Grafton

Now and then I get deals that come across my desk that are so good I want to book it immediately. This one comes from one of my favorite places to stay in New England, The Old Tavern in Grafton, Vermont. Book one night at $175 a night per room and get the second night free, including breakfast both days. For less than ninety bucks a night, you can be staying at one of the most majestic spots in the whole state! Or you can stay two nights and get two free nights, three nights and get the next three nights free. You must book by this Friday, August 7th, and travel August 17 through September 13th. Once there, you can bike, canoe, hike, and eat Grafton cheese to your heart's content.

Never been to Grafton?  Amble along Main Street past the Country Store, where I once spotted a sign posted outside asking if anyone’s seen a missing horse, and you swear you just stepped into a Currier and Ives painting. To the right is the red brick town hall, circa 1816, now home to the post office. Further up the road, past the white clapboard houses spewing smoke from their chimneys is the almost obligatory steeple. Across the street is the Old Tavern, opened in 1801, and once the stagecoach stop on the ride from Boston to Montreal. Ulysses S. Grant spent a night here while campaigning for his presidency and Rudyard Kipling liked the locale so much he honeymooned at the hotel in 1892.

For more information on Grafton, see the story I wrote for The Boston Globe.