Luxury Hotels Offer Winter Olympic Experiences

Luxury Hotels Offer Winter Olympic Experiences
Swissôtel Sochi Krasnaya Polyana | Sochi, Russia

Get the full Olympic experience while staying in the central square of the winter sports area, home to the 2014 Winter Olympics. Sochi's mountain resort, Swissôtel Krasnaya Polyana, will offer 158 elegant rooms and suites, six penthouses, eight two story duplexes, several restaurants and bars and a Pürovel Spa & Sport. Guests will have access to 59 ski lifts and 200 kilometers and slopes. Located in the upper village, the destination will host a mountain Olympic media village for over 4,000 international journalists. Room rates during the winter season vary from $240 to $600 USD per night.

Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa | Jackson Hole, WY (pictured above)

The AAA Four Diamond Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa combines quiet elegance with the warmth and rustic details of a quintessential Jackson Hole lodge. Located slope-side to Jackson Hole Mountain, Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa is also home to Spur Restaurant & Bar and the 12,000 square-feet, 3-story award-winning Solitude Spa.

Podium Package

Enjoy the best of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Jackson Hole. If you can’t make it to Sochi, you can still have your own Olympic experience with Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa’s Podium Package. Spend you day skiing the slopes of SKI Magazine’s #1 North American resort and then enjoy $40 towards après at Spur Restaurant & Bar where all Olympic events will be broadcasted.

Package includes:

• 3-night stay at 20% off
• $40 credit to Spur Restaurant & Bar
• 6-pack of Snow King Pale Ale – one of the training venues for the Olympic downhill teams
• 1-day lift ticket to Jackson Hole Mountain
• 20% off ski rentals with Ski Butlers

Rates start at $295 per night. Package available until February 22, 2014. Book here: https://tetonlodge.com/packages/podium-package/

Washington School House | Park City, UT

Washington School House is an exclusive downtown Park City boutique hotel that was built as a school in 1889. Graduating to a new level of luxury with the completion of its stunning renovation, Washington School House now offer twelve spectacular rooms/suites, a historic living space with 16ft ceilings, while providing unprecedented service for an unequaled experience in an unparalleled location. Washington School House, where old school is the new cool.

Gold Medal Adventure

You don’t have to be an Olympic athlete to have the gold-medal experience of a lifetime. Hike and explore the mountains where the world class hit the slopes. Then, we’ll have you surging down the bobsled course – reaching speeds up to 80 miles per hour – on the same tracks where the gold was won. At day’s end, enjoy Olympian treatment for your heroic efforts, relaxing by the flame of our 2002 Park City Winter Games Olympic torch and toasting your trek to the finish line.

Package includes:

• Ride Comet Bobsled with a professional pilot
• Two 1-Day Scenic Lift Passes to Park City Mountain Resort
• Champagne Split and chocolates in your room to celebrate your trip to the finish line
• Complimentary breakfast for two and afternoon cocktail hour

Minimum two-night stay. Minimum two-night stay. Package price starts at $775/night based on double occupancy. Room upgrade available; subject to availability.

Topnotch Resort | Stowe, VT

Nestled in cozy Stowe, VT, the new Topnotch Resort which recently re-opened after a $15 million property-wide renovation is just minutes away from the finest skiing terrain in the East. Topnotch serves as the ultimate Winter Olympic experience for those who are not able to make it to Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Winter Games, providing guests with top-of-the-line rental equipment onsite at the Nordic Barn for downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking and in-line skating as well as complimentary shuttle transportation to and from Vermont's famous Mt. Mansfield. For those guests who are not quite "olympic ready," ski and snowboarding lessons are available by some of the top instructors on the East Coast to ensure that Topnotch's skiers of all levels receive a winter olympic experience of their own without having to travel to Sochi.

Hotel Terra | Jackson Hole, WY

The LEED-Silver Certified Hotel Terra Jackson Hole provides a contemporary approach to eco-mountain luxury with sustainable practices and a vibrant atmosphere to create an exceptional experience for all families. Located slope-side to Jackson Hole Mountain, guests can ride the same slopes Olympic athletes train on while also enjoying Jackson Hole’s bundle of Olympic sport activities including dogsledding, cross country skiing, downhill skiing on Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and more.

Twin Farms | Barnard, VT

Twin Farms is an intimate, all-inclusive country hideaway set amidst 300 acres of meadowlands and woodlands in an unspoiled valley, 15 minutes north of Woodstock in Barnard, Vermont. The 20 room Relais & Chateaux property is the only five-star hotel in Vermont and provides a winter escape unique unto itself. The property overlooks snow covered mountains and feels like a private retreat for each guest of the adults-only property. Guests will experience a "private" cross-country skiing experience - gliding tranquilly across 300 acres of meadowlands in breathtaking surroundings. The downhill ski experience features 5 ski runs off the ski in/ski out property and private snow mobiles take guests back to the top of the mountain.

Guests of the Chalet cottage can ski down the mountain located outside their back door and will have their own personal snow mobile and driver to take them back up and into the porched in hot tub that peers out onto the mountains. Massages can be provided in your very own cottage or room and after a day outdoors, guests can warm up in the 104 degree Japanese-style soaking tub (Furo). At Twin Farms, meals are beyond delicious. Guests forgo menus, trusting the Chef to exceed their culinary expectations with specially curated meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The cuisine reflects the changing seasons, inspired by Vermont's finest produce, and Twin Farms' estate-grown herbs, fruits and vegetables.