Thomas Mott Homestead Bed & Breakfast
Blue Rock Road on Lake Champlain
Alburg, VT
(800) 348-0843
Rates: $69.00 - $89.00

The Thomas Mott Homestead is a completely restored 1838 farmhouse on the northern shore of Lake Champlain, overlooking some of the highest mountains in Vermont. Other views beside the lake are from the East, the Green Mountains from Jay Peak to Camel's Hump and to the West, the Adirondacks from Lyon Mountain to Whiteface Mountain. The sunsets are spectacular and the reflection of the moon on the lake is absolutely beautiful.

Thomas Mott Homestead has a Three Diamond Rating from AAA, CAA, American Bed & Breakfast Assoc., Mobil Guide, Boston Sunday Globe (3 years "BEST"), Boston Magazine and Outside Magazine.

Each of the five guest rooms is different and two are so exceptional that regulars tend to schedule their trips around their availability. Ransom's Rest has a fireplace and balcony, and the downstairs Corner Suite has a wrap-around lake view and convenient dressing room. All rooms look onto the lake and are brightly furnished with quilts and antiques.

The common space includes a living room with a fireplace and a glassed-in porch, the center of the house is the kitchen and adjacent dining room. The refrigerator is stocked with complimentary Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, and the wonderful old Canadian tailor's table is set each morning for a breakfast so elaborate that you make your selections the day before. Specialities of the house feature quiche, award-winning French toast, and an array of omelettes with plenty of fresh fruit, juice, and of course local maple syrup. After breakfast you may want to take your coffee or tea outdoors to enjoy the bird's songs, sunshine, the lake and mountain views that surround you and enjoy Patrick's baby quail.

From mid-July through August, the Royal Lipizzan horses perform in a meadow down the road a very rare treat for a world traveler. Thomas Mott Homestead will provide you with good food, travel information, games, books for browsing, and peaceful corners to escape. Bring your fishing pole, golf clubs, boat or bicycle, and even your cross-country skis and snowmobiles in the winter. There is also paragliding and paraflying opportunities available.

The Thomas Mott is one hour from Burlington, Shelburne, the Island of Montreal, Jay Peak, and the Adirondack Mountains of Upper New York State. The Shrine of St. Anne, where Samuel de Champlain first landed, and all the recreation and beauty of the Lake Champlain Island is minutes from the front door.