The Triangle's Best Boutique Hotel 2007

With antique-filled guest rooms and an Italian restaurant, this is where the world-weary rediscover romance.

Reviews:

• “Great hotel”
• “Fun place to stay, great Jazz on Fridays”
• “The Siena Hotel is the best!”
• “I was truly in Italy :)”
• “A comment for the last comment”

Tips: There is no smoking allowed on the hotel’s grounds.

The Siena Hotel

Adjacent to Chapel Hill’s University of North Carolina, this luxurious inn offers a glimpse of the Old South.

Reviews:

• “Elegant atmosphere, wonderful food”
• “Great historic hotel”
• “Lovers Retreat”
• “still a great place to stay”
• “It Beats Sleeping in the Dorm”

Tips: At the Carolina Inn, say “I do” under stately oaks and magnolia trees and follow with a reception of white-gloved butlers passing around beverages and hors d’oeuvres.

The Carolina Inn

A very exclusive club frequented by high-rolling executives.

Reviews:

• “BRIDES BEWARE…this is not a place for a wedding!”
• “This place is a real find!”

Tips: The club’s restaurant is a smoke-free environment.

Governors Club

From the fancy teas to playing 18 holes, this hotel provides the ultimate escape.

Reviews:

• “It was the Duke, it was the Duke…”
• “Excellent”
• “Critic”

Tips: The hotel ballroom holds wedding receptions. The hotel also can accommodate large parties and other groups events.

Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club

Former bus station morphs into premier luxury hotel.

Reviews:

• “One of a kind”
• “Perfection”

Tips: You might be paying a little more for the rooms, but you’ll get complementary high-speed wired and wireless Internet throughout the hotel as well as iPod music connections with speakers in the ceiling.

The Franklin Hotel