Ours is a seasonal resort here at Basin Harbor, as our regular and returning guests know; we’re closed from fall to spring, a time we partly spend doing the necessary maintenance and planning to ensure a homerun of a forthcoming summer season. We may be currently closed, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t still looking…
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Well, here we are again: Another year is looking a bit long in the tooth, while a spry, fresh-faced, brand-new one is waiting eagerly in the wings. Now that we’re closed for the year here at Basin Harbor—and busy doing our winter work in preparation for opening back up next spring—we wanted to take a…
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This is the time of year, of course, when people are staring down holiday-shopping lists packed with names of friends and loved ones. As it happens, our neck of the woods here at Basin Harbor comes richly stocked with first-rate possibilities for getting some holiday shopping done amid the seasonal loveliness of Vermont’s Champlain Valley.…
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Lake Champlain in its summer and early-fall guise—the guise familiar to all of our Basin Harbor guests—is bewitching and beautiful. It’s a joy to look upon—and all the more so to take a dip in or a boat ride over. But even though we’re closed for the year here at Basin Harbor—although staying busy managing…
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Thanksgiving in Vermont can be an absolute dream: It’s that magical time of year at the very tail end of leaf-peeping season and the start of ski season, and the Green Mountain State’s world-famous scenery of covered bridges, rounded mountains, deep forests, and riffled rivers establishes a holiday atmosphere like few other corners of the…
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If you’re a history buff, an architecture buff, or an enthusiast of all-around Americana, you must visit the Shelburne Museum on your next getaway to Basin Harbor. Only about 45 minutes from our Lake Champlain resort, this outstanding institution offers a one-of-a-kind collection focused on history, heritage, and art, and it’s one of the real cultural treasures of our…
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