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One of the best bed and breakfasts in Huntsville in Muskoka Ontario,
as recommended by Janette Higgins.
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Near North and Northern Ontario
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Tranquil Woods Bed and Breakfast
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Judy and Dan Evans
50 North Portage Rd
RR4
Huntsville, Ontario
Canada, P1H 1J6
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| Phone: 705-788-7235 |
| Warm hospitality abounds in this home built in 2004 especially for bed and breakfast. |
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Review by Janette Higgins
author of The Best Places to B&B in Ontario: A Selective Guide
Six editions of the book were published to critical and popular acclaim. Janette now publishes her B&B
reviews and holiday reports online.
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Note 1 to reader: Every Ontario bed and breakfast receives my consideration. I travel incognito, pay where I stay and write reviews of the top 5%. Here is one I recommend. Janette Higgins
There’s a main level room at Tranquil Woods Bed and Breakfast near Huntsville that spoke to my heart. The theme of the Whispering Pines Room is French country with a modern twist. Hosts Judy and Dan Evans joined forces to put together this perfectly lovely room with its realistic electric fireplace and black-and-white toile on a king size bed. (The beds can also be made up as two twins if you like.) Dan built the headboard and selected and installed the black and white flower photos above it. Its bathroom is en suite and the room has its own private main floor entrance deck at the back of the house. Or you can enter via the front door. From the foyer, simply turn right into a cosy white-furnished sitting room and then beyond to the guest bedroom.
When I stayed that room was taken so I didn’t even know what I was missing. I only saw it next morning after the other guests departed. I’d been perfectly happy with the queen-bedded Red Oak Room on the second floor, done in rich satins and brocades. The colours run to deep reds and taupe with touches of pewter and gold. The en suite bathroom is done in similar hues. A second bedroom, further along the hall, has a casual light country feel with sloped ceilings. It also has an en suite bathroom.
Judy’s bubbly personality and Dan’s agreeable nature make a perfect combination and you’ll feel like you’re visiting favorite family members who happen to live in Huntsville. Guests have use of the living room with vaulted ceiling with cosiness provided by an 1880s Victorian mantle. You'll also have use of the wrap-around verandah and a Muskoka Room that backs onto woods.
Next morning, you’ll have breakfast in the large dining room. There are all the usual selections: fruit, toast, muffins juices, cold cereals plus hot if you like. Judy is enthusiastically building up her breakfast recipe collection. I lapped up a delicious puffy baked apple omelette the likes of which I’d never had before. It was served with a surprisingly tasty turkey ‘bacon’. Your fruit course might be a fruit dish like baked caramel pears followed by a main entrée like banana orange French toast.
This beautiful newly-built home sitting on a gentle slope and surrounded by woods and Muskoka rock makes for a great destination. It’s three minutes from Deerhurst and Grandview. A minute longer takes you to Hidden Valley Ski Resort. Ten or 15 minutes takes you to Huntsville town centre, Pioneer Village, Arrowhead Park or Dwight Beach. In half an hour you can be at the Dorset Tower or even Ontario’s Mecca for nature-lovers, Algonquin Park.
Note 2 to reader: I appreciate your support of the continuation of my research by letting the hosts know you read my review of their bed and breakfast on this bbontario website. Many thanks! Janette Higgins, Travel Writer
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Tranquil Woods Bed and Breakfast, Huntsville in Muskoka, Ontario
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| Website: |
http://www.tranquilwoods.ca |
| Best to call: |
9 AM to 11 PM |
| Languages: |
English |
| Season: |
All Year |
| CDN $ Rates: |
S or D $110-135 (no taxes) |
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| Cards: |
VISA |
| Restrictions: |
not suitable for children; no smoking |
| Facilities: |
3 guest bedrooms (2 queen with en suite shower/tub; 1 king or twin with en suite shower stall; main floor for guests; no a/c |
| Parking: |
ample |
| Breakfast: |
full |
| In Residence: |
no pets in residence |
| Location: |
Huntsville is 2 hours north of Toronto in Muskoka |
| Directions: |
From Hwy 60 in Huntsville go 7 kms to Deerhurst Canal/Muskoka Rd 23. Turn south. Follow road for 1.4 kms and keep right at fork. Follow a short distance. Cross bridge and turn left at first road. Follow 1.7 kms around sharp right curve and up hill to bed and breakfast on right. (Note: Even with all the turns, the whole time you've been on Muskoka Rd 23) |
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