THE PORCHES INN AT MASS MOCA, North Adams

Each of the three extended-stay suites features a bedroom with a queen- or king-sized bed, a living room, and a kitchenette with a refrigerator, microwave oven, coffee maker, toaster oven, sink, and dining service for four. This suite comes with 1 living room, 1 separate bedroom and 1 bathroom with a bath. The fireplace is a top feature of this suite. The suite's kitchenette is available for cooking and storing food. The unit has 1 bed, 2 beds, 3 beds. This room features a flat-screen TV, iPod dock, and a minibar. This suite features a separate seating are with a sofa bed, flat-screen TV, and minibar. All bathrooms boast slate floors and distinctive touches, such as interior windows with frosted glass and mirror frames created from the building's original window frames.

The museum campus features affordably priced cafés, a full-service restaurant, delicious ice cream, great coffee, and an innovative microbrewery that spotlights locally malted grains and hops grown right here in the Berkshire valley. Onsite restaurants are availble.

Located behind the main reception building, Building Seven houses a sauna with changing rooms and a 425 square-foot Fitness Center with large, plate glass windows overlooking MASS MoCA. Guests can engage in various activities, including fishing and rafting in the rivers, and exploring bike paths in the beautiful northern Berkshires, near the highest peak in Massachusetts. MASS MoCA embraces music, sculpture, dance, film, painting, photography, and theater. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, a world-class museum known for its Impressionist collection, contains 36 Renoirs plus works by Degas and Monet. Natural Bridge State Park is 2 km away. Pine Cobble Mountain is 5 km away. Western Gateway Heritage State Park, Sanford Blackinton Mansion, Museum of Dog, and Berkshire Art Museum are all 1 km away. Windsor Lake is 0.5 km.

Porches Inn is in North Adams. The hotel is 75 km from Albany International. Steps from the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Porches is near bike paths. It pays homage to generations of mill worker families who once called them home. Spaces are filled with retro furniture and collectibles, from vintage plates and paint-by-number pictures to vintage TV lamps. Collections of art pieces, paintings, and portraits of historical figures who have visited-including five presidents-are on every floor.

Porches offers several private meeting rooms, each offering wireless Internet connectivity, flexible meeting/function space, attractive furnishings and natural light, with capacities from 30 to 40. Building Seven's technology lets Porches' guests carry out effective maneuvers, whether on Power Point or Sony Play Station. Free parking is available.