3 Best Hotels in Stowe, Northern Vermont

This boutique enterprise just north of Stowe village is a whimsically stylish alternative to the town's staid resorts. Modern furniture, white woolen rugs, and rough-hewn wooden beams add texture and dazzle the eye in the unique lobby, while in guest rooms, paper deer-head sculptures look down from gas hearths, subtle animal prints rest on beds, and nature-theme wallpaper calls out accent walls. The lodge's Après Only bar brings 1980s nostalgia to your post-ski plans, with vintage snowsuits as décor and roaring fireplaces.

The accommodations at this family-owned motel on 16 acres range from studios with small kitchenettes to modern two-bedroom suites warmed by their own fireplaces to rental houses that can sleep 10 or more people. Cruiser bikes, helmets, and other gear are available to guests; the game room has foosball, table tennis, and a pool table; and there are two pools and a tennis court on the property.

Not many hotels can boast having a bowling alley, but this part-new, part-renovated inn can top even that, adding an 18-hole minigolf course, an indoor pool, and small fitness center. While the former motel section now sports boutique-like rooms with double beds and standard amenities, suites in the new building add kitchenettes (full kitchens in some cases), king beds, and pull-out sofas.