Readers Recommend
California--Louie Schechtel, Bermuda Dunes, Calif.: “Nurturing Nest, 11149 Sunset Ave., Desert Hot Springs 92240; telephone (760) 251-2583. Seven-room retreat, with hot mineral water spa, features massage, ayurvedic and other healing treatments ($70-$100 each).” Rates: $69-$110.
France--Luci Pruitt, Anaheim Hills, Calif.: “Paris Sleeps, c/o Gail Burns, 2245 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 104, Pasadena, CA 91107; tel. (626) 568-3073. Reasonably priced apartments. My 18th century one was two blocks from Notre Dame.” Weekly rates: $650-$1,500.
North Carolina--Robert Bray, Los Angeles: “Claddagh House, 210 Raleigh Road, Wallace 28466; tel. (910) 285-6144. B&B; in restored, beautiful clapboard house run by Irish-born Mary Merritt, 40 miles northwest of Wilmington.” Rate: $70 double.
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