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The Le Hotelist 50.

Not the fifty most famous, or the fifty most photographed. The fifty independent hotels that score highest across the five things we measure — design, location, service, value, and quiet. Ranked, with the number that got them here.

  1. Wailea, HI · $$$$ from $1295

    Maui's only adults-only Relais & Chateaux — 72 suites on 15 acres, treetop dining, ocean views.

  2. Great Barrington, MA · $$$ from $445

    Five rooms, Michelin Key, run by former New York restaurant pros. George Bailey's house, sort of.

  3. Mendon, VT · $$ from $325

    Reopened June 2024. A restored 1840s farmhouse on 13 acres, minutes from Killington.

  4. Great Barrington, MA · $ from $215

    Eighteen-room boutique motel at the base of East Rock Mountain, minutes from downtown Great Barrington.

  5. Big Sur, CA · $$$$ from $1895

    Mickey Muennig's cliffside icon — 39 rooms, two Michelin Keys, adults-only, the architectural pilgrimage.

  6. Peru, VT · $$ from $275

    A 1940s ski lodge above Peru, reopened as a Scandi-minimal retreat. Bromley across the road.

  7. 7The Leeway· 8.3
    Mount Tremper, NY · $$ from $295

    Cabin-style suites on six riverfront acres in Mount Tremper. Full kitchens, private decks, Esopus Creek out the back door.

  8. Phoenicia, NY · $$$ from $485

    Five adults-only micro-suites on the river. Self-serve luxury.

  9. Harwich, MA · $$$ from $425

    An adults-only 8-room inn on the Cape Cod Rail Trail — heated pool, loaner bikes, full breakfast.

  10. Key West, FL · $$$ from $545

    Four 1880s Bahamian-style cottages around a courtyard pool — 27 adults-only rooms in Old Town.

  11. 11The Menhaden· 8.3
    Greenport, NY · $$$ from $495

    Sixteen rooms a block from Greenport Harbor. Michelin Key, rooftop bar, the North Fork's only serious design hotel.

  12. 12The Henson· 8.3
    Windham, NY · $$$ from $475

    A 2024 16-room reimagining of a 1918 Windham hotel — by the team behind Contra and Wildair.

  13. Park City, UT · $$$$ from $895

    An 1889 Victorian schoolhouse converted to 12 rooms — Forbes 5-star, slope-side service.

  14. Bar Harbor, ME · $$$ from $445

    On an 80-foot cliff above Frenchman Bay — 10 adults-only rooms, private beach stairs, hot tub.

  15. Little St. Simons Island, GA · $$$$ from $1295

    A 10,000-acre private barrier island — 16 rooms, fully inclusive, no day-trippers.

  16. 16Topside Inn· 8.2
    Boothbay Harbor, ME · $$ from $295

    An 1860 hilltop captain's house — 25 rooms with the best harbor views in town, adults-friendly.

  17. Chebeague Island, ME · $$$ from $495

    A 1920s Maine-island inn you get to by ferry — 21 rooms, wraparound porch, 9-hole golf course.

  18. Charleston, SC · $$$ from $595

    Five restored 1804 townhouses around a courtyard — 18 rooms, on-site culinary school, Michelin Key.

  19. Sedona, AZ · $$$ from $545

    Sixteen themed adults-only suites — each different, all maximalist, all with private patios.

  20. Big Sur, CA · $$ from $285

    Norwegian-immigrant cabins from 1937 — 20 rooms in redwood groves, the Big Sur original.

  21. Healdsburg, CA · $$$ from $545

    A 10-room farmhouse inn on working cattle land — farm-dinner ethos, 20 minutes from Healdsburg plaza.

  22. Brewster, MA · $$ from $295

    An 18th-century sea captain's home, restored in 2016 by its New York owners. AAA Four Diamond, 2025.

  23. Lenox, MA · $$ from $325

    A 1874 Prohibition speakeasy turned nine-room boutique, run by Kelly and Bryan Binder. Café on the ground floor.

  24. Lake Toxaway, NC · $$$ from $595

    A 1915 Swiss-chalet-style inn on Lake Toxaway — 33 rooms, the Carolina Mountains classic.

