The Inn at Montchanin Village & Spa

Inns like this whose reputation spreads far and wide, where a planned stay is greeted with envy by your friends, and whose brochure speaks quality before you’ve even booked your reservation are the inns around which you want to plan your trip. You’ll not be disappointed in this one. Fortunately there’s so much to do in the area with Winterthur, Longwood Gardens, the Brandywine River Museum, Hagley, Nemours, etc., that you just have to stay for several nights. Montchanin makes up a village, with many buildings surrounded by profusely blooming flower gardens providing accommodations, all displaying class and great taste whether they are luxurious or more simple. The bedsheets alone would be worth a visit and you will love the marble bathrooms, the living rooms, the TVs, the air conditioning, and the mini-kitchens. The great room in the barn reception building has been reconstructed with hand-hewn beams, a large fireplace, and several sitting areas and is a great place for an aperitif before dinner in the inn’s restaurant, Krazy Kat’s, with its whimsical cat décor and memorable food. A full service spa opened in 2008. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the inn is located 5 miles north west of Wilmington, Delaware and 35 minutes south of the Philadelphia airport.