Where to Stay When House Hunting Upstate

  |  August 16, 2011

The Tivoli B&B

We had a reader request for upstate accommodations, places to shack up when out house hunting or just getting fresh air for a weekend. Below you’ll find a starter list, places we’ve stayed, visited or just heard really good things about, to suit a variety of budgets. We’ve broken then up by county. Please help us compile a master list by adding your own, in the comments or by emailing us.

COLUMBIA COUNTY
Hudson
Hudson Merchant House
Four rooms to let in a restored, modernized Federal-style brick home, three blocks from the train station
$165 to $295

The Inn at Hudson
A restored, grand 1903 Mansion
$200 to $225

More Hudson options here.

DELAWARE COUNTY:
Roxbury
The Roxbury Motel
Super hip-ified motel with spa
$99 to $345

DUTCHESS COUNTY:
Rhinecliff
The Rhinecliff
Fancy and tasteful hotel, delicious restaurant, steps from train station
$259 to $359

Tivoli
Madalin Hotel
Fancy inn, center of town, delicious food
$199-$299

Suminski Innski
Amazing restored mansion filled with art, on the Hudson
starting at $125

GREENE COUNTY:
Round Top
The Winter Clove
Wonderful family mountain house with pool and bowling alley, stuck in time
starting at $95 per person

SULLIVAN COUNTY:
Monticello
Kutshers
Rebounded borscht belt holdout
Starting at $145

ULSTER COUNTY:
Gardiner
Minnewaska Lodge
Poor man’s Mohonk, rooms like a Target showroom, but great locale
$169 to $225

High Falls
Clove Cottages
Adorable, affordable, pet-friendly, recommended by a reader. They bring hot scones in the morning!
$110 to $180

Mt. Tremper
Kate’s Lazy Meadow
Airstream trailers and cabins, tended to by a former singer from the B-52s.
$175-$450

Phoenicia
Simpler Times Cabins
Pretty self explanatory
$60 to $125

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