http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:46:30Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/4/14/12952/9132 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/18481/Maritime_Exterior.jpg" class="top"> <p> <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Relais%20and%20Chateaux%20Hotels">Relais & Chateaux</a></b> has a long and storied past of finding the most sophisticated hotels and restaurants, especially in France, where the organization was founded in the 1950&#146;s. Lately, however, the venerable collective has been expanding its portfolio to new continents and more whimsical properties, including <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Winvian+Resort/local/837">Winvian</a></b> in the forested hill country outside Litchfield, Connecticut. <p> The eighteen guest cottages and cabins that dot the 113-acre property were designed by fifteen different artists, and all come together to form a sort of dreamscape in the Connecticut back country. Each cottage has its own unique character, and a name to go along with it. We&#146;ve picked out a few of our fantastical favorites to EricRosen 2010-04-21T13:53:18-05:00 41.6975126 -73.200891 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/2/113035/0099 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Win_Maritime.jpg" class="top"><p>Still looking for a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/labor day hotels"><b>Labor Day</b></a> getaway? If you&#146;re one of those hotel guests who <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/2/04027/35481/hotels/How_Much_Is_Too_Much_For_A_Hotel_Room_">pay for the experience</a> and are into the whole super-luxe, rural New England scene, you&#146;re in luck: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Winvian+Resort/local/837"><b>Winvian</b></a>, the Relais & Châteaux property made of 18 &#147;cottages&#148; in Connecticut&#146;s Litchfield Hills is offering a Labor Day deal, and as of today there is still availability for the weekend.</p><p>Starting at just $750 a night (bear with us&#151;this <i>is</i> a deal for the preppy-posh Winvian where rooms started at $999 a night two years ago), you too can play house in a themed cottage designed by a fancy architect (15 of them got to play make-believe when designing their respective MsRebecca 2009-09-02T13:34:44-05:00 41.6981350 -73.201010 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/19/175156/414 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Winvian.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Winvian+Resort/local/837"><b>Winvian</b></a>, a 113-acre resort in Litchfield Hills, Conn., has an ego as big as its grounds. The website's home page is long on hyperbole and short on specifics: <p> <blockquote><p>A place like this is difficult to describe, for it lacks nothing. Winvian aspires to host you with no airs but graces, no extravagance or opulence, only warmth and treats. The cuisine, the wines, the spa and the team are as unexpected as the experiences that one might wish to enjoy -- carefree with no need for purple prose, this or that, something or other. A flight of fancy, a leap of faith, pie in the sky.</blockquote></p><p><p> Wha?! Sounds like these people spent too much time holed ced138 2007-09-20T09:35:01-05:00 41.697035 -73.201059 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/3/155922/321 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/winvian_cottage.jpg"><p><a href="http://www.winvian.com"><b>The Winvian Resort</b></a> in Litchfield, Conn., expected to open later this month, is taking Themed Suites to a whole new level.<p>Guests can choose to stay in a restored 1968 Sikorsky Sea King helicopter/cottage, that the NY Times describes as:<blockquote><p> so tricked out that Austin Powers might have piloted it. That's a 17,000-pound mix of the plush and the industrial, of chilled Champagne and crystal waiting atop a stainless-steel fridge alongside an aerospace dashboard.</blockquote></p><p>Or you can be more earthy and hang out in the either the Beaver Lodge or the Treehouse cottages. All in all the resort will have 18 cottages designed by 15 architects. <p>The soft-opening phase is expected to start on Nov. 15 with an official opening juliana 2006-11-03T15:59:22-05:00 41.697035 -73.201059 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/