a past owner who supposedly haunts the third floor. I can't wait to go back!
Pictures are mine or from http://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/bretton-woods-mount-washington.
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