Montage Deer Valley, UT
If you’re skiing through the holiday season, the Montage Deer Valley will make your visit extra special. Every year, the calendar fills with festive flair. Highlights include holiday stocking deliveries, family tubing nights, caroling performances, s’mores, and an intricate gingerbread house display. Cue visions of sugarplums with an in-room Santa tuck-in service, featuring story time and cookies. Home to the largest spa in the state, five eateries, and Champagne toasts in a cozy après-ski lounge, the resort offers plenty of ways to treat yourself.
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Fairmont San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
During the Holidays at the Fairmont San Francisco happening, the scene is pure Willy Wonka-level magic at this 1907, grand dame. Let's start with the gingerbread house—an epic, two-story, adult-sized display made with gallons of frosting and hundreds of pounds of candy. The piece is so revered, the hotel offers engagement packages giving lovebirds private access to pop the question inside the sugar mansion. Fans can also book private dinners for 10 inside the sweet abode (from $300). Adding to the classic charm and decadence, this year, the Fairmont reopens Cirque Bar, the first cocktail joint to open after Prohibition was repealed, as a holiday pop-up. Then, of course, there's the lobby’s 23-foot Christmas tree, the famed Gingerbread Holiday Tea, and the family-friendly two-bedroom Santa Suite (from $1,599/night), complete with a candy and hot chocolate bar (plus adult beverages for parents), a delicious VIP breakfast for four, access to all the classic holiday movies you can watch, and a kit to create your very own gingerbread house.
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Carmel Valley Ranch, Carmel, CA
Carmel is the ultimate storybook escape. Set just outside of town’s quaint streets, Carmel Valley Ranch offers the best of both worlds— a secluded 500-acre wonderland to explore, with easy access to one-of-a-kind shops, tasting rooms, and cafes. Stay active with world-class golf and fun classes like falconry and hatchet throwing, and browse the onsite organic garden and apiary that source the ingredients served throughout your stay. If holiday wind-down is what you’re after, the fireplace suites, plush robes, and deep soaking baths in every room—all spruced up after a property-wide upgrade this summer—will make the chaos of airport delays and shopping malls seem far, far away. Keep the Zen going with the resort’s Winter Break at the Ranch package for a complimentary third night.
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Hermosa Inn, Paradise Valley, AZ
Saddle up for the holidays at Hermosa Inn, tucked into Phoenix’s aptly named Paradise Valley. Originally built as a private residence for renowned cowboy artist Lon Megargee, the boutique inn glows with Western charm. Decorated with all the trimmings, the adobe offers cozy courtyard fireplaces, 43 plush casitas, seasonal cocktails, and thoughtful touches like house-made cider and fresh-baked cookies in the lobby each day. Reserve the Hermosa Holidays Getaway package for a fireplace-equipped casita to call your home-away-from-home for the holidays.
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Ojai Valley Inn, Ojai, CA
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Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, CA
Ever been ice-skating on the beach? At Hotel del Coronado, the crown jewel of San Diego’s Coronado Island, you can make it happen. Each year, the Del (as it’s known locally) transforms into a seaside winter wonderland for its Holiday Festival. A grand, two-story tree graces the lobby, a Victorian tea service stirs up holiday cheer, and glistening lights bedeck the 130-year-old resort’s iconic red-turret roof. The main attraction—a beachfront ice rink—is open to the public, but with the Skating by the Sea package guests get four passes to skate and with free use of beach chairs and umbrellas (you know, for when you're ready to get back to indulging in sandier pursuits). With seasonal menus at two of the hotel’s ocean-view restaurants, luxe pet-friendly accommodations, and a prime location on one of the San Diego area’s best beaches, you may want to request an address change for St. Nick.
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Dossier Hotel, Portland, OR
Kimpton Alexis Hotel, Seattle, WA
Hotel Healdsburg, Sonoma, CA
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Magnolia Hotel & Spa, Victoria, B.C.
Dripping in nostalgia, Victoria makes a charming place for a Canadian holiday. Each winter, British Columbia’s capital city shines bright, as the city dons its holiday finest with elaborate displays downtown, at the botanical gardens, and pretty much everywhere you look. Take a carriage ride through town to glimpse the festive window displays in the many 19th century-style storefronts lining Government Street. Rest your head at Magnolia Hotel & Spa, a historic, downtown boutique hotel with in-room fireplaces and stunning views of the inner harbor and Parliament buildings as they twinkle with lights. The 64-room hotel’s Victoria Christmas package grants you $75 each day to spend at the onsite spa or on oysters and foraged dishes at the property’s new locavore restaurant, The Courtney Room.
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