Holiday travel this season will mean more people using their own vehicles and staying in hotels and motels.
28.10.2024 - 20:43 / nytimes.com / Francis Mallmann
Planning a vacation for the week between Christmas and New Years can feel anything but festive. Hotel and rental rates are generally at their peak, many properties require weeklong or 10-night minimums and rooms book up fast. But below are 15 great hotels in enticing destinations that — at press time — still have openings for at least a few days between Dec. 21 and Jan. 1 and, while minimum stays vary widely during that period, many of the places included here don’t insist on more than a two- or three-night stay. (The rates listed below are for Christmas week.) Better still, use this list as inspiration for a getaway in January, February or early spring and enjoy the perks of shoulder season: lower prices and fewer tourists.
In the 1980s, when Maita Barrenechea first opened her Buenos Aires-based travel agency Mai 10, the wineries in Mendoza — the central-western province in the foothills of the Andes where the vast majority of Argentina’s vineyards are situated — were mostly closed to the public. But gradually wine tourism took hold, with Barrenechea’s help, and today, more than 200 of Mendoza’s 900 wineries welcome visitors. “About a third of those now have restaurants and many have stunningly modern architecture,” she says. The region is also flush with good hotels such as the in the scenic Uco Valley, home to Siete Fuegos, chef Francis Mallmann’s decadent barbecue spot Just up the road is the family-owned , another vineyard hotel, this one with a vegetable garden that supplies the kitchen ). Closer to the city of Mendoza, , a charming century-old farmhouse in the town of Chacras de Coria, offers a small pool, an evening wine and tapas menu and cooking classes
December tends to be mild in Marrakesh, making it perfect for wandering the souks and gardens and lingering over bowls of tagine. Come nightfall, says Michele Reeves, the director of the travel agency Plan-It Morocco, the city slips into exuberant holiday mode, with live music and parties all over town. Accommodations range from grand hotels with sprawling grounds to tiny riads within the old walled city where meals are served on candlelit rooftops. In the first camp, , a perennially glamorous 1920s landmark, and King Mohammed VI’s are among the grandest of all . Among the most delightful new riads in the Medina are , a sunny dream world conjured up by the Belgian designer Laurence Leenaert,and , an art-filled complex inspired by the American architect and decorator Bill Willis, a longtime Moroccan expat
Holiday travel this season will mean more people using their own vehicles and staying in hotels and motels.
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