Description: Grace Manor Inn is a gracious and beautiful quiet haven in the middle of this surprisingly busy and historical city. The level of comfort is immense, with large, two room suites, a multi-course gourmet breakfast, and lots of beautiful public spaces.
Intriguingly decorated with Victorian antique and reproduction furniture, which beautifully compliments its historic heritage, the Grace Manor Inn provides a comfortable and beautiful location just to sit for a while and sip a glass of wine. A music room, complete with baby grand piano, holds beautiful green and gilt furniture—the main sitting room in soft tones and white feels like a step back into the past—a more genteel and relaxed past.
There's a lovely outdoor area, too, and off street parking. One of my favorite places was the swing on the second floor balcony out back, where I could sip a glass of wine, and listen to the birds in the trees outside.
You're warmly greeted, given a tour of this interesting home, and put into a comfortable suite (ours was the least expensive, it still consisted of a large bedroom, beautifully appointed and including thick robes, as well as a sitting room with a TV, couch, Italian coffee maker for our first cup of coffee in the morning, a refrigerator stocked with a cheese tray, a bottle of wine and bottled water, and lots of room to stretch out.)
Breakfast was wonderful, and included mimosas or bellinis if desired, multiple courses, and a great deal of attention paid to special diets (the weekend we were there, the guests included me, a vegetarian, and some others who were doing a low-carb diet. The cook (co-owner Dawn) provided an exquisitely delicious gourmet breakfast for each of us, probably the best breakfast I have ever had, which perfectly followed our dietary needs. It was great.
When I go back to Richmond I will stay there again.
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