A B&B with a modern twist, including central air-conditioning and cable TV. Peter Starbuck, your host, makes sure you get a freshly prepared breakfast every day, sometimes featuring the house's famed blueberry pancakes. A lovingly prepared high tea is served at 4pm, and you're walking distance from all of Kent's shops and attractions.
Starbuck Inn
Connecticut
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
26.59 MILES
In the very southwest corner of the state, near the New York state line, is Bash Bish Falls, the largest waterfall in Massachusetts. The water feeding the…
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10.09 MILES
The best swimming in the Litchfield Hills is at this state park, 3.5 miles west of Bantam. The not-even-1-mile 'tower trail' leads to the stone Mt Tom…
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24.04 MILES
Rangers lead interesting hour-long tours around Springwood, the home of Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) who won a record four presidential elections and led…
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23.61 MILES
This is the main eastern entrance (with parking) to what was once a railroad bridge (built in 1889) crossing the Hudson. Today it's the world's longest…
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Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
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The town’s religious history extends to the founding of the first theological seminary in the USA by local resident Reverend Joseph Bellamy. His home, the…
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4.28 MILES
A rather amazing and popular site, you can walk a quarter-mile to the top – where there's a gushing 70ft waterfall – stopping at various platforms along…
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22.15 MILES
This 181-acre estate is the location of two main buildings: Val-Kill Cottage, the larger two-story building that was originally a furniture factory…
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FDR Presidential Library and Museum
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Franklin D Roosevelt began the tradition of creating presidential libraries that are both museums and archives of a presidential administration. The…
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