Tower House in snow at dusk, windows lit

Christmas and New Year's

One house. Every generation. The holidays in Galena.

A private hilltop house in The Galena Territory with a fireplace room, a hot tub and cedar sauna under the stars, and bedrooms for everyone. Downtown Galena's holiday lights and shops are 12 minutes away.

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Sleeps 103 king · 2 queenHot tub · saunaPool in season

Inside

Gifts by the fire.

Sleeping3 king beds and a room with 2 queens. Sleeps up to 10.
GatheringA long dining table, a kitchen island and a lower-level family room for the kids.
In townGalena's downtown holiday events, including the Night of the Luminaria, fill Main Street in December.

The cedar barrel sauna on the deck after a snowfall

Outside

Hot tub and sauna in the snow.

The hot tub and cedar barrel sauna run all winter. Chestnut Mountain, Galena's ski hill, is nearby for a day on the slopes.

Never been to Galena?

The small town most Chicagoans haven't found yet.

Galena is a 19th-century river town in the far northwest corner of Illinois, where Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin meet. Its brick Main Street is lined with independent shops, restaurants and tasting rooms, and it is the hometown of Ulysses S. Grant.

The hills around it are the surprise. The Galena Territory is a wooded community of private homes around Lake Galena, with trails and big valley views. Tower House sits on a hillside there, about 12 minutes from downtown.