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The two hotels Wakin would recommend, however, are the Adelphi Hotel and the Saratoga Arms, both of which sound quite charming.

The Adelphi was built in 1877 as an Italian villa and, as Wakin describes it, is the grande dame of Saratoga Springs. The “rare surviving High Victorian Hotel Inn,” as their website brags, has a 90-foot porch on the second floor. Thirty-nine antiques-filled rooms are uniquely decorated in styles ranging from Arts & Crafts to French Provincial to Bohemian peasant. Rates range from $130 to $540.

The 31-room Saratoga Arms also comes stocked with period antiques, luxe details (in-room fireplaces, claw-foot tubs), and a wraparound veranda. The hotel was a boardinghouse that in 1999 became a high-end inn, with modern updates like free WiFi and iPod/iPhone alarm clocks. Rates range from $195 to $625.

[Photo: Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times]