Where the World Travels Around You...
Located one-half mile from the Culinary Institute of America in lovely Hyde Park, nestled in the country, le Petit Chateau Inn is convenient to major cities, historic villages, the train station and airports.
We have Culinary Institute of America Chefs who do all the cooking and baking. They also welcome and greet our guests!
You'll experience impromptu cooking lessons during breakfast from our morning Chef. Our evening chefs give you a casual food demonstration in the afternoon while they prepare fresh baked goods for the breakfast. We serve Artisinal Cheese Plates from Hudson Valley purveyors and Afternoon Refreshments. We can make restaurant reservations for you.
Disappointed that the CIA is closed when you want to visit? Don’t be! Hyde Park and it’s nearby villages Rhinebeck and New Paltz boasts at least ten CIA owned and staffed restaurants. Our Culinary Getaways offer one-hour Gourmand classes any day of the week.
Our four rooms have modern amenities with private, luxurious baths, cable TV, VCR (some with DVD) and wireless internet access. Our cozy fireplaces are just a light switch and you are romantically engulfed in warm heat and soft light.
Environmentally Astute: We make our own non-toxic cleaning solutions, purchase organic soaps for our bath, laundry, and dishwashing. We purchase Seventh Generation paper products. We even dry our wash on our laundry line. We are as organic as we can afford. Also vegetarian. We recycle and compost everything we can. We have a large garden that provides us with seasonal herbs, vegetables and fresh flowers.Beautiful pond views, magnificent pine trees and a Christmas tree farm located on a forty acre estate provide year round beauty. The Inn was built in 1900 and is surrounded by ancient pines. Completely renovated with modern amenities, central air and heat. It is a tranquil property where one can stroll past a serene pond replete with ducks, great blue herons and turtles. Even (very large) carp keep the pond pristine year round.
Le Petit Chateau Inn—a Wine Enthusiast's Heaven
Each room is named after a famous French wine region. A welcome gift of refreshments and cheese from France greets each guest upon their arrival. Each room holds numerous books regarding wine.A guest can read from a vast array of material on French, Italian, American and New World wines. There are wine related travel videos and a CD collection of the wine world for further enjoyment.
One does not need to leave their room in order to travel the world. This makes the Inn a perfect Winter Retreat, snow bound with the fireplace, food, wine, books and good company.
One literally can travel the International World of wine when staying at the Inn.