Boutique Hotels in the Berkshires
The Berkshires' design hotels came later than the Catskills' and lean on renovation more than new building. The Porches Inn turned a row of Victorian row houses across from MASS MoCA into a hotel with a four-season outdoor pool and a Finnish sauna. TOURISTS, a few minutes away, rebuilt a roadside motor lodge on 80 wooded acres by the Hoosic River. Farther south, Berkshires Untold redesigned a 1970s motel in Lenox, and The Little Lion did the same with a motel in Great Barrington.
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TOURISTS
North Adams · Motel / Hotel
A former roadside motor lodge on the Hoosic River, rebuilt as a 46-room hotel on 80 wooded acres with trails, sculpture installations and a live music series. MASS MoCA is a few minutes away. TOURISTS Homes, a group of 19th-century houses in the neighboring Blackinton Historic District, opened in 2024 for longer stays.
The Porches Inn at MASS MoCA
North Adams · Inn
Forty-seven rooms in a row of restored Victorian row houses at 231 River Street, directly across the street from MASS MoCA, each house painted a different color. There is a four-season outdoor pool, an outdoor hot tub, a Finnish-style sauna and a fitness center, and breakfast is included in the daily amenity fee. The interiors mix eclectic decor with the original Victorian details, and dogs are welcome.
Guest House at Field Farm
Williamstown · Inn
A 6-room guest house on Field Farm, a 316-acre property of The Trustees in Williamstown, with views of Mount Greylock. Lawrence and Eleanor Bloedel, collectors of modern art, built the house in 1948, and 13 sculptures stand on the grounds. More than 4 miles of footpaths cross the property, and The Folly, a 1965 cottage designed by Ulrich Franzen, is also on the land. Downtown Williamstown is a few minutes' drive.
Berkshires Untold
Lenox · Hotel / Motel
A 1970s roadside lodge at 194 Pittsfield Road on the north edge of Lenox, redesigned as a boutique hotel and now part of the Untold Collection; it was formerly Life House Berkshires. Rooms come in three types, from Classic Kings to Berkshires Suites, and some take dogs. The Club Room serves breakfast and has a bar, and the library lounge has floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and a fireplace.
East Rock Inn
Great Barrington · Inn / Motel
A renovated 18-room motel at the base of East Rock Mountain on State Road, a few minutes' drive from downtown Great Barrington and less than a mile from Ski Butternut. Rooms range from studios to a 2-bedroom apartment, and some have full kitchens and fireplaces. Dogs are allowed in designated rooms.
Hotel on North
Pittsfield · Hotel
A hotel in a converted 19th-century building on North Street in Pittsfield, the largest city in the Berkshires. There is an art gallery on the ground floor and a restaurant. Barrington Stage Company and the Colonial Theatre are nearby, and the location sits midway between north and south Berkshire County.
The Little Lion
Great Barrington · Motel
A 16-room motel on Stockbridge Road in Great Barrington, formerly the Briarcliff Motel, renamed in 2024 by the owners of the Red Lion Inn. Rooms are decorated with pieces from the Red Lion's archives, and guests can use the Red Lion's heated pool, hot tub and fitness center 3 miles away in Stockbridge. Continental breakfast is included, there is a fire pit and a guest lounge with a fireplace, and pets are welcome.
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- •MASS MoCA has shaped lodging in North Adams: The Porches Inn faces the museum across River Street, and TOURISTS is a few minutes away, with trails, sculpture and a live music series on its grounds.
- •The southern Berkshires (Great Barrington, Sheffield) has seen a different wave — smaller boutique inns that reflect the food and arts culture of that corridor without the institutional scale of the northern museum anchor.
- •Most design-forward properties here are reworked older buildings, from Victorian row houses to 1970s motels, and the Guest House at Field Farm is a 1948 modernist house on 316 acres of conservation land.
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