With a can’t-miss farm-to-table restaurant, an impeccable wellness area, live music, and a welcoming upstate atmosphere, Skaneateles Fields Resort & Spa is a mini-retreat that will satisfy all your off-the-grid cravings. With 89 total rooms, options range from deluxe kings to double queens, as well as a family-style suite with multiple semi-private sleeping areas for those traveling in a group.
This is the kind of resort where I would have made core memories as a kid, with pools, trails, nine-hole putting, a pond (essential for childhood shenanigans), and nightly s’mores by the firepit. There’s also a game room with two racing games, a duck claw machine, and an old-school Pac-Man that was born out of the vision of the owner’s young daughter. The caring staff has truly built something special here, and walking through the lobby every morning feels akin to being the suave, popular quarterback walking down a high school hallway, getting fist-bumps from everyone who passes. —Bridget Knowles