On the campus of Duke University, this luxurious hotel evokes the feeling of an English country inn. Guest rooms with plaid bedspreads and creamy wall coverings overlook either a park or the golf course, designed by Robert Trent Jones and Rees Jones. On display in the public rooms are memorabilia belonging to the Duke family. At the quietly sophisticated Fairview restaurant ($$$$) you can dine...
A sumptuously designed setting serves as the backdrop for Jason Cunningham‘s contemporary American fare.:
Fairview Restaurant Review: The luxurious Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club abides within a wooded grove between Duke University’s campus and its championship golf course. Serving as the Inn’s formal dining room for all meal service, Fairview imparts an image of old-money opulence that belies its late twentieth-century pedigree. Executive chef Jason Cunningham’s seasonally changing contemporary...
On the Duke University campus, about a mile from U.S. 15/501, this is the premier inn of Durham, with an 18-hole golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones. Named for the original tobacco tycoon, it's filled with Duke memorabilia, including Washington Duke's own antique desk. The property is like a castle, with an L-shaped lower wing. Many of the helpful staff members are university students....
Situated on the original homestead (now the Duke University campus) of the Duke family, founders of the American Tobacco Company, this hotel is one class act. It's very clubby and Old English in its style, and its lobby and hallways are…