This 1916 Craftsman home, set back from the sidewalk and street, is quiet and serene, yet just three blocks from shopping, dining and wine tasting in Jacksonville, a National Historic Landmark gold rush town.
In the six guest rooms and suites, you can slip into a luxurious waffleweave robe and savor the chocolate truffles before hitting the feather beds with Egyptian cotton sheets. In the morning, as well as evenings, you'll find fires crackling in the foyer and living room. At breakfast, expect such goodies as freshly baked scones or muffins, berries, yogurt, eggs with smoked salmon; vegetable-and-feta frittata and spinach-and-mushroom quiche with hash browns or roasted asparagus. In the afternoon, nibble homemade chocolate chip cookies, sip tea and pick a place to get cozy in the great room, library or sun room.
“People who enjoy a beautiful and well-appointed Vintage home, with lots of attention paid to the little things that make a stay comfortable will prefer our B&B over a traditional hotel,” says innkeeper Tim Balfour, who owns and operates the inn with his partner, Gary Renninger Balfour. The couple strives to create a casual, yet gracious, environment. “Our home is designed to make people feel comfortable and cared for … and then we get out of the way for them to enjoy themselves,” says Tim.
12+ kids ok | $$
This former 1880s stage coach stop is less than a mile from the Rogue River and is a forty-five-minute drive from Crater Lake. Built in 1889, it is on the National Register of Historic Places. Its ten rooms are named after famous former visitors including Theodore Roosevelt, Jack London, Zane Grey, William Jennings Bryan and John Muir. Owner-innkeepers Karen and Fred Wickman change the breakfast menu daily, often serving berry pancakes, whole wheat hazelnut French toast and Wizard Islands (egg soufflés made to look like the famous formation in Crater Lake). There is fine dining at the hotel restaurant, too.
all ages kids ok | $$
Just two blocks from the theaters and shopping, this quiet inn is rich in character and home to Alchemy Restaurant and Bar, one of this town's best. Owner-innkeepers Laurie and Michael Gibbs greet you just past the English garden. Afternoon pastries are delivered to your room. Breakfast is a magnum opus with items such as poached eggs on duck confit hash with parmesan cream sauce; black-pepper waffles with chicken, fried bacon and bourbon maple syrup; or pork belly omelet with green bell pepper chimichurri, blackened leeks and mustard-seed-ale cheddar.
all ages kids ok | $$ - $$$
