New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

and welcoming retreat.

From the outside, it

looks like an immaculate,

if conventional,

whitewashed motel.

Initially planned as a

tribute to the heyday

of the Catskills and

mid-century modern

style, it soon turned

into a project guided by

inspiration from ’70s and

’80s films and TV shows

• think The Jetsons, The
  Addams Family, The Wiz,
  Saturday Night Fever
  etc. The decor features
  items sourced from estate
  sales and online vendors
  around the world, and
  with contributions from
  artist friends and local
  craftspeople, owners Greg
  and Joseph have brought
  an obsessive attention
  to detail and aesthetics
  to each of the 28 rooms
  and suites. Worth a quick
  tour if unoccupied is
  the ‘The Archeologist’s
  Digs’ cottage (sleeps

six, wkdays $475-650),

easily the most lavish of

Roxbury’s offerings. A few

details worth mentioning:

ibis-shaped bedside lamps

in Cleopatra’s bedroom;

a Murphy bed concealed

behind a mural of a

Mayan deity; a ‘secret’

mineshaft cave with a

lantern, pictographs and

peekaboo hole onto the

living room; a bathroom

aquarium...

Wintertime (lower

room rates) means

huddling around the

fire pit whereas warm-

weather stays involve

sunbathing and lounging

near the gazebo and

small stream that runs

along the property; at

any time of year it’s

worth relaxing at the

full-service spa split

between rooms in the

two wings.

The Drive » On this 32-mile

route, continue north on Rte

30 to the one-stoplight town

of Grand Gorge (the trailhead

for the beautiful and highly

recommended Mine Kill Falls

Overlook is a few miles north)

and make a right onto Rte

23 which turns into Rte 23A

after the Schoharie Reservoir.

You pass Hunter Mountain

Ski Resort a few miles west of

Tannersville.

6 Tannersville

The highest falls in New

York (260ft compared

to Niagara’s 167ft),

gorgeous Kaaterskill

Falls are only a few

miles from the small

town of Tannersville,

which primarily services

nearby Hunter Mountain.

Popular paintings by

Thomas Cole, who settled

in nearby Catskill, Asher

Durand (check out his

painting Kindred Spirits)

and other artists in the

mid-1800s elevated this

two-tier cascade to iconic

status. Soon, however,

wealthy tourists followed

Tannersville Kaaterskill Falls

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