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Bourbon,
Pampering and Discounts at Bardstown, KY B&Bs
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Bardstown
bed and breakfast inns help guests survive last six weeks of winter
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Bardstown,
KY – February 2016 / Newsmaker Alert / Gray skies, frigid temps, snow,
ice – when midwinter cabin fever sets in, these Bardstown bed and breakfast
inns offer the perfect escape. Head to the Bourbon Capital of the World
and the “Most Beautiful Small Town in America” so you can relax, rejuvenate
and re-energize yourself until the spring thaw. Check out these packages,
then click into www.VisitBardstown.com
to plan your midwinter getaway.
Bourbon
Manor
A
luxury, award-winning inn located not far from Bardstown’s Court Square,
Bourbon Manor has the remedy for midwinter malaise: Book its “Romantic
Touch: Pampered Partners” package and stay in one of 10 unique, well-appointed
guestrooms and enjoy a couple’s massage, a $50 dining certificate for your
choice of area restaurant – and Bardstown has many distinctive and locally-owned
eateries – champagne served in souvenir flutes, chocolate-dipped strawberries
or box of gourmet chocolates and a 3-course fine china and crystal full
country gourmet breakfast. You can upgrade your accommodations to a Jacuzzi-for-two
room for just $25. Package price: $475. Add stretch limo service to dinner
for $75. 502-354-4616; www.BourbonManor.com
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Choose
among six antique-laden guestrooms in Bourbon Manor’s main house, a Greek
Revival antebellum mansion (circa 1830); three guestrooms in the circa
1810 Federal Home, a separate, private residence on the property; or a
one-bedroom loft in The Cottage, an original smokehouse. All rooms offer
antique furnishings, modern amenities, plush beds with 600-thread-count
Egyptian cotton linens, plush bamboo Turkish towels, custom-embroidered
terry spa robes and exclusive Gilchrist & Soames SPA toiletries. You
may not want to leave your room – but do, so you can enjoy “The Bunghole,”
an onsite bourbon, tapas and dessert bar and lounge.
Springhill
Winery and Plantation B&B
Book
the “Midweek Getaway” package at Springhill Winery and Plantation B&B,
when all rooms are 15% off Monday through Thursday, to save money and savor
wine and spirits. This package includes a $15 coupon to be used at Springhill
Winery and gift shop where you can also enjoy a wine tasting. Additionally,
it includes coupons from several local distilleries (Heaven Hill, Buffalo
Trace, Willet’s, Barton 1792 and Maker’s Mark) so you can sip some fine
Kentucky bourbon and warm up from head to toe. This offer is good Jan.
25 through March 31, 2016. (Use pass code, “Bourbon Bordeaux,” when making
reservations online at www.SpringhillWinery.com
or call 502-252-9463.
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Six
suites, each named for a different type of wine, are beautifully decorated
with antique king- or queen-sized beds and other carefully curated furnishings
to create Victorianesque hideaways. The home itself is a stately and historic
circa 1857 mansion sitting among rolling hills and vineyards just outside
of Bardstown. Guests will find a variety of amenities and a full country
breakfast in the morning.
For
more information about planning your midwinter getaway to Bardstown, KY,
contact the Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist & Convention Commission
at 800-638-4877, www.VisitBardstown.com.
Media
Contact:
Dawn
Przystal, Vice President, 800-638-4877 x 114
Bardstown-Nelson
County Tourist & Convention Commission
Upper
Photo: Bourbon Manor’s spacious and elegant Hotty Toddy guestroom will
take you far, far away from winter’s chill.
Credit:
Bourbon Manor
Lower
Photo: Sweet dreams are practically guaranteed in the Merlot Suite
at Springhill Winery and Plantation B&B.
Credit:
Springhill Winery
Hi-
and Low-Res photos available.
About
Bardstown, KY
Located
in the heart of Kentucky Bourbon Country and situated at the trailhead
of the famed Kentucky Bourbon Trail®, Bardstown
is more familiarly known as the “Bourbon Capital of the World.” It is home
to six distilleries, including Barton 1792 and Willett Distillery, and
these four Kentucky Bourbon Trail® distilleries: Heaven Hill, Maker’s
Mark, Jim Beam and Four Roses’ second campus. Major attractions include
the outdoor musical, “The Stephen Foster Story,” My Old Kentucky Home State
Park, the highly regarded Civil War Museum of the Western Theatre, My Old
Kentucky Dinner Train, The Kentucky Railway Museum and Whisky Magazine’s
Visitor Attraction of the Year – the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History.
Additionally, Bardstown has four 18-hole golf courses, three wineries,
two haunted tours and numerous religious attractions. Fodor picked Bardstown
as one of “America’s Best Small Towns” and AARP named it one of its “10
best small towns.” It led TheCultureTrip.com’s list of the “10 Most Beautiful
Towns in Kentucky” and was named the “Most Beautiful Small Town in America”
in the Rand McNally/USA Today 2012 “Best of the Road” contest. Bardstown
landed in the top 20 of “America’s Favorite Towns” by Travel + Leisure
– which also recognized it as having one of “America’s Most Beautiful Town
Squares.” In 2013, Bardstown was designated a certified Kentucky Cultural
District, one of only six Kentucky cities to achieve this honor. www.facebook.com/BardstownKY |
