Image zoom Courtesy of The Inn at Willow Grove The South is commonly painted with a broad brush — thought to be a monolithic area of angel oaks, indulgent meals, and honeyed accents. But in fact, the Southeast is richly diverse: the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia shares little with the white-sand seashores of Alabama’s Gulf Coast, accents shift regionally from …

Image zoom Courtesy of The Spectator Hotel As any native Southerner will inform you, the dreamy, soft-focus model of the area proven in pictures — all Spanish moss and stately mansions and gravity-defying biscuits at each meal — doesn’t usually match up with actuality. Except, that’s, in Charleston, which is strictly as charming as images suggest. From the candy-colored homes …

Image zoom David Marlow/Courtesy of The Inn of the Five Graces Superlative metropolis motels channel the distinctive personalities of their city environments whereas giving friends tranquil areas for unwinding after a busy day. The finest are sometimes discovered in the nation’s cultural epicenters, together with Chicago and New York, the place six of this 12 months’s honorees are concentrated. Every …