9 Hotels Designed to Make You Feel Like You’re in a Movie

Glenmere Mansion
Chester, New York
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Staying at Glenmere feels like stepping into a Belle Époque reverie, when leisure was an art form and excess was the norm. There are only 15 rooms at this glamorous Hudson Valley mansion, once the country home of the head of a Manhattan real estate dynasty. Do as a captain of industry would and book the two-bedroom penthouse; there’s even a fireplace in the marble bathroom, right next to the soaking tub. Promenade through the Italianate gardens or play a game of croquet, with your sweater carefully tied over your shoulders, and pencil in an afternoon at the spa, luxuriating in the Carrara marble hammam and relaxing with a soothing massage. Dinner is a candlelit affair at The Supper Room, where you can indulge in poached Maine lobster and Black Angus filet mignon as you toast to the good life.

Photo courtesy of Glenmere Mansion/Kim Sargent.

The Ranch at Rock Creek
Philipsburg, Montana
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Live out your Wild West dreams at this all-inclusive guest ranch tucked among the rolling green hills of southwestern Montana, halfway between Yellowstone and Glacier national parks. Spend your days horseback riding (the property will even supply the boots), fly-fishing and honing your sharpshooting skills. Little buckaroos can even pan for sapphires in the creek. Of course, you won’t be roughing it like the ranchers of yore. Digs are luxurious, more movie-set western than the real deal: log cabins with four-poster beds and leather armchairs, lodge rooms with cowhide rugs and wood-paneled walls. Meals are even more refined, with multicourse menus highlighting local Wagyu beef and trout, and wines from small U.S. producers. But you can still end your night outside by the fire, gazing at the stars.

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Ritz Paris
Paris, France
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Waltz through the Ritz’s porticoed doors on Place Vendôme and you’ll feel as though you’ve entered a time warp. You can almost see the legendary artists, writers and fashion designers sitting at the Ritz Bar, tossing back a martini (or three). Join them. You, too, can be an artist in your prime, with all of Paris—including the Louvre and Jardin des Tuileries, which are within walking distance—ready to stoke your creativity. After visiting museums, shopping along the Champs-Élysées and sharing fresh ideas with fellow bons vivants over champagne in Bar Hemingway, soak up the beauty and history of your accommodations (while wearing the Ritz’s signature plush peach robe, of course). Even the smallest room at the Ritz is a dream, complete with ornate writing desk and marble fireplace. Don’t forget to pack your journal—or at least your laptop.

Monteverdi Tuscany
Castiglioncello del Trinoro, Italy

Set within a restored medieval village and surrounded by vineyards and cypress trees, Monteverdi Tuscany feels designed for creative escapes—hotel as muse. Inspiration can be found at every turn: on a guided hike in nearby Pietraporciana Nature Reserve, at the property’s contemporary art gallery, during a pasta-making class or wine tasting, and even in your elegantly decorated room, with its exposed-beam ceiling, bespoke furnishings from local artisans, fresh flowers by the bedside and gauzy curtains billowing in the breeze. The view out that open window is breathtaking, an invitation to write your own perfect ending—or beginning.