Dine and Conquer – Holiday Bed and Breakfast Tours with a Culinary Twist

Tour a luxurious home, sample holiday cookies, candies, even wines; then repeat. This holiday season, why visit one inn for a holiday extravaganza when you can visit several and still fit in some light exercise along the way?

Go door-to-door, peek at meticulously decorated homes, and revel in holiday cheer. It’s a lot like an open house set to music and merriment. The tours are highly popular because they offer visitors an inside look at bed and breakfasts and the opportunity to meet the innkeepers and ask questions about what a B&B stay is all about; in addition to the amazing culinary snacks. Here are some holiday tours offering a dash of edible favorites. While there are ticket costs to participate in the tours, some inns have special tour packages that cover the cost of the event when you book an overnight trip.

Annual White Mountain Inn to Inn Cookie Tour - White Mountains, NH

Loosen your belt buckles, now in its 14th year, this self-guided inn-to-inn cookie trek grows in popularity, and with good reason. The candies and cookies are homemade, secret recipes divulged, and gingerbread sculptures are featured throughout—proceeds of which sweetly benefit area nonprofits. At least a dozen inns are participating in this year’s treat trek. Each within 15-minutes from the next from 11 am - 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday December 11th and 12th. BnBFinder.com inns participating in the tour include: Admiral Peary House, Covered Bridge House, Darby Field Inn and Restaurant Bed & Breakfast, Eastman Inn, Inn at Crystal Lake & Restaurant, Inn at Ellis River, Notchland Inn, Riverbend Inn, and the Wildflowers Inn Bed and Breakfast. For a full list of participating properties visit NHliving.com. Tour ticket information is available by contacting the inns.

Links to mentioned inns: BnBFinder.com/AdmiralPeary; BnBFinder.com/CoveredBridge; BnBFinder.com/DarbyField; BnBFinder.com/Eastman; BnBFinder.com/CrystalLake; BnBFinder.com/InnatEllisRiver; BnBFinder.com/Notchland; BnBFinder.com/RiverbendInn; BnBFinder.com/WildflowersInn

Annual Sweet Treats Tour - Eureka Springs, AR
It’s a sugar high like no other. More than half a dozen bed and breakfasts in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, have teamed up to welcome revelers homemade holiday cookies and treats (and recipes) as they wander inn-to-inn. Entering its fourth year, the annual Sweet Treats Tour will take place between 1-6 pm on Saturday, December 11th.. Organized by the Alliance of Better Bed & Breakfasts, the quaint Victorian town nestled in the Ozark Mountains of northwestern Arkansas provides a picturesque backdrop and, in many ways, a life-like version of the Candy Land board game. The tour is self-guided and there is a nearby local trolley. Participating BnBFinder.com inns include: Red Bud Manor, 1884 Bridgeford House Bed and Breakfast, 1908 Ridgeway House Bed and Breakfast, Main Street Inn Bed & Breakfast, Arsenic & Old Lace Bed & Breakfast, 5 Ojo Inn Bed & Breakfast, Heartstone Inn and Cottages, and the 1881 Crescent Cottage Inn Bed and Breakfast. Tickets cost $20 per person.
BnBFinder.com/RedBudManor; BnBFinder.com/BridgefordHouse; BnBFinder.com/1908Ridgeway; BnBFinder.com/MainStreet; BnBFinder.com/Arsenic; BnBFinder.com/5Ojo; BnBFinder.com/HeartstoneInn; BnBFinder.com/CrescentCottage

Napa B&B Holiday Tour & Taste Event – Napa Valley, CA

Leave it to Napa to see the traditional holiday treats tour and quadruple the stakes. Bed and breakfasts in California’s Napa Valley will be decorating their historic inns with festive lights, calling in entertainment, and offering a chic wine and hors d'oeuvres tour.

At least a dozen inns will deck their halls with hundreds of miniature lights and greet guests with decadent food and locally-harvested wines from premier chefs and winemakers. Visitors may walk or take shuttles between groups of inns from 2 to 6 pm on Saturday, December 4th. Proceeds go to local charities, as well as to promote downtown Napa and the participating inns. BnBFinder.com inns participating in the tour include: Arbor Guest House B&B, The Beazley House Bed & Breakfast Inn, Candlelight Inn, Cedar Gables Inn, Churchill Manor Bed and Breakfast, Hennessey House Bed & Breakfast, The Inn on First, Inn on Randolph, and the Napa Old World Inn Bed and Breakfast. For a full list of participating inns visit NapaHolidayTour.com. Tickets cost $55 per person.

BnBFinder.com/Arbor; BnBFinder.com/Beazley; BnBFinder.com/Candlelight; BnBFinder.com/CedarGables; BnBFinder.com/Churchill; BnBFinder.com/HennesseyHouse; BnBFinder.com/InnOnFirst; BnBFinder.com/InnOnRandolph; BnBFinder.com/NapaOldWorld

First Annual Bed & Breakfast Holiday House Tour – Baltimore, MD

Rediscover the charm of the holiday season and give Santa a helping hand. Better Baltimore Bed & Breakfasts and several inns are joining forces to benefit Santa Claus Anonymous. Tour home-to-home from 2-7 pm on Sunday, December 12, collect cookies and treats, and let the season’s inspiration help charity provide Christmas to underprivileged children in Maryland. Tickets are $25 to $35 per person. BnBFinder.com inns participating in the tour include: The Inn at 2920, 1840's Carrollton Inn, and Celie's Waterfront Inn. For a full list of participating inns visit bedandbreakfastholidaytour.ticketleap.com/2010.

BnBFinder.com/InnAt2920; BnBFinder.com/Carrollton; BnBFinder.com/Celies

For more information on any of the bed and breakfast holiday tours contact Maria Coder at 212.480.0414 x 16 or email press@bnbfinder.com .

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