-(F)-FIRST CLASS HOTEL
RATINGS
- STARS 3 STARS
ADDITIONAL HOTEL DESCRIPTION
AS YOU DRIVE UP THE GENTLE HILL AND SPOT THE
DRAMATIC HOTEL PAXMONTANA ON THE CREST, YOU WILL
BE IMMEDIATELY ENCHANTED. BUILT IN 1896 IN THE
GRAND OLD VICTORIAN RESORT STYLE, THE PAXMONTANA
IS A SPRAWLING FOUR-STORY MANSION TOPPED BY A
MANSARD ROOF WITH GABLED WINDOWS, PERKY TURRETS, A
SWISS FLAG, GREEN SHUTTERS, AND WRAPAROUND
BALCONIES. ALTHOUGH LAGER THAN MOST OF THE HOTELS
IN OUR GUIDE, THE PAXMONTANA HAS NOSTALGIC,
OLD-WORLD CHARACTER, IMPECCABLE UPKEEP,
OUTSTANDING GARDENS, AND THE GENUINE HOSPITALITY
OF AN INTIMATE, FAMILY-RUN HOTEL. THE LOUNGES ARE
SPACIOUS AN ATTRACTIVELY DECORATED. STRETCHING
ACROSS THE FRONT IS A DELIGHTFUL RESTAURANT IN A
GLASS-ENCLOSED PORCH WHERE EVERY TABLE FACES THE
WINDOW WITH AN UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW. A SECOND, MORE
FORMAL, DINING ROOM HAS A CHARMING FOREST VIEW.
