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‘Like you’re getting a mountain hug’: Hinata Retreat opens in the Berkshire Foothills
Find luxe cabin and romantic frills at this Charlemont couples’ escape.

At new adults-only Hinata Retreat, a small cabin-studded resort that opened in October in Charlemont, you can almost reach out and touch the Berkshires.

Wrapped in a blanket on the loveseat by the in-room gas fireplace and gazing out of the huge windows that overlook Mount Institute and the Berkshire East ski resort, each cabin feels like a secluded getaway. From the location to the amenities—oversized soaking tubs, cushy king-sized beds, private hot tubs—the retreat is ideal for romantic reconnection. Even the landscape, it seems, is happy to shield couples from the outside world.

“It’s almost like you’re in between two mountains, like you’re getting a mountain hug,” Jen Neilsen, who founded Hinata with husband Jeff Neilsen, says with a laugh. The couple owns the property in partnership with hospitality powerhouse Howard Wein, who spent years opening restaurants across the country—including the famed Marimoto in New York City—before starting Wein Hospitality in Western Mass.

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