Three luxury cabins built for two, each with its own sauna, hot tub, and firepit.
5.0 · 60+ reviews · Featured in Maine Home + Design
Browse the cabinsPlanning an anniversary, a honeymoon, or simply a weekend for two? These are our luxury romantic cabins near Sunday River and Bethel, Maine: three design-forward one-bedroom retreats we built and host ourselves, made for every season. Each has a private sauna, a hot tub, a fireplace, a fireput and a king bed. Ski in winter, picnic by the water in summer, then come home to heat, cold air and the stars.
A Japandi one-bedroom on 3.5 private acres in Newry, about 10 minutes from the lifts at Sunday River. A private trail winds through the woods to the Bear River, with a picnic table at the water's edge. Inside, floor-to-ceiling windows, radiant floors and a king bed; outside, a barrel sauna and a six-person hot tub. Featured in Maine Home + Design, and the cabin couples have chosen for an engagement, anniversaries, a honeymoon and a wedding night.
barrel sauna · six-person hot tub · private trail to the river · dog friendly
Weeknights from $225
We got engaged here so this cabin will always be a special place for us.
Coffee and croissants in bed. Nowhere to be.
Down the trail to the river, with lunch and a bottle of something cold.
The sauna's warm. Take your time.
A board, two glasses, and the fire pit as the light goes.
Then the hot tub, and the stars.
Heat first. Then cold air, and the hot tub under the stars.
HAVN is Norwegian for harbor: two private Nordic cabins on 39 acres in the western Maine mountains, 15 to 20 minutes from Bethel and Sunday River. Alpen and Skog share the land and nothing else. Each has its own cedar sauna, hot tub, fire pit and fireplace, with outdoor space set up for privacy. Private paths lead down to picnic tables by the brook, and the land climbs behind the cabins past brooks and ledge cliffs to Cliff Pond, still water with a wall of granite behind it. First guests arrive this winter, and pre-booking is open now.
39 private acres · private paths to the brook · only two cabins
A Swiss-Nordic cabin perched directly above a mountain brook. Classic and timeless, with the afternoon sun, a king bed, and a boulder framed in the bedroom window. Cedar sauna, hot tub under open sky, fire pit, fireplace, and a turntable with a shelf of vinyl for the slow part of the evening.
cedar sauna · above the brook · boulder in the bedroom window · turntable + vinyl
Skog is Norwegian for forest, and that's most of what you see from inside. A mid-century cabin set back in the trees, its shed roof rising to one tall wall that is nearly all glass, catching the morning sun. The kitchen is made for cooking a long dinner together, and the cedar sauna, hot tub and fire pit are a few steps out the door.
wall of glass · cedar sauna · tucked into the trees · kitchen made for two
We came to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary and reconnect and this rental gave us exactly the peaceful, romantic atmosphere we were hoping for.
First tracks at Sunday River, which runs from late November into April. About 10 minutes from Bear River and 15 to 20 from HAVN. Ski the morning, sauna the afternoon.
The waterfalls in Grafton Notch run fullest with snowmelt. Walk Screw Auger Falls, about 14 miles north of Bethel on Route 26.
Long light, dinner on the deck, and the fire pit after dark.
Grafton Notch turns gold in late September and early October. Go midweek.
Wherever the day goes, end it in Bethel. Modern Barn and Mayville Union House are made for a long night out, Le Mu is a favorite, and The Elizabeth on Main Street is the special-occasion table. Book ahead on holiday weekends.
Book direct for the best rate: no middleman fees, flexible policies, and a real person a text away.
Browse the cabins