Amazing Trip!
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 12/22/07
My girlfriend and I stayed at the Mountain Top Inn for an early romantic Christmas gift to each other during the third week of December. We had a wonderful, great time. Its hard to imagine a trip that would have been more relaxing, more full of creature comforts and more beautiful. We can't recommend the inn enough and look forward to going back,
The highlights might have been the setting, amenities and service. The trip really started out on the right foot when we arrived late on Thursday evening. We had been delayed because of snow storms and when we arrived around 10:00 PM, the tavern had closed for the evening. Still, the front desk brought us a turkey sandwich spread with all the fixings, cookies and beer! Plus, we found out on Sunday that they didn't charge us for that late night snack. Exceptional.
Our Room: Since there was a leak in the roof of our cottage, we were upgraded in advance to Mami's Retreat in the lodge. Fantastic! Two room suite with two flat screen TVs, great furniture including leather couch, huge queen size bed, six headed-shower, whirlpool tub, fridge, sink, duel sided fireplace and more. Amazing.
Highlights:
-Activities galore. While we chose to do nothing, there was Cross Country Skiing, Dog Sled Rides (!), Snowmobile, Sleigh Rides, Snow Shoeing, Board Games, a Tavern, and many more.
-The Food! Aside from the formal dining room, there was a great selection from the tavern menu. We ate three meals there and each time was great. Plus, free breakfast ever morning.
-The Wine! When your stranded 11 miles from Rutland, its nice to have access to a very, solid selection.Plus, delicious beer on tap.
-The Lodge! Great building. Comfy, clean and nice. A good set up. Our room was quite cozy.
-Friendly Staff! Everyone was truly on the ball. Lots of people working hard. One of the highlights was when the power went out on Sunday (a bad, bad storm rolled though), the front desk lady walked around and announced there would be soup and sandwiches in the tavern shortly. Nice.
Low Lights:
-Not the least expensive vacation place, but worth the money. Easy to rack up quite the cost because you can charge virtually everything to your room. Still, was cheaper than we imagined.