Charlotte Hall Vacations from ￥342,704

The room needs to be updated, furniture was banged up and the light shades had stains. Hotel staff wasn’t the friendliest. There was an event going on Saturday night, the music was so loud it was shaking the glass (we were on the 4th floor) in our room and even the bed. Thankfully it ended around 11:30pm. Breakfast was good although not free for our stay.

Everything about the Swanendele Inn was exceptional: the location, the accommodations, the facilities, the decor, the hosts, and, not least, the breakfast. In fact, you could spend several days just exploring the remarkable antiques and artifacts around the place. However, what made the strongest impression was the fiery glow of dawn though the pine trees outside our balcony every morning in the Margeret Brent suite. Rhododaktylos, "The rosy-fingered dawn": I never understood the true meaning of that phrase until I saw that.

Did not eat at the hotel.