HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Retreats

Berkshire: Sanctum on The Green's Crash Pads Not Available for Weekend Crashing

juliana — 2010-08-23T13:46:25-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/sanctumonthegreenroom.jpg" class="top">Your guess as to what room type this is, is probably better than ours.Back in February we told you that London's rock n' roll hotel, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/3/165552/7390/hotels/Sanctum_Soho_is_Getting_A_Sister_in_the_Countryside">The Sanctum Soho</a>, would be opening a nine-room sister act in the countryside called, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sanctum+on+the+Green/local/4709">Sanctum on the Green</a>. The property opened pretty much on-time this past spring and if you're in need of a quick country getaway when visiting London, Sanctum on the Green now has "Crash Pads" available for £120 a night, including breakfast. If they are anything like Sanctum Soho's crash pads, we expect these rooms to be extremely tiny, although they are promised with king beds, flat screen TVs and internet access. The only thing is there are

Lummi Island: HotelChatter Reader Deals :: A $75 Eco Retreat on Lummi Island

juliana — 2008-08-05T17:32:32-05:00

Agritourism Adventure
$75 per person
Want your hotel stay to go beyond just conserving water by not having your sheets washed daily? Consider this agritourism deal at The Willows Inn, a B&B on Lummi Island in Washington.

This is an island just off the coast of WA near Bellingham and is practically in Canada. Here you will basically be living and working on the Nettles Farm:

You'll be an apprentice during the day by feeding the chickens, tending to a pig and harvesting produce. At night, dine in the Willows Restaurant, which prepares locally grown, organic meals in line with the Slow Food movement.

Healdsburg: Honor Thyself at Healdsburg's Honor Mansion

Glenn Kaufmann — 2008-07-31T16:02:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/honormansion_gk2.jpg" class="imgborder">If you believe that spa treatment is more than just hands on shoulders and should truly get to the heart of how and why we relax, then <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Honor+Mansion/local/1295">Honor Mansion</a>, tucked into the heart of Sonoma County's wine country, is the place to immerse yourself in comfort and the quiet bliss of letting go. Located just 80 miles north of San Francisco in the shopping and dining mecca of Healdsburg, Honor Mansion is a perennial AAA Four Diamond Award winner. There are just 13 rooms and suites but the amenities galore on-site will keep you busy for your entire stay. There's a 40-foot lap pool, two regulation bocce ball courts, a competition croquet lawn, PGA putting green, quarter

Zihuatanejo: Tides Zihuatanejo Hosting Yoga Retreat with Celeb Instructor Tom Morley

juliana — 2008-07-23T09:35:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/tides_zihua.jpg" class="imgborder">Do you love Mexico? Do you love Yoga? Then maybe you should consider signing up for the Yoga Retreat series at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Tides+Zihuatenajo/local/766">Tides Zihuatanejo</a> which is taking place from October 3-7, 2008. (Or if you can't stand yoga and its yoginis, then you may want to hit up the resort another week.) The retreat is being led by celebrity instructor <a href="http://store.exercisetv.tv/s-59-tom-morley.aspx">Tom Morley</a>, one of LA's hottest yoga instructors who has taught such celebs like Reese Witherspoon and Helen Hunt.<blockquote>For over 10 years, Morley has redefined the traditional approach to yoga by adapting the practice to individual preferences. Morley draws from a range of yoga styles (such as vinyasa and yin), breathing exercises, meditation, partner yoga and

Paradise Valley: The New Cocktail Bar at Sanctuary is a Yogi's Perfect Place to Let Loose

amandak — 2008-07-08T09:40:12-05:00

Okay, we've found it, a cocktail bar that fits our wildest dreams: a place where the cocktail is the main course and everything else fits around it. The clever place with this idea is a new bar called edge (no capitals, thumbs down) at the luxury Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain in Arizona.

If you didn't know, Sanctuary is billed as more of a retreat than a hotel and it aims to offer amenities that cater to the "mind, body, spirit and senses" of its guests. But we guess the retreat must understand that even yogis need to let loose once in a while too.