SANTOSHA AT HILLHOLM ESTATE

Our 1895 Gilded Age Estate slopes gracefully down to the shores of the wild Carrabassett River among Maine’s western mountains. We offer year round, full-service retreat space, featuring:

• 20 private and elegantly appointed guest rooms, freshly renovated and air conditioned, each with its own ensuite washroom, luxury towels and bedding, and bespoke amenities and sundries, totaling 26 beds:

  • The Main House: 4 guest rooms with king beds

  • The Carriage House: 10 guest rooms with queen beds and 6 rooms with two double beds each

  • Maximum occupancy: 40+

  • Many rooms are dog-friendly (which our guests love!)

  • Comfy cots available and overflow accommodations for staff located nearby

• Maine pine-lined Yoga Shala built with love by local builders and artisans

  • Manduka equipment for 28 practitioners, including mats, blocks, bricks, straps, bolsters, meditation cushions, eye pillows, blankets, chairs, etc.

  • Air-conditioned; can also be heated for hot yoga and Pilates classes (seasonal)

  • Long views down to the pine forest and Carrabassett River

• Full-service Prohibition Era cocktail and mocktail bar, featuring Maine craft beers, interesting wines, curious cocktails, and a full complement of non-alcoholic spirits for mocktails: everyone has a seat at our bar

• Commercial kitchen run by our expert culinary staff, with a focus on farm-to-table, local, and organic menus made with sustainably sourced Maine ingredients

  • Meals served family-style and accommodate all dietary needs of participants

  • Flexible dining plans with up to 4(!) meals per day

  • Maine lobster bake and other specialty offerings can be customized for your retreat

• Formal dining room with seating for 40+, which can be divided into two halves for simultaneous programs

• Spacious gathering spaces, including the vaulted Great Room with stone fireplace, skylights, and plenty of classic board games; formal Grand Salon for lectures and workshops; cozy Library nook to curl up with a good book; and historic Music Room with the estate’s original Chickering piano

• Cozy Healing Arts cabin and dedicated Healing Arts practitioners who provide treatments from massage to Reiki to craniosacral therapy to facials to 1:1 mindfulness coaching to Ayurveda counseling

• Cedar barrel sauna, cedar jacuzzi, and fire pit surrounded by Adirondack chairs tucked among the tall pines

• Graceful historic gardens leading down to the estate’s green clay tennis and pickleball court (seasonal)

• Direct access to the Carrabassett River for braving a cold plunge or spending a lazy afternoon at the valley’s best swimming hole along the secret wooded Girls’ Beach

• Adorable (and tiny!) downtown Kingfield, featuring a craft cidery, candy shop, Marmee Dearest’s espresso shop, artisans’ guild, and more

• A short drive to Sugarloaf Mountain Resort, Maine’s largest alpine resort and the only above-treeline skiing in the East, and its championship golf course and mountain bike park, plus Sunday River and Saddleback

• Curated excursions, ranging from kayaking to whitewater rafting to hiking to forest bathing to waterskiing to craft beer tasting and more

• Referrals for group transportation from Boston (3.5 hours) and Portland (2 hours) available