  25. Nags Head, NC · $$ from $255

    A 1940s cypress-shingle B&B across the dunes — six rooms, adults-only, Jockey's Ridge views.

  26. Key West, FL · $$$ from $595

    An 1875 Bahamian-style estate on a one-acre tropical garden — 17 adults-only rooms.

  27. Newport, RI · $$$ from $445

    A 1760 Colonial mansion on Thames — shipping-magnate bones, supposedly with smuggling tunnels.

  28. Cumberland Island, GA · $$$$ from $895

    A 1900 Carnegie family mansion — the only hotel on Cumberland Island, fully inclusive, ferry-only access.

  29. 29Camptown· 8.2
    Leeds, NY · $$$ from $425

    From the Rivertown Lodge owners — new-build cabins and lodge rooms in Leeds. Michelin Key.

  30. Whitefish, MT · $$ from $285

    Nine rooms in a Craftsman-revival lodge — the Whitefish design-set's pick.

  31. Elk, CA · $$$$ from $895

    A 1916 redwood-built oceanfront inn — 11 rooms, Two-Michelin-Star restaurant, Forbes 5-star.

  32. Bar Harbor, ME · $$ from $325

    A 1939 English Tudor-style home converted into 18 period-decorated rooms, steps from the water.

  33. Manchester, VT · $$ from $295

    A 30-acre estate above Manchester, run by the Levis family since 1987. Destination weddings, family reunions, unapologetically eccentric.

  34. 34Bobcat Inn· 8.2
    Santa Fe, NM · $$ from $275

    A 1960s adobe on 10 high-desert acres south of town — eight rooms, courtyard fire pit, coyote-country quiet.

  35. 35Sacred Sands· 8.2
    Joshua Tree, CA · $$$ from $495

    A two-suite architect-designed B&B at the park gate — straw-bale construction, outdoor shower, adults only.

  36. Amagansett, NY · $$$ from $675

    Two acres of former farmland, 21 architect-designed cottages. The quiet luxury option in the loud Hamptons.

  37. Ogunquit, ME · $$$ from $445

    Newly renovated hilltop boutique with Coastal Alchemist restaurant and a saltwater pool.

  38. Bingen, WA · $$ from $235

    A 1908 schoolhouse converted with cabins and a Japanese-style bathhouse — Columbia Gorge spa-hotel.

  39. 39Tourists· 8.1
    North Adams, MA · $$$ from $425

    A 1960s motel reimagined by Wilco's bassist and a Brooklyn design crew. Sea Ranch on the Hoosic River.

  40. Mendocino, CA · $$$ from $445

    A 10-acre eco-resort with the only certified-organic restaurant in Mendocino — 41 rooms, on-site farm.

  41. Boothbay Harbor, ME · $$ from $285

    Eleven rooms directly on Boothbay Harbor — walking distance to the footbridge and Tugboat Inn.

  42. Grafton, VT · $$ from $245

    An 1801 inn in a restored village preserved by a Vermont non-profit. The whole town is the hotel.

  43. Hart's Location, NH · $$ from $295

    An 1862 granite-block lodge inside Crawford Notch State Park — 13 rooms, trails from the door.

  44. Beaufort, SC · $$ from $285

    An 1790 plantation house on Bay Street — seven rooms, riverfront porches, family-owned.

  45. Wilmington, NC · $$ from $215

    An 1893 Queen Anne on the Cape Fear River — seven rooms in the historic district.

  46. 46Dorset Inn· 8.1
    Dorset, VT · $$ from $265

    Vermont's oldest continuously operating inn — on the Dorset Green since 1796.

  47. Mendocino, CA · $$$ from $425

    An eleven-room ocean-view inn on a 10-acre redwood grove — adults-only, all-inclusive breakfast and supper.

  48. 48The Hob Knob· 8.1
    Edgartown, MA · $$$ from $565

    A Gothic Revival inn on upper Main Street, nearly 100 years of hosting the Vineyard's quietest half.

  49. Philadelphia, PA · $$ from $295

    Clean-lines modernist in West Philly — quiet, specific, the opposite of the Marriott downtown.

  50. 50INNESS· 8.1
    Accord, NY · $$$ from $595

    225 acres where design, farming, and dinner are the same project.

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