Blanket Bay

What the classifiers highlight

Between the Humboldt Range and Lake Wakatipu, just eight rooms and a scatter of colonial-style chalets share one of New Zealand's more dramatic lodge settings, built by an Idaho architect in tribute to American West lodges. Rooms carry vaulted wood ceilings, super-king beds and private terraces. MICHELIN notes dinner served lakeside, on the terrace or in the Wine Cave.