In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The Aviary’s the grandest pad (and, yes, it used to be a birdhouse), with two floors joined by a circular staircase encased in glass and a private terrace – where you can have take private meals – overlooking the lush green grounds. At the other end of the scale (and the budget), the adorably chic Small Room, (voted one of the world’s most luxurious), which has an air of a ship’s cabin about it.
- Packing tips
- A jumper’s a sensible option in the evenings – the Berkshires can be chilly, even in summer. Heidi Klein swimwear is de rigueur for a dip in the pool.
- Also
- The hotel’s location in the Berkshire hills means that rural diversions such as golf, horse riding, biking, fishing, hot-air ballooning and, in winter, skiing can all be arranged via the Wheatleigh’s concierge.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- Lunch for two on one day of your stay
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Wheatleigh
Berkshires, United States[view map]
- Style
- Refined Florentine palazzo
- Setting
- Bucolic Berkshires hilltop
A late-19th century mansion perched on a grand, green knoll in Massachusetts’ beautiful Berkshire Hills, Wheatleigh blends the ornate grandeur of a 16th-century Florentine palazzo with every modern comfort you’d expect, including fine French dining, lush landscaped grounds, antique furnishings (check out the Tiffany stained glass) and a gallery-load of contemporary art.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 19.
- Rates
- US$715–US$2,100, including service but not breakfast or taxes. You can rent the entire hotel for US$21,000–US$30,000 a day.
- Check-out
- Midday.
- Facilities
- In-room spa treatments, shiatsu massage room, gym, tennis court, DVD/CD library, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: Bang & Olufsen flatscreen TV and DVD player, Bose CD sound system, Emernegildo Zegna toiletries. Junior Suites have open fireplaces.
- Poolside
- The Wheatleigh’s heated outdoor pool is an enticing circle of blue set in a tree-lined clearing. Staff are on hand to bring you drinks and snacks.
- Also
- There’s a two-night minimum stay on weekends and a three-night minimum in July, August and on public holidays. You may bring along pets on request.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Lavishly decorated with antique mirrors, crystal-dripping candelabra and a marble fireplace, the Dining Room offers a contemporary takes on classic French dishes. The Library, lined with china cabinets, has a more informal atmosphere.
- Dress code
- Up to the nines for the Dining Room (you can stop around the sevens in the Library).
- Top table
- Beside the window in the Dining room, so you can look out onto the lawns.
- Last orders
- Dinner’s served between 5.30pm and 9pm, lunch between noon and 2pm.
- Room service
- Sandwiches, salads and soups are available 24 hours a day.
- Hotel bar
- Lined with wooden cabinets (displaying fine china rather than the expected books) the Library has a full bar service, though you can enjoy a drink anywhere in the hotel – bagsy a balcony table in summer.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- Baby cots are available free and sitters are US$25 an hour, but the Wheatleigh is largely a grown-up retreat.
- Weddings
- This hotel is suitable for weddings. More…
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Wheatleigh
11 Hawthorne Road
Lenox
USA
MA 01240
