City: Williamsburg, VA

Category: Accommodations

Telephone: (757) 253-1260, (800) 545-1825

Address: 1022 Jamestown Rd.

Description: This elegant inn has held a four-diamond rating from AAA and prides itself on creating the kind of romantic atmosphere perfect for honeymoons or couples celebrating an anniversary. (American Historic Inns has had the Liberty Rose on its top-10 “most romantic” list for years.)Owners Sandra and Brad Hirz renovated a 1920s house made from Jamestown brick and white clapboard. Situated on a hillside covered with beautiful old trees, the inn is one mile from the Historic Area. The backyard gardens feature courtyards, and old-fashioned swings hang from oak trees. Inside you’ll find English, Victorian, French country, and colonial antiques. Rich fabrics and wallpapers contribute to the mood. A grand piano and fireplace in the salon and complimentary soft drinks, chocolates, and chocolate-chip cookies in the glassed-in breakfast porch are particularly inviting. All rooms offer telephones, TVs, VCRs, movies, lush bathrobes, bubble bath, alarm clocks, and gold miniature flashlights. If decorating is a hobby for you, consult your hosts, as they did all of the professional-quality sewing, papering, sawing, hanging, and refinishing on the inn. Breakfast includes such delicacies as stuffed French toast with marmalade and cream cheese, fruit, juices, and everything from apple-cinnamon pecan pancakes to eggs, toast, and the like.Liberty Rose does not accept pets or children. Smoking is prohibited.