Blanket Bay

A thirty-foot beam ceiling and a fireplace you could park a car in anchor the Great Room of this remote lodge hotel on Lake Wakatipu, with the Humboldt mountains filling the windows behind it. An Idaho architect built it as a love letter to the lodges of the American West, which makes it slightly absurd and completely comfortable. Eight rooms, plus suites and private chalets. The Michelin Guide awarded it 2 Keys. No children under 13, which tells you the clientele.