Winter Train Travel to Downtown Brattleboro

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Winter Train Travel to Downtown Brattleboro

Hate winter traveling? Or driving in the snow? Hate relying on last minute weather forecasts to dictate your weekend plans? Look no further …. We innkeepers here at 40 Putney Road B&B have a solution…. (da da daaaaaa) Take the Vermonter! Amtrak’s New England rail line, the Vermonter, goes from D.C. all the way to [...]

Category : Just For Fun / Winter Activities

Artists in Brattleboro: The Cotton Mill

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Artists in Brattleboro: The Cotton Mill

The Cotton Mill is an old mill in Brattleboro, Vermont that has been converted into studio space for artist and performers. The first weekend in December the Cotton Mill opens to the public with demonstrations and art for sale, just in time to pick up some great holiday gifts. In this quick video we take [...]

Category : December Events / Music and Entertainment / Shopping

TJ Buckley’s

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TJ Buckley’s

They say that good things come in small packages. T.J. Buckley’s restaurant, in Brattleboro Vermont is one of those good things. From the outside it appears as a tiny bright red restaurant that looks like it was once a train’s dining car. Inside it really is small. There were eight tables and it would be [...]

Category : Restaurants and Dining

Downtown Brattleboro Book Stores

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Downtown Brattleboro Book Stores

Brattleboro, Vermont has more book stores per capita than any other city in the US. OK, maybe not really, but we Brattleboro innkeepers think it’s close since there are there are five dedicated book stores just in the downtown. Our guests come from all over to experience the Brattleboro culture and our book stores profoundly [...]

Category : Area Activities / Music and Entertainment / Shopping / Year Round Activities

Three Stones Restaurant

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Three Stones Restaurant

Three Stones Restaurant, on Canal Street in Brattleboro serves up a mix of traditional Mayan and Mexican dishes in a casual but classy atmosphere. Named for the ancient Mayan tradition of cooking on three stones and a fire, the restaurant prepares recipes that were passed down through the centuries. Three stones owner Mucuy Bolles expresses [...]

Category : Restaurants and Dining

Verde: For Garden and Home

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Verde: For Garden and Home

Downtown Brattleboro has no shortage of unique shopping for all ages and genders. For the ladies, one store in particular will draw you in: Verde, or sometimes called Verde Home and Garden Store. But don’t let the name mislead you. Peir 1 Imports doesn’t hold a candle to this little gem in downtown Brattleboro. You’ll [...]

Category : Just For Fun / Shopping

The Marina Restaurant

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The Marina Restaurant

The Marina Restaurant is open for business! Just a short walk from our Brattleboro inn, the Marina is a go-to restaurant for anyone looking for outdoor dining in southern Vermont. After a devastating fire in July 2010, the Marina closed its doors in hopes of rebuilding one of the only waterfront restaurants in Brattleboro.  Today, [...]

Category : Restaurants and Dining / Summer Activities

Brattleboro Country Club

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Brattleboro Country Club

Whether you live in southern Vermont or are visiting at our Vermont Bed and Breakfast, Brattleboro Country Club is a great way to spend the day in Brattleboro. Many folks don’t think of golfing in Brattleboro when searching for things to do in Southern Vermont. But the Brattleboro Country Club offers great ways to spend [...]

Category : Area Activities / Fall Activities / Spring Activities / Summer Activities

Sam’s Outdoor Store in Downtown Brattleboro

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Sam’s Outdoor Store in Downtown Brattleboro

There’s lots of shopping in Brattleboro for the ladies and while we’re perusing the racks of Altiplano and the shelves of , the guys can enjoy the isles and isles of gear at Sam’s Outdoor Store in southern Vermont just a few blocks from our inn. Sam’s has three locations with the original here in [...]

Category : Fall Activities / Shopping / Spring Activities / Winter Activities / Year Round Activities

Summer Train Travel to Brattleboro

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Summer Train Travel to Brattleboro

We like to consider ourselves environmentally conscious innkeepers, so we made a list of summertime things to do if you take the train to Brattleboro and don’t have wheels (or at least a car).  The Vermonter rail line is one of New England’s fastest growing and easiest ways  to travel with a stop right here in [...]

Category : Area Activities / Just For Fun / Spring Activities / Summer Activities