For food alone, the brain-powered triplet cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill make a tempting weekend escape; Bon Appétit crowned Durham–Chapel Hill “America’s Foodiest Small Town” in 2008. But the region also boasts crackling cultural and music scenes—Durham is home to indie label Merge Records—and gets a jolt next month from the expansion of Raleigh’s North Carolina Museum of Art.
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An easy drive from strategic points Chapel Hill and Carrboro, the Umstead is the region’s most indulgent hotel. It may feel a tad corporate (the five-diamond-rated property was built by the founders of local software colossus SAS), but warmth comes from a coddling staff, lush grounds, and quirky art in public areas. You’ll also find intimacy at its temple-quiet spa, where body treatments such as the Red Flower Hammam Tibetan Ritual are as sensuous as they sound. For rootsier charm, there’s Chapel Hill’s circa-1924 Carolina Inn. Successive ...
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