Property at a Glance: The Skylands Manor

With Skylands Manor’s weathered stone façade, it’d be easy to picture it in a medieval European city. The castle was actually constructed in the 1920s, but its anachronistic design—including arched doorways, a cross-gabled roof, and Tudor Revival touches—gives the manor a fairy-tale charm. It helps that the building stands amid 1,000 acres of gardens and woodlands.

• Where you’ll stay: an opulent room or suite with chandeliers, gold-leaf molding, and built-in armoires.
• Eat like royalty in the manor’s grand dining room, whose centerpiece is an imposing carved oak mantel.
• Famous faces: The manor is run by Gerald and Robert Frungillo of Frungillo Caterers, whose reality show Masters of Reception ran on TLC.
• Explore the grounds, which encompass a lakeside chapel and an orchard.

Ringwood, New Jersey: Former Mining Town Filled with Natural Treasures in Ramapo Mountains

The highland town of Ringwood sits 39 miles northwest of New York City in the Ramapo Mountains—a region filled with lakes, forests, and other natural attractions. Ringwood State Park is especially busy in the winter, when it’s a popular place for ice fishing, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling. The park also contains some of the original buildings and mines dating back to the 18th century, when Ringwood was a leader in the iron industry.

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Room Details

Knight’s Suite

• One queen bed
• Standard occupancy: 2
• Maximum occupancy: 2

King Alfred Suite, Queen Antoinette Suite, and Gatsby Room

• One king bed
• Standard occupancy: 2
• Maximum occupancy: 2

Family Chateau Room

• Two queen beds
• Standard occupancy: 4
• Maximum occupancy: 4

Hotel Policies

• Check in: 4 p.m.–11 p.m.
• Check out: 10:30 a.m.
• Parking: free
• Smoking policy: no smoking inside the property.
• Pet policy: pets are not allowed inside the property.
• Accessibility: please contact property for handicap accessibility requests or options.
• Room upgrades: not available