Hershey hotel - great spa

Dogfish Inn in Lewes

Second the suggestion for woodloch!!

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Good ideas here. Anyone done Brandywine Valley? Cape May is a possibility too. My friend wants to avoid NYC. She works in the city, so I can understand wanting to "get away."

Depends which season you go. When we went in the summer, we went tubing and also did yoga in a vineyard. We stayed at the Inn at Montchanin which has a nice restaurant and spa. The restaurant at longwood Gardens is also lovely.

The pp is right about Brandwine hotels. Not a lot of great options. Philadelphia is a totally different without kids. I met my NYC sister there for a getaway weekend. So many trendy restaurants, shopping, leisurely cups of coffee. Adult drinks at a bar without the nagging tug of responsibility.