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Lodging in & Around Putney

The following inns, hotels and motels are listed without ratings. Text is typically from the hotel's own web page so read with that in mind! Putney is listed first, followed by Brattleboro where some known chain hotels are located. After that, listings are in order of distance from Greenwood.

IN PUTNEY


THE PUTNEY INN http://www.putneyinn.com/

The Putney Inn is a charmingly unique blend of Bed & Breakfast, historic small country inn, and graciously appointed motel. A hearty Vermont farmer's breakfast is included with each stay. The Putney Inn welcomes all members of the family including pets, and we provide pet-friendly accommodations.
The Putney Inn's casual dining room offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily with children's menu.

Rates: $88 to $158.
Directions: From I-91 North take Exit 4. At the end of the exit ramp the inn is directly opposite you.
802-387-5517

BECKWOOD POND COUNTRY INN (No web site found)

The inn offers guests a great Room with fireplace, a large eclectic collection of antique and contemporary books and games to enjoy. There are European Duvets, piles of luxurious pillows and elegant furnishings and decor in each of five guest rooms; a special two room suite has early 1800's elaborately hand carved French Queen Size bed with adjacent private sitting room.

Rates: $120 to $165
Directions: No specific directions available
(802) 254-5900 or 1 (888) 571-0001
Alan and Helene Saxby
Beckwood Pond Country Inn
1107 Route 5, Putney, Vermont 05346

HICKORY RIDGE HOUSE http://www.hickoryridgehouse.com/

Our southern Vermont bed and breakfast is a favored second home in Putney for New England summer and winter holidays and vacations, fall foliage in Vermont, New England road tours, and for the parents, educators, and visitors to the outstanding Putney area schools. The rooms in our Vermont bed and breakfast inn are spacious with fine natural light. Ceilings are high. And most have in-room woodburning fireplaces. Enjoy a hearty country breakfast - fresh seasonal fruit; warm from the oven muffins or scones; omelets; or our homemade pancakes with Vermont maple syrup.

Rates: $145 to $195. $320 for the cottage -- 2 beds, 2 baths, sitting room and fireplace.
Directions: Take Exit 4 off I-91. Head north about one mile on Route 5, then turn left at the Putney General Store onto Westminster Rd. Follow this road for 1.7 miles and turn left at Hickory Ridge Road. Enter the Hickory Ridge House grounds at the fourth driveway on the left.
800-380-9218 or 802-387-5709

THE COPPER KETTLE BED AND BREAKFAST http://www.copperkettle.net/

The Copper Kettle Bed and Breakfast is less than 2 miles from Exit 4 off Interstate 91, yet affords a quiet, relaxing atmosphere in a Vermont country setting. The inn offers two comfortable rooms on the second floor of an old home. Each guest room has a private bath, wireless Internet access, heating, air conditioning and cable television.

Rates: rates and breakfast options will be discussed at time of reservation.
Directions: I-91 North to Exit 4. At the end of the ramp, turn left. Go up hill about ¼ mile. At stop sign, bear right onto U.S. Route 5 North to Putney Village. Travel about ½ mile. In center of village, see Putney General Store. Turn left at store onto Westminster Rd., go up hill and continue about 1 mile. See elementary school on right, followed by an athletic field. Take next left at West Hill Road. See small sign. The Copper Kettle B&B is second house on the right, immediately after Cross Road.
22 West Hill Road, Putney, VT 05346
(802) 387-4040

THE RANNEY-CRAWFORD HOUSE http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/vermont-putney

Close to the center of Putney, Vermont, this elegant 1810 brick Federal manor house is set on a scenic country road surrounded by farms, meadows, and lawns. The house has been lovingly restored, retaining many original features. Spacious bedrooms are bright and airy, with period furnishings. All four have private baths. Two bedrooms have fireplaces and large sitting areas. Full breakfast included. No pets allowed.

Rates: $145 to $180.
Directions: From Exit 4 (Putney exit) of I-91, head toward Rt. 5 North. Turn right on Rt.5 and go north to Putney Village. From the Putney General store turn left and go 4.6 miles on the Westminster West Rd. We're the brick house on the left.
1097 Westminster West Road, Putney, Vermont 05346
800-731-5502

IN BRATTLEBORO Approximately 14 miles from Greenwood


HAMPTON INN  http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=BRAVTHX

Hampton Inn offers clean, fresh, comfortable rooms standard with a coffee maker, iron and ironing board, and complimentary in-room movie channel. Enjoy complimentary local calls and no surcharge for using a calling card. Guests also enjoy the following complimentary items: On the HouseTM hot breakfast, Hampton's On the RunTM breakfast bags (Monday-Friday), high speed internet access in every room, wireless internet access in the lobby, meeting rooms and public areas, coffee and tea in the lobby 24 hours a day, and USA Today(R) copies Monday-Friday. Hampton also offers a 24 hour front desk, message and fax service.

