djkbooks

OliveOyl - that IS a fabulous photo!

OliveOyl

Glad you liked it djkbooks. It was one incredible snow storm! That inn is pretty under any circumstances, but add the snow and Christmas decorations and it's what everyone thinks of when they think of New England in the winter.

mclaurie

Amy, just remembered the website escapemakers.com has all sorts of info on weekends in the northeast area. Also, not skiing, but closer than the Berkshires are Cold Spring & Rhinebeck with some nice Inns.

OO, I've never had to pay to stay in the area as I've always had friends with houses up there- have stayed in homes in Austerlitz,Chatham & Stockbridge. The Red Lion always looked so "shop worn" when I've eaten there, but in fairness, I've never seen the rooms. It always seems so crowded & busy-not a relaxing location.

OliveOyl

mclaurie...it's called New England worn-chic.

Needless to say, I never had to pay either and it's hard to do so now! We really regret selling my parents' house...it would have been a great summer place to come back to.

almc

thank you everyboby for your great input.. this site is great and everyone is so nice...several of you have mentioned that old inn and the village inn...are the same place??...i have looked up the old mill inn and DanB recommended oldinn.com but I can't get it to come up but found great information about the village inn...regarding Stockbridge other than the red lion are there any other great places to stay??? thanks, amy

Scarlett

Having spent a month in So Egremont a summer ago, I would pick the Red Lion for a place to stay, easy walking around in the evening, I like the atmosphere there.
We make a point of going to the Old Mill Inn whenever we are up in that area, the bread puddings for dessert will be enough to make me travel from my new home to Mass at least once a year!
In August there is a nice Craft fair between Lennox and the Rockwell Museum, I bought a great Chinese watercolor from the artist for very little, so many nice things and good prices!

almc

can you give me any more infor on the old mill inn...i can't seem to find it on the web and it has been mentioned several times...does it also have lodging??? and also any insights on the inn at Stockbridge...i think this was the one Dan was talking about that has the barn with 4 suites...looks wonderful....is it in a good spot, close to things...thanks again amy

mclaurie

The Old Mill Inn is only a restaurant to my knowledge.

Dan's place-he says-is in the middle of nowhere. Have you tried typing www.oldinn.com to get it? The site says they're in New Marlborough, Mass on Rte 57 so doesn't sound like the Inn at Stockbridge.

The Inn at Stockbridge does sound great in Rants & Raves here. That also led me to read about the Devonfield Inn in Lee, Mass which also sounds wonderful

http://www.fodors.com/rants/rrread.c...ntity_id=50858

Have you checked out the Berkshires section for hotels on Fodors?

DanB

The Inn I was speaking about, Inn at Gedney Farms, is about twenty miles from Lenox in New Marlborough. It's supposed to be nice, although it got a few rants in the hotel section here.

Whenever I go to an area I don't know, I go to Karen Browns website and check her lodging reccomendations.

I'm pretty familiar with many of the inns in "downtown" Lenox. Vilage Inn, Candelight, Gateways Inn. All would offer a nice enough room, but none exactly what I look for. I don't want to get into specifics because I haven't been there in a while and ownership changes frequently in Lenox.

Having said that, I'd probably go to the Brookfarm Inn. Not in the city center, but not that far.

http://www.brookfarm.com/welcome.html

almc

thanks Dan for your input...we are planning to get away in the next couples of weeks for a late valentines and I have been able to spend some time getting some great feed back...definitely going to look into the inn you mentioned....i haven't seen their site yet but I am going to check it out...thanks amy