Need to know
Rooms
55, including two suites.
Check–Out
11am; earliest check-in, 3pm.
More details
Rates exclude breakfast, but coffee, tea and granola bars are complimentary. An à la carte breakfast is available at 1833 Kitchen & Bar (or in-room) for between $12 to $30 a person.
Also
In each inn there’s a wheelchair-accessible room and ensuite and all but EB Morgan House are fitted with an elevator.
At the hotel
Activities center with bikes, kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddleboards to borrow during the summer; nature trail, gym, demo kitchen, casual pub, general store, cocktail hour tent, private dining (with private rental). In rooms: free WiFi, flatscreen TV, mini fridge, free bottled water.
Our favourite rooms
Rowland House wins our heart with sophisticated old-meets-new interiors, a Grecian temple and two-storey boathouse: opt for a top-floor Whimsy Deluxe room for a wild ride of pattern-rich MacKenzie-Childs décor. Aurora Inn rooms have the biggest footprints and shared balconies: the two top-floor suites are wallpapered winners, each with a generous lounge and ensuite with an egg-shaped tub. Many of the rooms at EB Morgan House come with working fireplaces. All rooms at Zabriskie House are an oasis of calm blue hues.
Poolside
You’re on the shores of Cayuga Lake here with private swimming areas and lakeside docks for guests at EB Morgan House and Rowland House. At the spa there are hydrotherapy circuits featuring indoor and outdoor pools. A lakefront swimming area by Aurora Inn is open to all guests.
Spa
In a peaceful pastoral spot, the hotel spa is a campus of four buildings set around a pond on a hill overlooking Aurora. Check in for hydrotherapy circuits using sauna, steam room, warm pools and cold plunge baths. Treatments by Rasa Spa range from massage and body therapies, via energy work, to facials, skincare rituals and salon extras such as manicures and pedicures, professional blow-drys and make-up. You could even opt for a retreat package, bundling a handful of soothing and restorative rituals into a full day of pampering. As a spa guest, you’re free to snack on the cold selection (salad, cheese and charcuterie, wraps, hummus and crudités, plus yogurts parfaits, fresh fruit and granola) on offer at the café’s grazing table. Coffees, wine, beer and kombucha are available to order, too. Take a plate to the courtyard, heated porch or bench-flanked fire pit, or grab a table indoors by the fire.
Packing tips
Casual clobber for messing about on the lake – shawls or wraps to provide staying power for evenings on the porch or beside the fire pit.
Also
Morning coffee, cheese and wine hour and s’mores kits for by the fire are (free) daily rituals.
Pet‐friendly
No pets are allowed at this luxurious lakeside stay. See more pet-friendly hotels in Upstate New York.
Children
Over 12s are welcome and some rooms take an extra bed.