Rates: $129 to $189.
Directions: I-91 to Exit 3. Go three quarters around the rotary onto Route 5 North. The hotel is located on the left hand side. Cross Streets - I-91 and Route 5-Putney Road.
1378 Putney Road
Brattleboro, VT 05301
802-254- 5700

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES  http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/btbvt

The hotel features king rooms, two queen bedded rooms, king rooms with Jacuzzis, and one room family suites. All rooms offer refrigerators, microwaves pay movies, Nintendo 64, Music on Demand, iron & ironing board, coffee makers, hair dryers, two line speaker telephones and coffee makers. Throughout the hotel high speed internet access (wired and wireless). Additional hotel features include complimentary continental breakfast and free local phone calls.  

Rates: $99 to $149 double occupancy. 
Directions: I -91, Exit 3. Right off rotary onto RT 5 south. Go through 2 traffic lights. Take following right onto Chickering Rd. Hotel is at end of road.
100 Chickering Drive
Brattleboro, VT 05301
802-257-2400

LATCHIS HOTEL & THEATER  http://www.latchis.com/hotel.html

The Latchis Hotel and Theatre is one of only two Art Deco buildings in the state of Vermont.   In a recent reader's poll by the Brattleboro Reformer, the Latchis Hotel was voted Brattleboro's Best Hotel/B&B. 
Accommodations range from Standard singles to Deluxe Suites, as well as a variety of conference facility options.  We are also pleased to offer free wireless Internet in all guestrooms, and a wired DSL port in the lobby cafe. The Latchis is in the heart of historic downtown Brattleboro, close to shopping, dining, museums, entertainment, and a variety of outdoor recreation. 

Rates: $75 to $180.
Directions: Interstate 91 to Vermont Exit 2. Turn LEFT at end of the exit ramp. Follow Rt 9 East 1.1 mi towards downtown and Main Street. Turn RIGHT onto Main Street. At the 2nd set of lights, the Latchis will be on the corner of Main and Flat Streets
50 Main Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
802-254-6300

QUALITY INN & SUITES  http://www.qualityinnbrattleboro.com/

Enjoy complimentary hot breakfast, USA Today, cable TV with HBO, high-speed wireless internet access, coffee maker, refrigerator, iron/ironing board and local phone calls in your choice of King, Queen, or Double Rooms. Hotel amenities include indoor and outdoor pools, fitness center, sauna, game room, and on-premises dining at the Dhaba Indian Restaurant & Lounge with room service available, and pay-per-view movies.

Rates: Call hotel.
Directions: Take I-91 to Exit 3. Go 3/4 around the rotary on to Route 5 North. Go 1/4 mile and the hotel will be on the left.
1380 Putney Road
Brattleboro, VT 05301
866-254-8701 or 802-254-8701

THE COLONIAL MOTEL & SPA  http://www.colonialmotelspa.com/

We offer a full service restaurant for fine dining, with a beautiful copper bar lounge and brick fireplace, at Michele's Italian Ristorante. All our rooms have cable TV with HBO and free continental breakfast with coffee in the mornings. Our 68 rooms, range from standard to executive suites, and offer a wide range of extras including patios to enjoy the lovely views, free local calls, air-conditioning, and access to our picnic area and our modern spa and exercise room with a wooden sauna, an outdoor hot tub and two pools.

Rates: $60 to $140
Directions: Take Exit 3 on I-91. Drive to rotary and take first right -- Putney Road (Routes 5 & 9) South. Drive 1/2 mile to the Colonial Motel & Spa on your left.
Putney Rd., Brattleboro, Vermont 05301
802-257-7733 or 800-239-0032

40 PUTNEY ROAD  http://www.fortyputneyroad.com/

Forty Putney Road is an elegant French Provincial estate overlooking the West River and just an easy ten-minute walk to downtown Brattleboro. Our Inn has four spacious bedrooms on the second floor of the main house, plus a detached, self-contained cottage. All rooms have queen-sized beds, private baths with tub and shower, TV/VCR, AC, ceiling fans, bathrobes, hair dryers, irons, phones, and Caswell-Massey amenities.  A delicious, full Vermont breakfast is served each day. Our Inn is set up with a wireless DSL service so guests are able to easily browse the web from their rooms or downstairs. Our cozy pub is an intimate place to enjoy a glass of Wolaver's Organic Brown Ale, wine or champagne. 

