Featured Ludlow, VT
Okemo Valley - Your Place in Vermont
The skiing is great, but there is so much more to see and do in this scenic valley region
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Central, Vermont
Great Things To Do in VT
Great Things To Do - Central VT Region Central Vermont offers great things to do in every season. This region is home to the Green Mountain National Forest, the stunning Quechee Gorge, and many maple sugar works. Cozy inns and full service resorts offer every kind of luxury and relaxation. Enjoy the best biking, hiking, golf, tennis, boating, fishing, swimming in warmer weather and skiing, snowboarding, ice skating and snowshoeing when winter sets in.
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Featured Fairlee, VT
Lake Morey Resort
82 Clubhouse Road
You have to keep coming back to experience all the great things to do at this resort
Featured Rochester, VT
Liberty Hill Farm & Inn
511 Liberty Hill Road
Recharge, relax and reconnect at this farm inn, with a full slate of engaging activities
Featured Bridgewater Corners, VT
Long Trail Brewery
5520 US Route 4
After a day hard at work or play, a riverside brewery that's a great place to unwind
Featured Chittenden, VT
Mountain Top Resort
195 Mountain Top Road
So many things to do at this mountain resort all year round, you’re going to need a long list
Artful Shopping in the Middle of Vermont
Central Vermont is great not only for its snow sports and mountain walks. The shopping is also delightful. Two proofs of this theorem are DaVallia Gallery at 39 N…
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Montpelier, VT
Independent Bookseller Welcomes Book-Loving Folks
Bear Pond Books on Main Street in Montpelier presents a slogan “Celebrating 35 years of independent book selling in central Vermont,” and it takes pride in every …
Mad River; Lovely Byway
Among the country’s wonderful National Scenic Byways is the Mad River Byway, which travels along two of Vermont's most scenic roads, Routes 100 and 100B. Towns an…
Norwich, VT
Montshire Encourages You to Dig Into Science
The 100-acre Montshire Museum of Science at 1 Montshire Road in Norwich really means it when it calls itself a hands-on museum, so bring those kids who cannot kee…
Waitsfield, VT
Ride the Trails on an Icelandic Horse
The tireless movement of the Icelandic Horse makes it the ideal saddle horse, and you can take a trail ride on the Icelandic at the Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm a…
Beautiful Place, Refined Pottery
The town of Woodstock is as close as you can get to an idyllic New England small town, and it’s all a genuine, working community, with plenty of interesting fun f…
Enjoy Awesome Nature AND Shopping at This Gorge
Quechee Gorge is one of New England's most popular natural wonders. The 165-foot cleft in the mountain and its plunging stream can be seen from the Route 4 bridge…
Everything You Need, This Store Boldly Claims
Dan & Whit's General Store at 319 Main Street in Norwich confidently declares that it sells everything you need, and tops off the claim with the motto, "If we don…
Quechee, VT
Forest Canopy Walk at VINS
Vermont Institute of Natural Science, or VINS, at 149 Natures Way in Quechee presents a new exhibit Forest Canopy Walk that accommodates people of all physical ab…
Good Things Are Brewing Along Vermont’s Back Roads
A day with Back Road Brewery & Winery Tours is your chance to wander the back roads of Vermont with an experienced guide and to stop and sip at several of the sta…
Waitsfield, VT
Mad River Antler – How Wild Does That Sound?
If you want to go home from your Vermont vacation with a really Vermont-y artifact, consider a chandelier, lamp, candle holders, or wine rack made from antlers of…
Romping With the Huskies
Looking for a unique, thrilling, and hands-on outdoor adventure? A dog sledding adventure with pure bred Siberian Huskies is one answer! Braeburn Siberians is in …
Serene, Elegant Pottery and Gifts for the Home
Woodstock’s Farmhouse Pottery, at 1837 West Woodstock Road, is a retail store and studio where gorgeous and useful ceramic art is created right in front of fascin…
Vermont Marble Is Admired Throughout the World
The Vermont Marble Trail is a driving tour along the marble corridor of western Vermont. Vermont marble has been used in architecture throughout the United States…
Apple-Infused Pleasures at Cold Hollow
Vermont’s beautiful Route 100 offers beautiful views and interesting stops on all sides, and one of the more refreshing of these is Cold Hollow Cider Mill at 3600…
Artisans Park Brings the Best of “Artisan” and “Park”
You have hit the jackpot for dining and shopping pleasures when you make you way to Artisans Park at 71 Artisans Way in Windsor. This charming retail community is…
Castle on a Mountain Top
With its majestic mountains, Vermont is a natural home for a castle, and Wilson Castle on West Proctor Road in Proctor is the place. This architectural masterpiec…
Falls of Lana Is a Stairway of Stone
Replete with dramatic twists and turns, the Falls of Lana in Salisbury, Vermont have been likened to a giant staircase and bannister made of stone. The drop total…
Gorge Yourself on Mountain Beauty
Quechee State Park at 5800 Woodstock Road in Hartford, is home to Quechee Gorge, the "Grand Canyon of the East," formed by glacial activity approximately 13,000 y…
Granite Is the Stuff of Art at This Quarry
The Barre granite industry is known the world over for the durability and beauty of Barre granite and the quality of its craftsmanship. In the last quarter of the…
Mountain, Meet Bike
Yes, it is a ski mountain, but it still can get wild in the summer. Killington Resort in Killington operates a mountain bike park with lift service. The terrain i…
Perfect Storm of Covered Bridges
Vermont has more than 100 covered bridges, the heaviest concentration per mile of any state. The earliest of these beloved and hardworking bridges, dates from 182…
Norwich, VT
Play on the Trails, in the Water, at Montshire
Montshire Museum of Science, in the Vermont town of Norwich on the Vermont/New Hampshire border, offers lots of outdoor and nature-enhanced learning for families.…
Sugarbush, VT
Sugarbush Farm Makes a Sweet Visit
The family-operated Sugarbush Farm at 591 Sugarbush Farm Road in Woodstock welcomes visitors every day of the year to enjoy the farm, taste samples of the farm’s …
Thrill Ride Awaits Above Quechee
The spectacular Quechee Gorge in Central Vermont – sometime called the Grand Canyon of the East – attracts spectators of all kinds. One heart-stopping way to see …
Wild and Wacky Sculpture Garden
The Path of Life is a public sculpture garden at 36 Park Road in Windsor, where 18 large works of art symbolize the human journey from birth to death. Inspired by…
Fairlee, VT
Blades Are Moving at Lake Morey
Lake Morey Resort, on Clubhouse Road in Fairlee, realized about a decade ago that climate shifts were bringing less snow, even as the ice on the lake stayed stron…
Come to a Ski Town; Stay Indoors
You don’t need to be an athlete or even a skier to enjoy Vermont’s beautiful ski towns in the winter. Take, for instance, the Okemo Valley region and the town of …
Sleigh Rides Through Grafton
Grafton, on Main Street in Grafton keeps ramping up its hospitality to people who want to meet and enjoy small-town Vermont – in all seasons. Now, visitors to thi…
Waterbury, VT
Ben & Jerry's Factory Tours
1281 Waterbury Stowe Road
Great Ice Cream with and a great story
Montpelier, VT
Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks
1168 County Road
Four-season fun and a whole lotta maple goin’ on
Windsor, VT
Harpoon Vermont Brewery
336 Ruth Carney Drive
Looking for a fun time? Head on over to this brewery, taproom and beer garden
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