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Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Under the ownership of the MacLarens since 2006, this is among the more casual and relaxed inns in the valley, in part because of its quiet hillside location, and in part because of the easy camaraderie among guests. Set on a lightly traveled country road, the inn offers the quintessential New England experience, just a few minutes from the slopes at Sugarbush. Built in the 1850s, the farmhouse boasts three common rooms, including a bright, modern addition with a handsome fireplace for warmth in winter, an outdoor patio for summer lounging, and a game room with a pool table. Guest rooms are each decorated in an updated country style, and all of them now sport air-conditioning; gas fireplaces or woodstoves; and either a steam shower or a Jacuzzi. The owners will provide you snowshoes (a nice touch), and they maintain lovely perennial gardens and ponds.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, 6th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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