• Introduction
• 1. Ahwahnee Hotel
• 2. Many Glacier Hotel
• 3. Banff Springs Hotel
• 4. Big Meadows Lodge
• 5. Jasper Park Lodge
• 6. Crater Lake Lodge
• 7. Jenny Lake Lodge
• 8. El Tovar
• 9. Cavallo Point
• 10. Paradise Inn

Cavallo Point

GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA

This national park is not one piece of land but a composite of sites in the Bay Area, including spots in San Francisco. In the 1990s, the park acquired Fort Baker, a historic army outpost a mile from Sausalito in Marin County, and recently transformed it into Cavallo Point, the Lodge at Golden Gate. Opening this summer, accommodations in both the new and restored buildings are hardly barracklike—the park wisely partnered with the folks behind Post Ranch Inn at Big Sur, and the results are stunning. On top of spa services and yoga, guests can take photography classes, train for a triathlon, or channel their inner Alice Waters through a culinary program that includes olive oil tastings and day trips to wineries in the Napa and Sonoma valleys. From $225/night; cavallopoint.com

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