4 Best Hotels in Central Vermont, Vermont

Let's just get it out there: Twin Farms is the best lodging in Vermont, and the most expensive, but it's worth it. Rates include all meals (some of Vermont's best), alcohol, and activities, and each incredible space is furnished with a blend of high art (Jasper Johns, Milton Avery, Cy Twombly), gorgeous folk art, and furniture that goes beyond comfortable sophistication.

A night at the Woodstock Inn, one of Vermont's premier accommodations, is an experience in itself, with a location on the gorgeous village green that's hard to beat. Guest rooms are contemporary and luxurious, with country-chic furniture; white, subway-tiled bathrooms with marble floors; wood-burning fireplaces; and handcrafted bed frames. Amenities include a spa with eucalyptus steam room and cedar sauna, game room, tavern, the Red Rooster restaurant, and fitness center.

Whatever the season, outdoor enthusiasts will get a kick out of this 20-acre property, newly built and opened in 2023, which goes all-in on mountain biking in the summer with all the amenities you'd expect at a ski resort, from an all-day restaurant to rentals and repairs, and is just a quick drive to the slopes in the winter. The centerpiece—besides bike trails leaving directly from the lodge—is an epic waterfall that gives the property its name; two outdoor saunas from local luxury builder SAVU sit right at its edge. Standard rooms are spacious, with Malouf mattresses and Vermont-crafted headboards, and include covered bike storage; creekside camping is available for the more adventurous.

This four-season resort hosts everything from cross-country skiing and snowshoeing on 37 miles of trails in the winter to horseback riding, tennis, and swimming and boating in the 740-acre lake throughout the rest of the year. A spa offers a full range of treatments, and the dining room and tavern have a casual, publike feel that benefits from recent renovations with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out to mountain views.