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America's Best and Top Ten 2009 Version  

Top 10 Country Inns in the USA
 

1. Rabbit Hill Inn - Nice tavern. Lower Waterford, Vermont
2. Windham Hill Inn - West Townsend, Vermont
3. The White Barn Inn - Kennebunk, Maine

4. Forty Putney Road Bed and Breakfast, Brattleboro, VT
5. High Hampton Inn - Great Family Inn, Cashiers, NC
6. White Lace Inn - Sturgeon Bay, WI
7. Gideon Ridge Inn - Blowing Rock, North Carolina
8. The Castle Inn on the Hudson - Tarrytown, NY
9. Whale Watch Inn by the Sea - Gualala, CA
10. Glendorn Inn- Bradford, PA

Honorable Mention
Greystone Inn - Lake Toxaway, NC

Rabbit Hill Inn - Established in 1795, the Rabbit Hill is an elegant, luxurious Vermont bed and breakfast country inn. This inn is a perfect New England vacation destination for romantic getaways, honeymoons, celebrations and relaxing escapes.
The Inn has nineteen romantic, lavishly appointed guest rooms and suites. Most rooms have fireplaces, and many have luxurious double whirlpool tubs, heavenly canopy beds, and intriguing antiques. All rooms are steeped with charm and elegance, designed with your needs and comforts in mind.
  

    
Windham Hill Inn -  This Vermont Inn is a peaceful country house with spotless rooms, an elegant-yet-approachable cuisine, a "comfortable" dress code, books and puzzles, and music in many forms. During your stay you are pampered by a caring staff and by innkeepers eager to share the pleasures of their Green Mountain home.
In the spring, summer or fall, guests hike the Inn's 4 mile network of trails through 160 acres of pine and maple forest and rock-wall edged meadows covered with wild flowers. In two nearby state parks, guests can hike along a rushing white water river (picnic on the sun-lit rocks midstream), or climb to a scenic mountain vista. Enjoy a swim in our brick-terraced heated pool or a game of tennis on our native Vermont clay court, both overlooking spectacular views down the valley. Golf, biking and horseback riding are all available nearby.
In the winter, guest can experience 10 kilometers of groomed cross country ski trails here at the inn or sample the conditions at any of five nearby cross country touring centers. Downhill skiing at Stratton, Mount Snow or Bromley is just 25 minutes away. They may also choose to experience an adrenaline rush on a toboggan, skate under the lights on the inns pond or snowshoe through endless untracked wilderness out the back door.

The White Barn Inn - Kennebunkport's White Barn Inn is located on Maine's southern rugged coast. This historic farmhouse in Kennebunkport perfectly fuses local charm and international modernity. Rooms have fireplaces and whirlpools, hand-painted furniture, and plush robes. The Inn's AAA five-diamond restaurant is located in two restored barns dating from the 1860's. Its delightful rustic atmosphere is contrasted with a refined continental prix fixed menu the showcases the exceptional local seafood.
 

Forty Putney Road Bed and Breakfast - Spend the day relaxing in our gardens or sunroom, or in your room by your fireplace with a book and a glass of wine. Feeling more ambitious? The area is GREAT for biking, hiking, golfing, canoeing, horseback riding, kayaking, antiquing, cross country and downhill skiing, snowshoeing or snowmobiling. Not to mention, the amazing dining and shopping choices! Enjoy a Drink or Snack in the Cozy Pub. The innkeepers are beer lovers. Their cozy fire lit pub is an intimate place to enjoy a glass of one of our 30 beers, wines or champagnes. An extensive wine and beer collection can be enjoyed anywhere in the house, on the sun porch, or in the beautiful backyard gardens.
  
High Hampton Inn - This resort is nestled high in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains near Cashiers, North Carolina. Tall hemlocks and mountain laurel accent the mixed hardwoods of this 1400 acre resort. Majestic mountains, a private thirty-five acre lake, and gardens surround our historic country inn. Besides the inn, High Hamption has a series of cottages that surround the lake. Recreation at the Inn includes golf, tennis, fishing, boating, a children's play area, and series walking trails.
 
White Lace Inn - The White Lace Inn is composed of four beautifully restored Victorian houses connected by meandering garden paths in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The inns rooms and suites offer fine antiques and ornate Victorian or canopy beds. The suites include oversized whirlpool baths, fireplaces, down comforters and many other amenities. Lemonade or hot chocolate and cookies are offered upon arrival. In the morning, the delectable offerings include items such as cherry apple crisp and creamy rice pudding.
The innkeepers, Bonnie and Dennis and their staff invite you to enjoy their Door County hospitality.


 

Alexander's Inn - Sante Fe, New Mexico
Luxury Taos Lodging - Elegantly restored as a luxury vacation rental in historic Taos, NewMexico, Taos Territorial is perfectly suited for New Mexico weddings,family ski vacations, and romantic weekends.