A broad online search for a spring weekend getaway offering easily accessible peace and quiet opened up a world of unexpected accommodations recently. After fathoming the flurry of options—through Hotel Tonight, bedandbreakfast.com, and the MTA’s getaway packages—I chose to embark on a new kind of local adventure.
Skip the predictable, impersonal hotel experience on your next city break and opt instead for an affordable and memorable stay in a house in the wilds of Woodstock, a luxurious yurt in the Hudson Valley, a chic barn on the coast of Rhode Island, an environmentalist’s geodesic dome on an organic Connecticut farm, or a hotelier’s own cottage with a private beach in East Hampton.
For those interested in raising the travel bar, consider one of these six romantic hideaways near NYC.
The co-founder and editor-at-large at offMetro, Lauren is a sustainable travel specialist and freelance journalist with frequent bylines in National Geographic, Bicycling Magazine and Shape. Follow Lauren’s adventures at @laurenmati.
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