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    Where to Stay in Bretton Woods, NH

    Bretton Woods sits in a broad valley at the western base of Mount Washington, facing the Presidential Range. It is best known for the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, which set up the postwar international monetary system at the Mount Washington Hotel, now the Omni Mount Washington Resort. Three properties here cover very different stays. The Omni Mount Washington Resort is a 1902 Spanish Renaissance Revival hotel with more than 200 rooms, a Donald Ross golf course, a spa and its own ski area. The Bretton Arms Inn, built in 1896, has 34 rooms on the same grounds and is run as part of the resort. The AMC Highland Center, at the head of Crawford Notch, is the Appalachian Mountain Club's lodge for hikers, with guided hikes and naturalist programs.

    The Omni Mount Washington Resort

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    Bretton Woods · Resort

    A 1902 resort at Bretton Woods, where the 1944 international monetary conference created the International Monetary Fund. The building, a National Historic Landmark, has a red tile roof and a white facade visible from the valley floor. It has more than 200 rooms, a Donald Ross-designed golf course, the Bretton Woods ski area and a full-service spa, with Crawford Notch to the south.

    Site of the 1944 Bretton Woods monetary conference. National Historic Landmark. The Donald Ross golf course. Bretton Woods ski area.

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    AMC Highland Center

    AMC Highland Center

    Bretton Woods · Lodge

    The Appalachian Mountain Club's lodge at the head of Crawford Notch on Route 302, opened in 2003 and designed to resemble the old Crawford House hotel. It has 37 rooms, from private rooms with their own baths to shared-bath rooms for two to six people, plus bunks in the Shapleigh Bunkhouse. Guided hikes and naturalist programs start from the lodge.

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    The Bretton Arms Inn

    Bretton Woods · Inn

    A Victorian inn built in 1896 and restored, with 34 rooms and suites, on the grounds of the Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods. It is run as part of the resort, at a smaller scale than the 1902 main hotel across the grounds. The resort's Donald Ross golf course and the Bretton Woods ski area, which the resort also operates, are nearby.

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    Why Stay in Bretton Woods

    • •The Omni Mount Washington Resort, a National Historic Landmark, is the hotel where the 1944 conference met.
    • •The AMC Highland Center, at the head of Crawford Notch, runs guided hikes and naturalist programs from the lodge.
    • •The Bretton Woods ski area, run by the resort, bills itself as New Hampshire's largest and looks east to the Presidential Range.

    What Makes This Area Interesting

    • •Mount Washington Cog Railway: about 10 minutes from the resort on Base Station Road; steam and biodiesel trains climb to the 6,288-foot summit from spring through fall.
    • •Crawford Notch State Park: a few miles south; a glacial notch with Flume Cascade and Silver Cascade, and the Crawford Path to the Southern Presidentials starting near the Highland Center.
    • •The Presidentials: the full Presidential Range ridge runs east of the valley, with the Crawford Path providing access to Mount Pierce, Eisenhower, Franklin, Monroe, and Washington.

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    Frequently Asked

    The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, held at the Mount Washington Hotel in July 1944, set up the postwar international monetary system, in which currencies were pegged to the US dollar and the dollar to gold, and created the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. John Maynard Keynes led the British delegation, and Harry Dexter White of the US Treasury drafted much of the American plan. The hotel says the agreements were signed in its Gold Room.

    The Appalachian Mountain Club's lodge at the head of Crawford Notch, opened in 2003. It has 37 rooms, from private rooms with their own baths to shared-bath rooms, plus bunks in the Shapleigh Bunkhouse, a dining hall and an outdoor education program. Staff give daily trail reports and hiking suggestions, and guided hikes start from the lodge.

    The round trip takes about 3 hours, including roughly an hour at the summit. The summit is often much colder and windier than the base, so bring a warm layer whatever the weather in the valley.
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