Twin Farms
Southern · United States
Reviews
Character and identity
Twin Farms occupies 300 acres of birch forest, meadow and pond in Barnard, a deeply rural stretch of southern Vermont where the Green Mountains roll out to the horizon. The 20 rooms and cottages each carry their own design language, from the Moroccan tilework of Meadow Cottage to a relocated 19th-century log cabin, threaded together by a museum-grade art collection (Twombly, Johns) assembled by founder Thurston Twigg-Smith. It's all-inclusive and Relais & Châteaux, with chef Nathan Rich cooking a Vermont-sourced seasonal menu against a 150,000-bottle cellar. Service is the headline: personal, anticipatory, almost theatrically attentive.
Who's it for
Best for:
Couples after a hideaway where everything (meals, wine pairings, canoes, the private ski hill, tennis, hiking, fly fishing) is folded into one rate. Design-literate guests who want serious art and serious food in a setting that feels like, in the property's own framing, "summer camp for adults." Honeymooners, anniversary travellers, and anyone who books fall foliage a year out.
Should look elsewhere:
Families travelling outside the dedicated family weeks (under-18s are otherwise not welcome), and anyone who wants to explore a town or neighbourhood rather than stay on property. Spring travellers should note the mid-March to late-April closure for annual cleaning.
Bottom line
What you're really paying for is the totality: the cooking, the cellar, the art, the acreage and a staff that treats every request as routine. Once food, wine and activities are priced in, the all-in rate reads more rationally than the headline number suggests. Book a cottage rather than a main-house room, target autumn for foliage (well in advance) or deep winter for the private ski trails and skating rink.
Location
What this place offers
- 24-hour room service
- Bar
- House car
- Meeting rooms
- Pickleball
- Restaurants
- Spa
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi in public areas
- Restaurant