Rates: $125 to $210.  $215 to $250 for the cottage.
Directions: Take Exit 3.  You will come to a roundabout.  Take the first right heading south on US 5 (Putney Road).  We are a mile and a half on the right.  From Exits 1 & 2 come through downtown, head north on Main Street which becomes Putney Road.  We are about a third of a mile on the left. REMEMBER: Address is 192 (NOT 40) Putney Road!
192 Putney Road
Brattleboro, VT 05301
800-941-2413 or 802-254-6268

THE MEADOWLARK INN  http://www.meadowlarkinnvt.com/

The Meadowlark Inn is filled with antiques, yet has been updated with taste and style to offer all of the refinements that travelers expect. Amenities might include: a television; king, queen, twin beds; fireplace; phones; two person Jacuzzi; expansive views; refrigerator; and distinctive decor. The separate 1870 coach house has 4 additional beautifully detailed rooms. All rooms have private bath. Guests will be treated to a sumptuous full country breakfast in the dining room by the fireplace or in the naturally-lit library with a sweeping view of the surrounding mountains. Innkeepers, Lucia Osiecki and Deborah Jones are both graduates of the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.

Rates: $140 to $200 – includes full breakfast.
Directions: I-91 to Exit 2.  Take Route 9 West.  Turn right on Orchard St., drive 1 ½ miles, passing cemetery on left.  The inn will be on your right. 
Orchard St.
Brattleboro, VT 05303
802-257-4582 or 800-616-6359

IN NEWFANE:  Approximately 9 miles from Greenwood


FOUR COLUMNS INN  www.fourcolumnsinn.com

The inn offers 15 comfortably elegant rooms and rambling grounds. We offer high-speed wireless internet access throughout the inn and guestrooms. The Four Columns Inn’s restaurant is considered to be one the finest dining establishments in New England winning the James Beard Award, AAA Four-Diamond award, and the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence.

Rates: from $165 for a traditional room to $385 for a luxury suite.  Rates are per room per night, double occupancy, and include a hearty country breakfast for two each morning, complimentary newspapers, and afternoon tea and coffee service with sweets.
Directions: I-91 to Exit 4 (Putney). At the end of the ramp, take Route 5 South. Travel approximately 2.3 miles to Schoolhouse Road on your right. Turn right onto Schoolhouse Road and stay on the main road right (this becomes East-West Road) until you reach the stop sign at the four-way intersection in Dummerston Center. Go across the intersection (bear slightly to left) and continue on East-West Road to the covered bridge. Cross the covered bridge to meet Route 30. Turn right onto Route 30 and travel 4 miles north to Newfane. You will see a pretty village green on your left, with a large four-columned courthouse at one end of the green. The Four Columns Inn is located behind the courthouse.
VT 30 on the Green, Newfane, VT, 05345
802-365-7713

IN SAXTONS RIVER:  Approximately 14 miles from Greenwood


MOORE'S INN  http://www.mooresinn.com/

Our Inn is listed in the National Historic Register as the "village's finest Queen Anne home". The six second floor rooms are all equipped with telephones, cable TVs, refrigerators, coffee makers and private baths. Coffee and breakfast cereals are available in the rooms. The third floor has three guest rooms that share a living room, kitchen and bath. These rooms are available individually or as a unit. Short-term apartment rental is available. Room rates are for two or more nights. One night rates are higher. Some weekend rates are higher.

Rates: $89 to $109
Directions: From Interstate 91 Exit 5 (Bellows Falls Exit) bear LEFT halfway down the exit ramp and go back under the highway to the T intersection; 0.3 mile. Turn RIGHT. Continue until the road ends; 2.8 miles. Turn LEFT onto Route 121. Continue for 2.7 miles, bearing right at the Saxtons River Historical Society and you will be at Moore's Inn.
David Moore and Carol Perley
57 Main Street
Saxtons River, Vermont 05154
802-869-2020

