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Keswick Hall at Monticello

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<p>The foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, south and west of Washington, D.C., are a playground for the city's old guard, their horses, and their beagles. With its laird-of-the-manor grandeur, no place evokes the regional esprit like Keswick Hall. In a stately Tuscan-style structure originally built in 1912, its 48 guest rooms are decorated with a mix of hunt-club prints, canopy beds, polished armoires, and Chippendale chairs. There are hints of fun: one room holds a framed collection of Best in Show ribbons that somebody's poodle won. Fossett's, the swag-festooned restaurant, serves some of Virginia's most compelling food—quail with chanterelles, rockfish with mussels and fava beans—with bottles from up-and-coming local wineries: King Family Vineyards, Blenheim Vineyards, and Kluge Estate.</p>

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From Travel + Leisure , SEP 2007

...opulent Keswick Hall, whose laird-of-the-manor grandeur carries a hint of fun...MORE>>

– Virginia Unbridled

From Travel + Leisure , JUL 2004

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From Food & Wine , MAY 2004

Set near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, this 600-acre English country manor has 48 antiques-filled rooms, formal gardens, an infinity-edged swimming pool and an 18-hole golf course designed by Arnold Palmer....MORE>>

– Thomas Head 5 Weekend Escapes: Charlottesville

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