The healthy air revives you as you approach Oak Grove down its sienna-colored lane, lined with loblolly pines. The air is alive with the sound of country.. .crickets, frogs, cicadas and birds. Visitors enjoy sipping cool lemonade and iced tea on the front porch on a lazy summer day.
That was the scene that greeted visitors to this antebellum home in the 1820s. Today, nearly 180 years later, the same family can welcome you with Southern hospitality this summer.
The choice is yours. You can stay near the plantation house for wildflower walks, reading, birding, bike riding and hiking over 400 acres, a house tour, a neighborhood tour or a reiki session...
Or you can see the many sights of Southside Virginia...
From Cluster Springs, South Boston is 6 miles north, Durham 55 miles south, Danville 30 miles west and Buggs Island Lake 30 miles west.
Our gourmet breakfast is served family style in the Victorian dining room, sun shining in through the bay windows. Entrees may include Cluster Spring egg puff, lemon souffle pancakes or other specialties, served with locally grown fruits, coffee, and homemade biscuits or muffins.
Dogs especially love Oak Grove Plantation. Our grounds are perfect for frolicking and working off energy. Walk with them off-leash or pay us to walk them on our wide-open spaces of fields, trails, woods and streams. You can also play with them on-leash in the beautiful yards surrounding the plantation house.
Bicyclists will enjoy the lightly trafficked roads and gently rolling landscape near Oak Grove. Glide down the path from the inn to a beautiful journey of any length you desire. Ride for hours on country byways, stopping at a friendly general store for light refreshments and conversation. We'll provide maps and bicycles if you need them. Mountain bikers will enjoy the paths on the farm.
Those who travel with
horses may board them at a nearby farm's stable. ($20 per horse per night) There are riding trails in a local State Park.
Rejuvenate Yourself with a Woman's Retreat If you're tired, grumpy, worn out -- change your life with a woman's retreat at Breezy Oaks and Oak Grove Plantation, two Halifax County bed & breakfasts. Come alone or bring your friends.
Start with a Friday evening session with a reiki treatment-a hands-on relaxation and healing method. Then settle into your comfortable, nicely decorated room for the kind of deep rest you never get in the noisy city.
Start Saturday with a healthy breakfast and calming walk in the woods. Follow up with a massage. A delicious lunch will be provided, and in the evening, you will be transported to South Boston's only AAA three-star restaurant, Bistro 1888 www.bistro1888.com .
Your innkeeper can chauffeur you, or for an additional charge you can be whisk to the restaurant in a limo and returned to your B&B for sweet dreams(limo needs to be arranged 2 weeks in advance). The next day you can glide home after a sumptuous breakfast.
Total cost for the weekend, depending on your choice of room at either B&B, $315-$440, plus the Bistro dinner and limo.
It can be a perfect birthday or holiday gift for a truly deserving Mom. It can be even more fun to bring a group of friends.
Inn to Inn Biking in Southside Virginia Bicycle riders will meander at their own pace along former coach roads in the rolling Piedmont hills.....(more)
Go Green at Oak Grove Join with us in helping to reduce our country's carbon footprint.....(more)
Midweek Dog Special Stay 2 nights(midweek) and we'll dog sit while you go out to dinner and take your dog for a walk the next morning.....(more)
Trains, trains, trains! Put on your engineer?s hat and watch coal trains from a wooden humpback bridge and take your trainman?s lunch with you.....(more)
Our three guest rooms are large with sitting areas. On the second floor is the federalist Blue Room pictured with a lacy canopy bed (double) and wood burning fireplace. Across the hall is the Green Room with an antique quilt on the wall and handmade rug on the floor (twin beds). These rooms, are $90 each with a private bath. For $140 you can have the entire top-floor family suite and private bath with balcony and a beautiful view of the 400-acre grounds. On the first floor is the Office with its bookcases, oak desk and brass double bed. It has a private bath and is handicapped accessible ($90).
Oak Grove Plantation Bed & Breakfast
1245 Cluster Springs Road
South Boston, Virginia 24592 (434) 575-7137 Toll Free: (877) 343-7871
email:
Pickett Craddock, Innkeeper
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