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52 nshoremag.com December 2014 getaway Off-Season Sensation Head to historical Chatham Bars Inn for a memorable holiday. By Nancy E. Berry if you're looking for a luxurious getaway this holiday season, head to the Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod. Although Cape Cod is known as a summer destina- tion, the beauty of its snow-covered sand dunes in the off-season is truly spectacular. And a stay at this impeccable seaside resort with panoramic ocean views and gracious hospitality will surely rejuvenate your spirit and ready you for the coming year. Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, Chatham Bars Inn has undergone a $100 million renovation, which has el- evated the resort to a world-class destina- tion while retaining all of the turn-of-the- Travel ne last-century grandeur and charm. Built in 1914 on land known as the Squire Sears Farm by a descendant of the Sears family, Boston banker Charles Ashley Hardy, the Chatham Bars Inn was built as a hunting lodge for well-heeled New Englanders to come and enjoy fox and duck hunting. Today, the inn is a full-service resort with 217 beautifully decorated rooms and suites, endless recreational options, exceptional dining, and an exclusive spa. It truly is the perfect space to relax and unwind during the hectic Christmas season. Classical trim details, coffered ceilings, decorative archways, a columned veranda, and original leaded-glass interior windows retain the architectural herit- age of the main inn's guest suites and common rooms. Curl up by the fire in the great room, reminiscent of a wonderful grand hall found in historic estate houses with intimate seating areas of club chairs and cushy sofas, chess and backgammon tables, and a wood-paneled library adja- cent to the space. French doors open onto views of the quarter-mile private beach, Chatham Harbor, Turn Island (a small barrier beach), and the Atlantic beyond. The inn's newer buildings are equally impressive, such as the spa and spa suites that offer luxurious comforts with whirlpool tubs, steam showers, dry saunas, fireplaces, and the coziest beds with crisp white cotton bedding. Last year, the spa was awarded the distinction of a Forbes Four-Star property and is the only Forbes Four-Star spa in Mas- sachusetts. A serene environment, the Luxe Holiday Christmas at the inn; Right, top to bottom, a cottage at the inn; cozy guestroom; tranquil spa pool Photographs courtesy of Chatham Bars Inn