Gettysburg in early June
 

My husband and I will be visiting Gettysburg in early June.Can anyone recommend a good B&B with good food ?

I know of three lovely B&B's...
the Baladerry Inn, The James Gettys Hotel and the Doubleday Inn. They all have websites, just google them and they will come up. I have never stayed in any of them. However we visit Gettysburg frequently (every 6 weeks or so as it is a 3 hr drive for us).

Please don't think I am crazy, but we stay in the Holiday Inn Battlefield on Baltimore Pike for several reasons..location and it's not haunted (well only the 5th floor is but we do not stay there).
If you don;t care about that kind of thing or don't believe in it, then the B&B's above are wonderful, espically the Baladery Inn. I have heard the breakfast is great. If you do believe in that kind of thing then stay away from the Baladerry Inn, as it is believed there are Confederate soldiers still buried under the tennis courts and roam the property. The other B&B's are haunted as well. If you do believe then I highly recommend the Holiday Inn Battlefield in an annex room.

Some of the best dinners we have had anywhere is in the Blue Parrot Bistro (in the James Gettys Hotel in town) The Cashtown Inn (just outside Gettysburg, easy to get to and very historic, also a B&B)and the Herr Tavern. I would highly recommend making reservations in these restaurants, espically in June.
If you need any more info, I would be glad to help. Is this your first visit?? What are you looking to do??

WOW Annabel!!

Did you experience any hauntings....or is that the rumour of the BnB's?

I can also recommend the Farnsworth Inn for food. It is a B&B but we only ate there. The game stew was wonderful!!! It is also reported to be haunted and there are still bullet holes on the outside from the War. I loved being in Gettysburg, very interesting.

Opps wanted to include this:
http://www.farnsworthhouseinn.com/

Stayed at the James Getty Hotel several years ago. I would stay there again. It is on the main street in Gettysburg and very conveient for shopping, dinning, and visiting the battlefield. Also, had a very nice lunch at the Blue Parrot Bistro. I seem to remember it as being next door to the hotel, not in it. Go to the battlefield presentation in the museum building before visitng the actual battlefield sights. Really helps in understanding what both sides had to go through.

By the time you get to Gettysburg in June there will be a new visitor's center. They combines the two buildings and opened a brand new center on land that is no significant "battle ground". Also check there are wonderful battlewalks, which are free of charge given by the park ranger program. The park rangers are historians (many have written books) and if you love American History, you will love this. You will walk in the footsteps of the soldiers as the ranger tells the story. You can also have a personal guide. He will drive your car, and the tour will be what you want - either a view of the 3 day battle or will go into more detail - all based on what you want to learn about. I highly recommend this too, we do this all the time and learn so much and meet very interesting people.

As far as Gettyburg being haunted, well, it is a touch subject as some people do not believe in ghosts. however, we have experienced and photographed many unexplainable things there. I do not recommend a "ghost tour", but instead go on a ghost investigation. It is a team with equipment (just like you see on tv) and first everyone is assigned a piece of equipment, then you are taught how to use it. Then you split off into teams and the investigating begins. We have gone into the battlefield and have gone into private homes. If you are interested here is the website www.soultrackers.com Lots of fun and quite scary. last visit my husband and I "bugged out" and left a day early. Gettysburg was empty and we just got very spooked.

I would never stay in a haunted place, but I do like to visit haunted locations.

Another cool place to have lunch or dinner is the Springhouse Tavern in the Dobbin House. The Dobbin House is the oldest building in Gettysburg. The Spring house tavern in underground, which you can also tour the tunnels from the underground railroad.

The Farmsworth house scares the crap out of me...I don't go there.