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One of the best hotels in the US is a 147-year-old inn on a secluded island 3 hours from NYC. I visited and found a glaring difference from most other luxury hotels — and that's exactly its appeal.

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The Chequit is a luxury boutique hotel on Shelter Island. The 8,000-acre island is a three-hour drive from New York City and a five-minute ferry ride from the Hamptons. Fodor's Travel recently named it one of the 15 best hotels in the US.
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I recently spent a day on Shelter Island, an 8,000-acre island that's a five-minute ferry ride from the Hamptons.

Shelter Island is home to one of the 15 best hotels in the US , according to Fodor's Travel: The Chequit, a 30-room seaside inn built in 1872. During the wintertime, the hotel is only open on weekends, but from Memorial Day weekend to Columbus Day, it's open every day.

Rooms range from $495 to $865 per night on weekends during the high season (with a two-night minimum), but you can find rates as low as $245 during the week.

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I got a tour of the boutique hotel, which Fodor's calls "exclusive yet understated, rustic yet luxurious." My tour guide told me most of their guests come from New York City, either by car, by private helicopter, or on the Hampton Jitney to Greenport and then on the ferry.

Here's what the 147-year-old hotel looks like.

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SEE ALSO: I spent a day on a secluded island that's a 5-minute ferry ride from NYC's ritziest vacation spot. It was immediately clear why the area is known as the 'un-Hamptons.'

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