Northfield, Vermont
A quick overview:
Private, spacious, well-appointed guesthouse on 400 acres in the heart of the Green Mountains. Large porch with scenic views. Full kitchen, living and dining rooms, and laundry. Queen bedroom, plus pull-out couch, and roll away sleep up to 5. A/C, satellite TV, Wi-fi and cell service. Miles of private recreational trails. Maple sugaring operation and show oxen. Minutes from Norwich University. Short and long-term stays available.
In more detail:
Enjoy Scenic Views, Privacy & the Comforts of Home
Take in the splendor of Vermont’s mountains as you relax in the quiet comfort and privacy of our well-appointed guesthouse. Sweet Retreat is nestled in the heart of the Green Mountains, conveniently located fifteen minutes south of the capital city of Montpelier, forty-five minutes from Sugarbush, Bolton Valley, and Stowe, an hour from Burlington International Airport, 2.5 hours from Montreal and 2.75 hours from Boston.
You will find our spacious guesthouse equipped with everything you need to stay two days, a week, a month or several! To get you started, we stock the guesthouse with breakfast fixings for your first morning meal. And, enjoy complimentary maple syrup from our sugarhouse throughout short-term stays. Food shopping is just six miles away.
The Guesthouse Features:
• Porch with mountain views and sunrises
• Fully-equipped kitchen
• Spacious dining room with a table that seats up to 14
• Queen-size bed with fine linens
• Pull-out couch in the living room
• Satellite TV, wireless Internet access
• Air conditioning, three-zone heating
• A full laundry
Explore the Outdoors in Every Season
When you stay at Sweet Retreat, you don’t have to leave the premises to explore the great outdoors. Open the front door and enjoy the many miles of trails we’ve created and keep open for your walking, mountain biking, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing pleasure.
Slow Down & Get Close to Nature
Relax on the large porch and watch the sunrise over Spruce Mountain. View deer grazing in the back fields. Wander down to the pond to observe beavers at work, or grab your binoculars and look for American bitterns and blue herons.
Visit with our Show Oxen
Spend some time at the barn—visit with our show oxen, and if the timing is right watch them in training. For a truly unique Vermont experience, arrange for a ride in our custom-made ox cart, or in winter a sleigh ride through the woods pulled by our team of Durham-Herefords, Bright and Lion.
Learn How We Make Pure Vermont Gold® Maple Syrup!
Sugaring season at Sweet Retreat occurs in early spring when the sap runs in our 200-acre hillside maple grove. Stop by our state-of-the-art sugarhouse to experience the sights, smells and sounds of sugaring as we boil the sap that flows from our sugar maples into Pure Vermont Gold®. Taste the warm syrup as it is drawn off the evaporator—a sweet Vermont experience that you will long remember.
Come & Stay with Us—We’re Conveniently Located
Sweet Retreat is five miles from Interstate 89 and from downtown Northfield, home to Norwich University, six covered bridges, and the Northfield Country Club golf course (open to the public).
More on our Short & Long-term Stays & Rates based on double occupancy:
SHORT TERM STAYS
-2-night minimum, $166 per night; $40.00 per night each additional adult or child. Plus 9% Vermont Rooms & Meals tax.
-Weekly (7 nights)-$1100; $40.00 per night each additional adult or child. Plus 9% Vermont Rooms & Meals tax.
LONG TERM STAYS of 30 consecutive nights or more:
$85 per night. 9% Vermont Rooms and Meals tax is required for the first 30 nights. Rooms and meals tax for consecutive nights after the first 30 will not be charged. Additional guests are $25 per night.
-Month (30 nights)-$2550
-31 days or more- $85 per day
Please note: No pets or animals are permitted.
MasterCard and VISA accepted.
We stayed at Hannah and Ray's home and had a fantastic time. The welcoming touches were so thoughtful. Every detail was perfect but the misty sunrises over the trees were our favorite. The property is gorgeous and the home is comfortable. We will definitely be telling friends and family to book here in the future!
A beautiful stay in the woods in an immaculate sunny apartment. The oxen were awesome and the maple sugar house quite an operation. The property also boasts a beaver pond with dams and all. A beautiful stay any season of the year. Hannah was most helpful and friendly. It was special being greeted with a bottle of wine pancake mix maple sugar made on the property snd a refrigerator filled with butter milk snd orange juice. The apartment is quiet and the o my sounds are from the breezes gently blowing
The property had main residence home plus the guest house above the carriage house . It couldn’t have been a more perfect place to stay for our all too short visit in Vermont. Hannah was a wonderful hostess and provided us with all the fixing for breakfast. There are oxen on the property which we made time to visit which added to a wonderful stay. Mountain View’s in the daytime and brilliant star gazing at night made it perfect place for us to stay.
Beautiful guesthouse which felt more like an apartment with the perfect amount of space. Loved the breakfast goodies left by Hannah and Ray and truly enjoyed the deck with amazing views! If you're looking for something quiet and private, this is the retreat for you!
Hannah and Ray are great! Friendly and helpful but not intrusive. Sweet Retreat is just beautiful. So quiet and peaceful yet conveniently located in central Vermont. Morning coffee on the front porch was delightful! We are looking forward to returning here again!
It's like you are one of the family having come to stay. Hannah filled the fridge with breakfast food so we had something to cook after a late arrival, she put a cot and extra blankets in the room that we needed for the kids, and took the family on a sleigh ride without asking a dime in addition! This was the warmest stay we have ever had, and we rent in Vermont quite a bit. Thank you for your hospitality, it was so generous and kind!
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