Photo: Adrian Gaut/Courtesy of Inness
How environmentally friendly is it?
Named for George Inness, one of America’s foremost landscape painters, Inness takes its environment seriously, on several levels. The barn-like spa exterior is flanked by heritage apple trees rescued from a nearby land-clearing operation, a parking lot orchard appended to Miranda Brooks’s overall landscape design for the resort. Perhaps apples from those trees will wind up in a dish at the Inness restaurant, which aims to source its food as locally as possible. Inside the spa, all the heating and cooling—the pool, the sauna, the steam room, etc.—relies on geothermal energy, pulled from six 150-foot-deep wells.
Photo: Adrian Gaut/Courtesy of Inness
What else do we need to know?
If you are planning a stay at Inness, the cabins can serve as a home away from home: The cozy sofa can easily seat four adults watching sports and downing Inness house beer, and it’s deep enough to sleep on overnight; the mini kitchen is kitted out with Fellow electric kettles, Kilogram tea, and Intelligentsia coffee, as well as a handful of plates, mugs, utensils, etc. With a little planning, you can have breakfast in the room. You can also mosey over to the farmhouse for morning coffee in the kitchen, or head up the hill to the restaurant for a more complete repast. You’ll be happy to return to the restaurant for lunch and dinner. There’s plenty of variety in the small menu, with lunchtime salads, sandwiches, and grain bowls giving way to dinner’s gourmet fare, with standouts such as charcoal roasted leeks dappled with trout roe (to start) and tender Snowdance Farm roast chicken. Throw in a bourbon cocktail to start (like the Slumbering Bees, with lemon, honey, apricot, and cardamom bitters) and some featherlight Basque cheesecake to finish, and you’ll understand why the Inness restaurant has become a destination for diners all over the Hudson Valley.
Who can go?
Inness members and overnight guests at the resort may use the bathhouse and fitness facility at all times when the spa is open. Movement classes and treatments are likewise available to members and overnight guests at all times, upon reservation. Those who wish to come for the day will have limited access to the bathhouse, and can only book treatments from Monday to Thursday.
Booking details for The Spa at INNESS Resort
Address: 10 Banks St, Accord, NY 12404
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