Burlington, Vermont—the biggest city in the Green Mountain State, and within an hour’s drive of Basin Harbor—is a hotbed of arts and culture all year round. Certainly, one of the high points of the Queen City’s cultural calendar is the Vermont International Film Festival, which celebrates its 33rd year in 2019.

Vermont has a wonderfully vibrant small-farm and local-agriculture scene: one of the most vibrant in the country, in fact. As a guest of ours here at Basin Harbor on the scenic shores of Lake Champlain, you’re not at all far from one of the great expressions of that farm-to-table scene: the venerable and cherished Burlington Farmers…
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Vermont is a small state, no question, but its splendid New England landscapes offer some of the all-around finest outdoor opportunities in the whole country. That’s certainly true this time of year, when a rich snow blanket promises quiet trails through postcard-perfect woods with frosty mountains as backdrop. While you’re waiting for the 2019 season…
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The bad news: It’s our off-season here at Basin Harbor, so you can’t come enjoy our spectacular lakeside resort right now. (Soon, though!) The good news: You’ve got some of the finest skiing in the East at your disposal here in the Green Mountain State! While you count the days until you can once again…
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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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