IN BELLOWS FALLS: Approximately 17 miles from Greenwood



READMORE INN
 http://www.readmoreinn.com/

Our rooms are elegant and comfortable, and each one has a view of a garden! We want your stay here to be a special experience, and we provide robes, turndown service, televisions, air conditioning, cd players, and radios. Our beds are all made with a soft featherbed, lots of pillows, and in the winter our down comforters and quilts will keep you warm. Most rooms have a fireplace, and whirlpool bath.
Rates: $150 to $270.
Directions: From I-91 south heading north: Take Exit 5. At end of ramp, make a right-hand turn onto access road. At Route 5 intersection, turn left towards Bellows Falls. At the traffic light, bear to the right yield onto Westminster Street. Take the first left, Hapgood Street, we are the first house.You can't miss it, we're behind a big hedge and have a gargoyle on the roof! Use the main entrance on Hapgood Street where the decorative flag is flying.
1 Hapgood Street, Bellows Falls, VT 05101
802-463-9415

HORSEFEATHERS INN BED AND BREAKFAST  http://www.horsefeathersinn.com/

We offer 6 charming rooms, delicious farm-style breakfasts, walking trails, good conversation, & a lovely meandering stream & pond to sit beside! Our guest rooms all have private bathrooms. We offer wireless internet in most rooms for business travelers, teachers, and those of you who simply must be "connected". We do have a pet friendly room, providing your pet is crate trained or has his/her own bed. Pet room has private entrance.

Rates: $95 to $150
Directions: On I-91 take Exit 6 (Rockingham).  At the bottom of the ramp, turn right onto Route 5 South, towards Bellows Falls.  Follow Route 5 for about 1.5 miles.  You'll see the Joy Wah Chinese restaurant on your left (it looks like a great white mansion on the river's edge).  Just past the main building, on the right-hand side, you see the large sign for Halladay's Florist.   Follow that right-ish turn up the hill (Webb Terrace)   We are the fourth house on the left.  Parking is past the house & garden on the left.  The sign @ parking says 16 & private drive, please walk up thru the garden, on the path, so you don't have to walk on the road.
16 Webb Terrace
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
866-999-1964 or 802-463-9776

IN GRAFTON  Approximately 20 miles from Greenwood


THE OLD TAVERN  http://www.old-tavern.com/oldtavern/
The Old Tavern hides in one of New England's most idyllic picture-book hamlets. Rustic timbers, brass/pewter trappings and sympathetic antiques offset its rambling dining rooms and convivial bar-lounge hewn from a handsome vintage barn. Three dozen unpretentious accommodations are divided between the main house and adjacent annexes, with several homes also available for rent. A swimming pond, tennis, hiking/biking and nearby golf add to the enjoyment of a summer/fall stay.
Rates: Call for details
Directions: Interstate 91 North to Exit 5 for Bellows Falls. Right off exit; to T at end of road. Left on Route 5 North; 2 miles to first traffic light. Left on Route 121 West; 12 miles to Grafton.
PO B 9, Grafton, VT 05146
800-843-1801 

IN WEST DOVER  Approximately 36 miles from Greenwood


THE AUSTIN HILL INN  http://www.austinhillinn.com
(Owned by Greenwood parents, John and Debbie Bailey)

Rooms: 11 rooms--some with fireplaces, all with private bath, five with balcony.
Facilities: 2 dining rooms, 1 with fireplace; 2 sitting rooms with TV/VCR, fireplace; guest refrigerator; 5 acres with swimming pool, gardens, lawn games. Breakfast is served each morning at individual tables and includes home-baked muffins and breads, daily breakfast specials, bacon or sausage, eggs, pancakes or French toast, hot and cold cereals and juice.  Upon returning from your day's activities, afternoon tea with complimentary wine & cheese, fruit-filled baskets and cookies just hot from the oven await your arrival.

Rates: $95 to $195 depending on season and room. 
Directions: I-91 North to Exit #2 in Brattleboro, VT. At the exit ramp turn right onto VT, Rt. #9 West and go 19 miles to Wilmington. At the first light in Wilmington, turn right onto VT Rt. #100 North to West Dover. After about 5.5 miles you'll go around a sharp corner (just past the Red Oak Inn).  Our sign is just ahead on the left.  Turn left at our sign. The road splits three ways very quickly after taking that turn. TAKE THE MIDDLE ROAD.  (There is a sign but there is no light to the sign, so at night it is hard to see.)
Route 100
7 Waldwinkle Rd
P.O. Box 859
West Dover, VT 05356
800-332-RELAX
802-464-5281

 

Ground Transportation  
Thomas Transportation (Keene, NH) 800-526-8143
Brattleboro Taxi (Brattleboro) 802-254-6446





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