Places to Explore In Southern Vermont

Arlington

Smaller than Bennington and more down-to-earth than upper-crust Manchester to the north, Arlington exudes a certain Rockwellian folksiness, and it should: the illustrator Norman Rockwell...

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• 2 Things To Do

Bennington

Bennington is the commercial focus of Vermont's southwest corner and home to Bennington College. It's really three towns in one: Downtown Bennington, Old Bennington, and...

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• 4 Hotels
• 14 Things To Do

Brattleboro

Brattleboro has drawn political activists and earnest counterculturists since the 1960s. The arts-oriented town and environs (population 12,000) remains politically and culturally active; after Burlington...

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• 2 Hotels
• 11 Things To Do

Chester

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Dorset

Lying at the foot of many mountains and with a village green surrounded by white clapboard homes and inns, Dorset has a solid claim to...

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• 2 Hotels
• 6 Things To Do

Grafton

Out-of-the-way Grafton is as much a historical museum as a town. During its heyday, citizens grazed 10,000 sheep and spun their wool into sturdy yarn...

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Ludlow

Ludlow, once a largely nondescript industrial town, is a budding hub of inns, restaurants, and cafés beside Okemo, one of Vermont's largest and most popular...

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• 2 Hotels
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Manchester

Well-to-do Manchester has been a popular summer retreat since the mid-19th century, when city dwellers traveled north to take in the cool, clean air at...

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• 5 Hotels
• 13 Things To Do

Stratton

Stratton is really Stratton Mountain Resort, a mountaintop ski resort with a self-contained "town center" of shops, restaurants, and lodgings clustered at the base of...

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Townshend

One of a string of attractive villages along the banks of the West River, Townshend embodies the Vermont ideal of a lush town green presided...

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Weston

Best known as the home of the Vermont Country Store, Weston was one of the first Vermont towns to discover its own intrinsic loveliness—and marketability...

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• 2 Things To Do

Wilmington

The village of Wilmington, with its classic Main Street lined with 18th- and 19th-century buildings, anchors the Mt. Snow Valley. Most of the valley's lodging...

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