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Top Mountain Getaways: Editor's Top 10

Our Editor's Top 10 list for Top Mountain Getaways helps you decide where you want to go. Editor's Top 10 lists offer selections from our editors that help you plan your travel based on your lifestyle, entertainment, sightseeing, or recreation options.

For a refreshing break, or a different setting for a business trip, check out one of the inviting mountain retreats on this list
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1. Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge Add to eGuidebook
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$179-$289 
Built: 1987 
Renovated: 2004 
Mile 238.5 Parks Hwy, Denali National Park, AK
Open from May to September, this is a mountain favorite of adventure seekers and outdoorsy types. The tour-package nature of the hotel attracts visitors who tack on a land vacation to their cruises or who are interested in a host of organized activities. The riverfront location offers impeccable vie... Read Entire Review »
2. Hotel Ranga Add to eGuidebook
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$75-$175 
Built: 1999 
Renovated: 2007 
Suourlandsvegur, Hella, Iceland
Part of the Icelandair group, this hotel in southwestern Iceland offers a complete Icelandic experience, as well as excellent cuisine in a rustic setting. The hotel is an easy one-hour drive from Reykjavik. The restaurant, overlooking the river and endless mountains, has a fine menu and more than 50... Read Entire Review »
3. Kigongoni Lodge Add to eGuidebook
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$140-$180 
Built: 2004 
PO Box 11952, Arusha, Tanzania
This exclusive boutique lodge opened in 2004 on a wooded hilltop situated about 10 km east of Arusha town, just 1 km south of the surfaced road to Arusha National Park, Kilimanjaro International Airport and Moshi. It is located on a 70-acre coffee farm amid natural forest and offers breathtaking vie... Read Entire Review »
4. Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge Add to eGuidebook
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$715-$1,165 
Built: 1960 
Renovated: 2001 
Carretera Hiram Bingham s/n, Km 7.5, Machu Picchu, Peru
Located steps from the entrance gate to the Machu Picchu ruins, next to the bus stop and the snack stand, this otherwise exclusive property can only be reached on foot via the Inca Trail or by a winding bus ride up from the train station at Machu Picchu town-also known as Aguas Caliente. Despite its... Read Entire Review »
5. Matakauri Lodge Add to eGuidebook
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$956-$1,504 
Built: 2000 
Renovated: 2007 
Farrycroft Row, Glenorchy Road, Queenstown, New Zealand
Five minutes south of Queenstown, this lodge is nestled among native bush on the edge of beautiful Lake Wakatipu. Stunning 180-degree views of the lake and snowcapped Remarkables Mountains, plus an utter lack of pretension, put Matakauri near the top of the list of luxury hideaways on the South Isla... Read Entire Review »
6. Mohonk Mountain House Add to eGuidebook
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$329-$765 
Built: 1869 
Renovated: 2001 
1000 Mountain Rest Rd, Lake Mohonk, New Paltz, NY
Perched on a secluded hilltop, this national landmark has spectacular views of the surrounding mountains. Built in 1869, the impressive, turreted seven-story hotel is an anachronistic holdout from a more gracious era, set beside one of a dwindling number of unspoiled mountain lakes and under the sam... Read Entire Review »
7. Mont Rochelle Hotel & Mountain Vineyards Add to eGuidebook
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$195-$779 
Built: 1998 
Renovated: 2006 
Dassenberg Rd, Franschhoek, South Africa
Resurrected from the ashes of La Couronne, gutted by fire in early 2006, the renamed and revitalized Mont Rochelle Hotel lies on the eponymous boutique winery on the slopes of the Dassenberg Mountains on the outskirts of Franschhoek. This property boasts one of the finest views in all the Cape winel... Read Entire Review »
8. The Home Ranch Add to eGuidebook
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$3,000-$5,200 
54880 County Rd 129, Clark, CO
This is the only dude ranch under the Relais & Chateaux flag and is in fact almost too sophisticated for one to term it a dude ranch. "Civilized retreat" is more like it-a decompression chamber for urban executives who can unwind in the private whirlpools set on the porches of the individual cabins.... Read Entire Review »
9. The Rimrock Resort Hotel Add to eGuidebook
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$278-$335 
Built: 1993 
Renovated: 2002 
Mountain Ave, Banff, AB
Although this place is not as well known as Banff Springs, it is by far the most luxurious resort in the area and is only a short walk from the Hot Springs. Surrounded by wilderness, this sawtooth lodge in the shape of a U is built of limestone and green marble in a contemporary plateau design. Gues... Read Entire Review »
10. Riffelalp Resort 2222m Add to eGuidebook
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$181-$1,990 
Built: 1988 
Renovated: 2000 
Zermatt, Switzerland
At 2,222 m, this is the highest Alpine resort in Europe and the most exotic deluxe hotel in the Zermatt area. Most visitors to the area do not even know it is here. To reach this gracious and expensive chateau-resort, guests must travel via old-fashioned cogwheel train from Gornergrat Station in Zer... Read Entire Review »