The arrival of autumn brings pastoral traditions like leaf-peeping and pumpkin picking. It also heralds a new season of events in cities around the world. Whether you’re longing for a hike in the woods or a night at the symphony, these five new and renovated hotels show that there’s more than one way to savor fall’s pleasures, from a lodge in the Colorado mountains to a boutique stay in the heart of London.
Fort Garland, Colo.
Trinchera Reserve & Lodge
Visit this new getaway surrounded by breathtaking wilderness in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in early fall, and the aspen trees are likely to be golden yellow. It will be rutting season for elk. And you will have plenty of land to explore.
This portion of Southern Colorado was previously a more-than-170,000-acre ranch owned by the Forbes family before being purchased in 2007 by Louis Bacon, founder of the New York-based Moore Capital Management. In June, the 16-room lodge opened, with custom itineraries that may include guided hikes, mountain biking excursions, fishing and stargazing.
Designed by Los Griegos Studio, the lodge’s rooms are warm and inviting, with Southwestern textiles and Western art. In the communal great room you’ll find a three-sided stone fireplace, along with places to kick back and read a book, a game-playing area with a pool table, and a bar. Meals might take place in the lodge dining room overlooking the mountains, or outdoors. There’s also a wellness area with a fitness center, sauna, cold plunge and hot tub. Families and groups seeking more privacy may choose one of two houses, known as the Reserve Residences. Starting rates — which are all-inclusive, and include transportation from the San Luis Valley Regional Airport, food and beverages, and experiences — are from $2,500 a night, double occupancy.
London
Zetter Bloomsbury
This 68-room-and-suite boutique hotel near Bloomsbury Square, spans six Georgian townhouses. It is steps from the British Museum, where the blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry exhibition is drawing massive crowds to see the 11th-century embroidery that depicts events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest of England.
The city’s fall calendar is brimming with other events, including theater, the BFI London Film Festival and the National Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, “Renoir and Love.” Then there are the Royal Parks, which will be alive with autumnal colors and activities.
Zetter Bloomsbury is meant to feel as if you’ve stepped into a private home. The London-based interior designer James Thurstan Waterworth spent years collecting items for the hotel from auctions, markets and antique dealers, including African textiles, European antiques and 20th-century art works.
The rooms feature rich, earthy colors, just right for autumn. Some are snug; others are spacious suites with outdoor space. The Terrace suite, for instance, has a claw-foot bath and a wraparound terrace. Head to the Parlour for coffee or a cocktail, and visit the Orangery for afternoon tea with views of the garden designed by Harry and David Rich, former presenters on the BBC series Garden Rescue. Prices from £400, or about $530, a night.
Bretton Woods, N.H.
Omni Mount Washington Resort & Spa
Completed at the end of the Gilded Age, this storied hotel (Thomas Edison designed its electrical system) at the base of Mount Washington is fresh from an extensive renovation that included all 200 rooms of the historic section and introduced a new cafe.
The resort, with its grand Spanish Renaissance Revival facade, is in the state’s major ski area. Yet autumn has its own charms. Ride the Bretton Woods Skyway Gondola from a base lodge to the top of Mount Rosebrook, taking in the foliage and views of the Presidential Range. Play golf at one of the resort’s two courses. Or immerse yourself in the area’s natural features. The 269-room-and-suite property is surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest, making the resort an appealing base from which to hike, go fly fishing or ride horses. A new cafe, Labrador Tea & Coffee, offers light bites and sweets that you can take with you on your adventures.
The sprawling spa has also been refurbished. Enjoy a cocktail with mountain views at Rosebrook Bar. Pull up a chair at Stickney’s Restaurant, a pub and steakhouse. Or get cozy in the Cave, an atmospheric stone-and-brick watering hole that was a Prohibition-era speakeasy. Should you book one of the renovated rooms, you’ll find a serene space with blue-and-green hues inspired by the mountains. Prices from around $550 a night during peak foliage; starting from around $300 in November.
Fiesole, Italy
Villa San Michele, a Belmond Hotel, Florence
After a year and a half of renovations, this former 15th-century convent — known for its Renaissance architecture and details such as frescoes, loggias and a cloister — has reopened in the hills above Florence with terraced gardens and 39 luxurious rooms and suites. Restored portraits of friars line the corridors, and rooms feature terra-cotta floors, stonework and tapestries. A number of them have terraces or balconies, like the cozy Chapel room. The two-story Limonaia suite is in what was once an orangery and has views of Florence and the villa gardens. The Grand Tour suite was once Napoleon Bonaparte’s headquarters.
Designed by the Florence-based Luigi Fragola Architects, Villa San Michele is just beyond the hustle and bustle of the city, surrounded by trees and the Parco Monumentale di Monte Ceceri, where you can walk the trails, delighting in autumn’s colors. The hotel provides free shuttle vans to Florence.
Find more bird’s eye views at the hotel’s Antesi restaurant, which offers eight tables in a Renaissance loggia and tasting menus with dishes such as Costoluto (homemade pasta, tomato, raw milk pecorino and lemon). For pizzas and meats from a charcoal grill near the heated pool, try San Michele Grill. There’s also Ristorante San Michele, where you can order pastas and seafood. The hotel is offering a fall aperitivo series featuring local food and wine producers, as well as experiences spotlighting local craftsmanship, including visits to an art restorer’s studio and an artisanal perfumery. The property has also added a spa. Prices from €1700, or about $1,940, excluding taxes. The hotel is open through Jan. 3.
New York City
Kimpton Ashbel New York-Park Avenue
New York in autumn is abuzz with cultural offerings, including the kickoff of the New York City Ballet and the New York Philharmonic seasons, the annual New York City Wine & Food Festival, exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, and events like the Village Halloween Parade and the 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. And if you want to experience it all with your furry best friend, this 205-room-and-suite hotel is among the city’s newest places to curl up together. Pets stay free, with no restrictions on size or weight.
Built in 1928 as the Beaux-Arts Doral Park Avenue Hotel, it’s less than a five-minute walk to Grand Central Terminal. The Morgan Library & Museum is essentially around the corner, and Bryant Park is a short stroll away. Beyond the hotel’s limestone-clad facade, the rooms are contemporary, with soft colors. Some have balconies, and a number have views of Park Avenue and the Empire State Building. There’s free morning coffee and an afternoon wine hour in the lobby. And the Park & Bel Cafe has baked goods, fruit and sandwiches in the morning and small plates in the evening. Prices from $350 a night; see the website for specials, including the “Sit, Stay, Sleepover” package for dogs and their humans.
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