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DESTINATIONS US HERITAGE HOTELS HOTELS, RESORTS & SPAS


SAMPLE PRODUCT


Amtrak Vacations features the


Palmer House Hilton on its 17-day cross- country rail holiday The All American,


round-trip from


New York City via New Orleans, San Francisco, Denver and Chicago. Prices start at £2,549 including accommodation, transport and sightseeing.


amtrakvacations. co.uk


USAirtours’ New Orleans & Oak Alley Plantation trip includes four nights at the Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, and two nights at Oak Alley Plantation, Louisiana, plus flights from London and three days’ car hire,


from £1,279 for travel between


May 1 and June 28. usairtours.co.uk


Vacations to America offers The Peabody,


Memphis, from £261 a night. It’s included on the 14-day Deep South Discovery tour to Louisville, New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville,


Kentucky and


Mississippi, which starts at £2,595. vacationsto america.com


56travelweekly.co.uk18 April 2019


 INN AT THE PRESIDIO, SAN FRANCISCO The Presidio – once a Spanish military base – is older than the United States. The complex was opened in 1776, and the US army only moved out in 1994, when the Presidio was handed over to the National Park Service. There are just 22 rooms, and the whole place feels weirdly detached from modern-day San Francisco. The classic redbrick building that hosts the inn was originally the Pershing Hall Bachelor Officers’ Quarters, built in 1903. With a grand central staircase, entrance hall and an outdoor deck with a firepit, there’s still a sense of it being somewhere for officers to relax. It’s three storeys high, with tremendous views of the Golden Gate Bridge from the top floor. Book it: Rates from £237. presidiolodging.com


 1886 CRESCENT HOTEL & SPA, ARKANSAS Sitting loftily above the quaint, Victorian-looking Eureka Springs, the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa is perhaps the most cherished accommodation in the Ozark Mountains. Carved out of native limestone and connected to the downtown shopping and gallery district by a maze of hidden trails, the hotel makes a big thing of its 19th-century character. The lobby is handpainted with elaborate fireplaces, the verandas perfect for a lazy early- evening glass of wine and the Crystal Ballroom grandiose. The huge spa – popular with


wedding parties – occupies the garden level, and the formal gardens have become a major part of the appeal


RIGHT: The Palmer


House Hilton, Chicago


BELOW:


Boston cream pie, The Omni Parker House, Boston


There’s an activity focus, too – with wine tastings, ghost and art tours, walking trails and storytelling sessions


since the hotel’s renovation in 1997. There’s an activity focus, too – with wine tastings, ghost and art tours, walking trails and storytelling sessions regularly on the agenda. Book it: Rates from $129 in low season, $229 in high season. crescent-hotel.com


 THE PALMER HOUSE HILTON, CHICAGO


Originally a gift from a business


magnate to his socialite wife, Bertha, the original Palmer House burned down in the Great Chicago Fire just 13 days after it opened. Potter Palmer was determined to rebuild, though, and the second incarnation became one of the world’s finest grand hotels. Much of this is down to Bertha, who turned the lobby into something extraordinary, with several glass artworks by Louis Comfort Tiffany, a staggering ceiling fresco, and lashings of French impressionist art, with 24-carat gold chandeliers, huge brass angels and intricate woodworking adding to the wow factor. Book it: Rates from $219. palmerhousehilton.com


 THE OMNI PARKER HOUSE, BOSTON The longest continually operating hotel in the States, Parker House opened in 1855 and was a fabled hub for the 19th century’s leading literary lights. The likes of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne and Longfellow regularly met here, but the name-dropping extends beyond the guests – both Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh once worked here. The Boston cream pie – the official


‘state dessert’ of Massachusetts – was rustled up in the kitchen, while the vintage vibe shines through in the decor. Elevators are garnished with decorative bronze, walls are panelled in American oak, and crystal chandeliers hang above elegant, private alcoves. Book it: Rates start at £136. omnihotels.com/hotels/boston-parker- house


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