Everybody is aware of that winter is prime time for cozy vibes — and reserving a particular lodge dinner might be such a festive method to expertise peak coziness for the chilly season. Whether or not or not it’s really snowing outdoors doesn’t even matter; the chillier months with their shorter days are the best time for having fun with scrumptious warming drinks paired with melty, decadent meals and ever-festive bubbly.
You’d be onerous pressed to discover a lodge that doesn’t enhance with loads of twinkle lights, garlands and a dose of evergreen for the winter season. Nevertheless, some go above and past with the wintertime magic, creating short-term igloos, constructing chalets, and providing friends different artistic and immersive facilities that actually set a wintry tone.
These 9 properties, all bookable on factors, span the globe from sunny Florida to the mountainsides of Japan, and so they go all out with seasonal, winter-only eating extravaganzas which are as transportive as they’re tantalizing.
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The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe — Truckee, California
There’s no apres ski experience fairly just like the Veuve Clicquot Cabana Chalets at this luxury slopeside lodge, particularly with regards to decadence. The particular winter choices are non-public for as much as eight friends who can calm down into fur-lined chairs and benches, keep heat by their private fireplace pit, and sip on Veuve Clicquot and gingerbread scorching chocolate. Add-ons embody caviar, charcuterie and fondue — and the weekend DJ units solely add to the apres vibes.
Charges at The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe begin at $619 or 91,200 Marriott Bonvoy factors per evening this winter. The Veuve Clicquot Cabana Chalets begin from $300.
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The Singer Oceanfront Resort, Curio Assortment by Hilton — Riviera Seaside, Florida
The Singer Oceanfront Resort proves it doesn’t should be chilly outdoors to get into the winter spirit. Their “Seaside Igloo Expertise” includes clear igloos set proper atop the sand with the ocean as an excellent backdrop for the snug scene. Guests can anticipate heat blankets, festive decor, fireplace pits and extra. The igloos are a partnership with Caymus Vineyards in Napa, California, which handles the wine pairings for a particular shareable menu curated by Winston Guerrero, govt chef of the on-site restaurant Caretta Caretta.
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Charges at The Singer Oceanfront Resort, Curio Collection by Hilton begin at $205 or 65,000 Hilton Honors factors per evening this winter. The Beach Igloo Experience begins from $325.
Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono — Hokkaido, Japan
With a blanket of well-known Ja-pow (Japan powder) on Mount Yotei because the backdrop, Park Hyatt’s partnership with Krug Champagne has produced an indelible winter wonderland eating expertise in Japan’s ski scorching spot of Hokkaido. The “Krug Igloo Prive” features a stunning igloo, heated after all. However, earlier than getting cozy, friends get to savor canapes and bubbly beneath the evening sky. As soon as inside, they’ll tuck right into a chandelier-lit, multi-course prix fixe meal of French, Chinese language or Japanese programs — that includes famend native components corresponding to Hokkaido abalone and Kobe beef — paired (after all) with uncommon Krug vintages.
Charges at Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono begin at $558 or 45,000 World of Hyatt factors per evening this winter. The Krug Igloo Prive expertise begins from $5,154.
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Burgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne — Obburgen, Switzerland
This bucket-list property set excessive above Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne — with the good catamaran and funicular arrival — is the epitome of comfortable year-round. In winter, although, it amps up the magic even larger. That’s very true for these experiencing the “Raclette with a Distinction” package deal, which features a gobsmacking helicopter flight over the Swiss Alps to a personal location on Petersgrat Mountain. There, you’ll be greeted by costly Champagne and a personal chef whipping up an genuine but elevated feast of ooey, gooey Swiss raclette. Take the next time off to get well out of your indulgences within the greater than 100,000-square-foot Alpine Spa’s hydrotherapy swimming pools, aromatic steam rooms, saunas and extra.
Charges at Burgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne begin at $1,294 per evening this winter, or you may ebook with factors by way of the Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts program. The Raclette with a Difference expertise begins from $3,767.
Fairmont Chateau Whistler — Whistler, British Columbia
All the easiest alpine-inspired and European winter classics are on the menu at The Chalet, Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s fabulous snowy season restaurant that sits simply off-property and is accessible by way of shuttle (or by way of a magical stroll beneath contemporary snowfall). The French onion soup is as unmissable because the fondue and charcuterie; additionally, a pot of luscious chocolate fondue is the must-order dessert. You possibly can get pleasure from all of this whereas a blazing fireplace heats the area with its excessive ceilings and enormous home windows that provide glimpses of the snowy panorama and twinkling stars past.
Charges at Fairmont Chateau Whistler begin at $544 per evening this winter, or ebook with the Accor Live Limitless to earn factors. The three-course particular menu at The Chalet begins from $50.
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The Berkeley Resort — London
In the event you love London however are lacking ski resort vibes, you’ll discover one of the best of each worlds at The Berkeley lodge’s “Feast Off-Piste” pop-up, which takes place in a custom-made ski gondola on the lodge’s rooftop overlooking Hyde Park. The charming, stationary gondolas are the positioning of intimate dinners that start with mulled wine and proceed onto conventional Swiss raclette, a tartiflette with freshly shaved truffle, milk chocolate fondue with edible candles to dip and gingerbread s’mores. Every gondola has its personal “ring for Champagne” bell, enabling friends to order a festive glass of Laurent-Perrier proper to the desk.
Charges at The Berkeley London begin at $1,004 per evening this winter, or you may ebook with factors by way of the Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts program. The Feast Off-Piste expertise begins from $114 per particular person.
Resort Vin, Grapevine, Autograph Assortment — Grapevine, Texas
With an amazing variety of Christmas-themed annual occasions, Grapevine, Texas, is called the official Christmas capital of Texas — and this boutique lodge proper off the historic Most important Avenue is within the enterprise of festivity, too. Right here, friends will discover Texas Tinis hand-shaken tableside by a martini butler, a Champagne yurt partnership with Veuve Clicquot, a Holly Jolly Bar serving themed libations and, the piece de resistance, Winter Wonderland Bubbles. These non-public pods are impressed by a classy mountain chalet (that includes cozy Pendleton decor that’s shoppable, too) and include a curated fondue menu.
Charges at Hotel Vin, Grapevine, Autograph Collection begin at $303 or 37,000 Marriott Bonvoy factors per evening this winter. Winter Wonderland Bubbles at Hotel Vin begin from $200 per celebration.
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Resort Plaza Athenee — Paris
A wintery Parisian fantasy is on the menu in the course of the coldest season at Resort Plaza Athenee, one in every of TPG’s favorite Paris hotels the place the superbly quaint Plaza Athenee Chalet pops up within the glittering La Cour Jardin courtyard. Put together for a swoon-worthy, alpine-style evening within the coronary heart of Paris. The expertise contains Mauviel 1830 Champagne, raclette and succulent European fare together with scallops, foie gras raviolis and truffled Alsace-style flammekueche. Earlier than or after the chocolate fondue, go for a whirl on the lodge’s non-public ice rink — an hour of entry plus skate rental is included within the expertise.
Charges at Hotel Plaza Athenee begin at $2,066 per evening this winter, or you may ebook with factors by way of the Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts program. The Plaza Athenee Chalet expertise begins from $265.