BLANTYRE
RELAIS & CHÂTEAUX
BERKSHIRES, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
RELAIS & CHÂTEAUX
BERKSHIRES, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
Blantyre, a stately/luxurious country manor patterned after the original owner’s ancestral castle in Scotland, is located in close proximity to Boston and New York City in the beautiful Berkshires of western Massachusetts. This heritage mansion is an award-winning, luxury Forbes 5-star resort featuring elegant accommodations, a relaxing spa, casual and fine dining, a Dom Perignon Champagne Salon (the only one in the world), and a range of activities, including tennis, hiking, outdoor pool, croquet and more. Blantyre was the first designate member of Relais & Chateaux in the US. This Tudor-style mansion and estate built in 1902, is set amidst 110 acres of lush lawns and woodlands and features modern furnishings with traditional finishes, fireplaces, sumptuous fabrics and fresh flowers. This seasonal resort transforms throughout the year to become a fall foliage destination, summer retreat, and winter wonderland, highlighted with memorable events, from the grand Christmas tree lighting with a wonderful hot chocolate menu, to “lobster on the lawn” picnics during summer.
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Rooms, Suites, Cottages
The Blantyre offers 24 rooms & suites. The Manor House offers 8 rooms and features leaded glass windows and richly burnished woods, transporting guests to the turn-of-the-century Gilded-Age era. The Carriage House, located 400 yards from the Manor House, appeals to guests seeking less formal stays, and includes lofts and features enchanting art, timeless refinished treasures and fine furnishings and fabric. The Cottages, located just steps from the Manor House, offers complete exclusivity, if desired. The 4 Cottages – Cottage by the Path, Ice House Cottage, Old Bath House, Riverview Cottage – are fully stocked with amenities and conveniences.
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Farm-to-Table Dining
The resort features: The Conservatory, an elegant, fine dining restaurant: The Bar at Blantyre, which serves casual fare, wine and cocktails; and The Dom Perignon Champagne Salon. The Conservatory serves an à la carte and 5-course tasting menu. The menus showcase Executive Chef Jeremy Berlin’s exceptional cuisine, with a strong emphasis on natural ingredients and prime produce of the Berkshires. The Bar at Blantyre, which has been named “The Most Beautifully Designed Bar” in Massachusetts by Architectural Digest, serves appetizers and light lunches, along with wines and hand-crafted seasonal cocktails .When weather permits, guests can dine or lounge on the upper terrace, which overlooks the estate’s lush grounds. Blantyre’s Wine Spectator’s Grand Award wine cellar with more than 7,000 bottle, is located in the cellar adjacent to the Dom Perignon wine cave that was developed in collaboration with Dom Pérignon, and serves exclusive specialty vintages of Champagne and light bites. La Cave, a private dining venue offering small plates, is nestled in the estate’s brick and marble cellar.
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Conference & Special Events Facilities
The resort offers a range of flexible spaces for corporate meetings, weddings and special events. The light-filled Music Room can accommodate up to 100 guests; The Breakfast Room, which accommodates break-out sessions or dining space for smaller groups, offers a wood-burning fireplace and service sideboards for light refreshments, and seats up to 14 people. The Conservatory is suitable for meetings or private parties and seats up to 45 people. The Moire Room offers a smaller event space for intimate gatherings of up to 6 guests. The Warming Hut, a lodge-style boardroom space set in a woodsy corner of the grounds and equipped with a pool table and big-screen TV, is ideal for breakout sessions, bachelor parties, pre-wedding activities. Blantyre is a full-service wedding venue offering an onsite wedding professional to guide clients through each decision -- a seated dinner for 100 guests, a tented affair for 150, a cocktail reception for 250, indoor or outdoor venue, floral arrangements, table linens, brunch, dinner, cocktail reception after-party menu and more.
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Spa Treatments and Wellness Activities
The Spa by Blantyre offers a meditative sanctuary surrounded by the estate gardens. Master therapists guide guests on a personalized journey to relaxation and wellness. The spa offers body treatments, including mud and hot stone treatments, plus a plethora of facials and massages. Amenities include a Relaxation Room and a Vitality Bar, which offers guests nourishing drinks, such as herbal teas, and Blantyre’s signature granola bar. Spa packages are available.
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Amenities
The resort offers a concierge/naturalist who can assist guests with all of their travel needs and desires. It also provides meeting rooms, wedding venues, spa with sauna and steam room, outdoor heated swimming pool, games cottage – and in the winter, an ice rink and x-country ski trails. Blantyre has partnered with the upscale car transport service Bound to drive guests to venues in the Boston and New York City areas in Teslas, which are stocked with healthy treats, drinks, WiFi, iPads with Netflix, Bluetooth headphones, neck pillows, and other amenities.
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Activities
The resort’s activities include tennis, hiking, shuffleboard, croquet, bird watching, skating, snowshoeing, x-country skiing. In the Music Room, an evening pianist, plays adjacent to inviting fireplaces. A plethora of nearby seasonal activities include: Tanglewood summer concerts, visiting botanical gardens, museums (such as the Norman Rockwell Museum), art galleries (such as Mass MoCa and The Clark); attending arts festivals, a dance festival, live theatre productions’ musical concerts; Doug Aiken’s Mirror Balloon stunning visual experience; golf; and for the more adventuresome, a series of tree-to-tree obstacle courses and hot air balloon rides; as well as maple sugaring in the fall.