United States

Primland Resort, Blue Ridge Mountains, Va.

Readers' Choice Rating: 95.0

Rooms: 97
Service: 97.1
Food: 94.1
Location: 91.2
Design: 97.1
Activities: 93.9

Paeans to the resort are many, and the refrain remains the same: "The closest thing to heaven!" The "gorgeous" eco-conscious lodge houses 26 rooms, while 3 cottages and 11 mountain homes lie further afield. The staff is "enthusiastic and devoted" and guests bless the "five-star equivalent" New American-style preparation of local, organic food in three choices of places to dine—Elements restaurant being the "hardest to resist every night."