It is as if ‘Alice in Wonderland married Willy Wonka and arrange residence in Oz’.
That is how the homeowners of The Roxbury, a boutique resort based mostly within the Catskill Mountains of New York State, describe their wacky, themed resort.
The Roxbury is split into two properties: The Roxbury Motel, the unique 28-room property, and the Roxbury at Stratton Falls, which contains seven rooms in a historic mansion in addition to 5 standalone properties.
The homeowners are eager to emphasize what they want their friends to expertise: ‘We wish you to really feel that immediacy of emotion that seeing an ideal movie or play can produce. Solely as an alternative of simply watching the manufacturing, we need to give you the power to be IN the manufacturing. To reside the fantasy’.
The resort is the brainchild of Gregory Henderson and his husband, Joseph Massa, who met in New York within the Eighties. The pair went on to open The Roxbury Motel in 2004 and have been increasing ever since, including weird new rooms to the location earlier than finally opening neighboring Stratton Falls in 2020.
Pictured above is considered one of three bedrooms in The Archaeologist’s Digs, a standalone cottage at The Roxbury Motel
The Digs options three bedrooms, two bogs, a dwelling and bar space, a full kitchen, an outside bathe, ‘hidden treasures’, ‘secret passageways’ and extra
Pictured above is Miss Kitty’s Saloon, a ‘darn purty suite’ with purple velvet and gold interiors. The kitschy suite sleeps 4 to 6 folks, with costs ranging between $378 (£300) and $572 (£454) per night time
Miss Kitty’s Saloon boasts two king-size bedrooms, a rest room with a two-person 85-gallon soaking tub with twin showerheads and a half-bath
The 2 properties are situated simply two miles aside. The motel part of The Roxbury goals to ‘shrink back from typical minimalism’ and ‘push the boundaries of wow issue’.
The rooms vary from small studios to themed suites, accommodating as much as ten folks. ‘MaryAnn’s Coconut Cream Pie’ from the American collection Gilligan’s Island is simply one of many outlandishly embellished rooms. That includes a whipped-cream-style ceiling and ‘pie crust panelling’, it’s designed to make you are feeling as if you happen to’re inside a pie.
‘George’s Spacepad’, a collection impressed by the 60s TV cartoon The Jetsons is one other eye-catching design. It boasts an illuminated chromotherapy bathtub and sink and plush purple equipment.
George’s Spacepad was ‘impressed by the mid-century fashionable gloriousness of the 60’s TV cartoon The Jetsons’, in response to the Roxbury web site. Its principal options are its illuminated chromotherapy bathtub and sink. Costs begin at $213 (£169) an evening
MaryAnn’s Coconut Cream Pie was ‘designed to make you are feeling such as you’re inside a pie’. The king-sized room is full with pie-crust panelling and a ‘whipped-cream’ ceiling. Costs vary between $213 (£169) and $348 (£276) per night time
Above is Tony’s Dancefloor, a king-sized room geared up with glittery sheets, a shimmering disco ball and a wall of lights. ‘In case you love the nightlife or if you have to boogie, then that is the room for you,’ The Roxbury web site reads. Costs begin at $213 (£169) an evening
Above is Fred’s Lair, a studio-size themed room with beginning costs of $162 (£128) an evening. With textured partitions and a pebble stone bathe and loo, the web site claims: ‘The fashionable Stone Age household didn’t have it practically this good’
Pictured is Amadeus’ Bride, which is described as an ‘completely magnificent grandiosely opulent fabulosity’. That includes two king-sized bedrooms, 20ft ceilings and a 200lb Austrian chandelier, an evening within the ‘extraordinarily romantic suite’ does not come low-cost, with costs ranging between $378 (£300) and $572 (£454)
Above is the principle characteristic of the Genie’s Bottle Suite. The spherical rest room is embellished with marble mud and glitter mosaic tiles, with stays from $378 (£300)
For an much more extravagant expertise, friends can e book ‘The Archeologist’s Digs’ – a standalone cottage on the motel that’s preferrred for teams. The area options three bedrooms, two bogs, a dwelling and bar space, a full kitchen, an outside bathe, ‘hidden treasures’, ‘secret passageways’ and extra.
The whimsy continues at The Roxbury’s latest location, Stratton Falls, which sits subsequent to a non-public waterfall. Alongside its principal Mansion Rooms are 5 distinct buildings, named Tower Cottages, that provide eight themed rooms.
The inspiration for the Tower Cottages comes from fantasy and fairytales. However there’s greater than only a few themed gadgets scattered round – the designers went all out. Gregory and Joseph write on their web site: ‘Not solely did we wish them to be filled with magic and fantasy, we needed them to be lodging items, in contrast to any others on this planet.’
Above is Superhero Incognito, a themed cottage designed round an unnamed superhero. With a ‘glossy fashionable art-gallery-esque’ inside, the two-story area options, two king-sized bedrooms, a dwelling space, a balcony and a porch. Costs vary between $612 (£486) and $850 (£675) per night time
Galileo’s Gate is designed across the father of contemporary astronomy, Galileo. The 2-bedroom suite’s principal characteristic is its glass octagonal rooftop stargazing remark conservatory. An evening within the cottage begins at $612 (£486)
Dracula’s Fangs incorporates a ‘fiendishly fabulous inside’. Its standout room is the Dracula-themed bed room with a coffin-style mattress. The cottage can sleep as much as ten folks, with costs beginning at $612 (£486) an evening
Above is the principle characteristic in Cinderella’s Robe cottage – an unlimited pumpkin morphing right into a golden carriage, which serves as a rest room. The price of a keep ranges from $612 (£486) to $850 (£675) an evening
That includes a ‘Michelangelesque mural’ on the ceiling, the Terrazza of the Titans cottage is meant to ‘transport you right into a realm of classicism, class, and readability’. Stays within the two-bedroom cottage begin at $612 (£486) an evening
One of many themed areas is ‘Dracula’s Fangs’, impressed by the ‘final vampire’ from Bram Stoker’s 1897 horror novel Dracula. The 2-story cottage options two king bedrooms, every with a privately-accessed rest room, a balcony, a porch and ‘Gothic fort décor’.
The downstairs bed room is the principle attraction, with brass wall railings, a cushioned coffin mattress and purple blackout curtains. Company, we’re informed, ‘would possibly really feel like they’re sleeping in Dracula’s coffin’.
Those that need a much less horrifying keep would possibly strive ‘Cinderella’s Robe’. Its ‘crown jewels’ are an 18-inch ball robe that hangs over the mattress and an unlimited pumpkin displayed as if half-way to remodeling right into a golden carriage. This serves as the toilet.
Above is The Roxbury Motel exterior. The property options 28 spellbindingly wacky rooms
The Roxbury at Stratton Falls sits subsequent to its personal non-public waterfall. The Mansion (above) contains seven rooms
The above picture reveals two of the 5 distinct buildings at Stratton Falls’ Tower Cottages website
The Roxbury at Stratton Falls incorporates a ‘twisted’ pool space known as the ‘Crooked Cabana’
The Stratton Falls location additionally incorporates a pool and spa amenities. This ‘Crooked Cabana’ is meant to increase the property’s whimsical fashion with its ‘twisted’ design.
Along with the pool cabana, there’s an eight-person scorching tub, a sauna, a spa rest space, altering rooms and a big leisure room.
Whereas the motel incorporates a ‘mini-spa’, with a scorching tub, sauna and coverings obtainable, friends can use amenities at both of The Roxbury’s areas.
