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Exploring Ontario In The Winter Bed And Breakfasting At Nicholyn Farms A Wonderful Weekend Treat
xploring Ontario in the example.
Winter - Bed and
Breakfasting at Nicholyn My husband and I must have
Farms - A Wonderful Weekend Treat travelled to more than 20 B&Bs
over the last few years as a home
base for an enjoyable weekend
Driving up to the Nicholyn Farms getaway. We have stayed in many
Bed and Breakfast you get family-run bed and breakfasts all
welcomed by the hearty and throughout Ontario and almost
healthy aroma of 2,200 always had a really positive
organically raised pigs. This bed experience.
and breakfast was our destination
for our quick winter getaway and Bed and breakfasting in Canada in
as soon as we drove up the somewhat different from the
driveway we realized we had United States since Canadian B&Bs
picked a great place. are usually smaller, have fewer
guest rooms and there is more
Bed and breakfasts are one of my direct interaction with the
favourite ways of travelling owner/ host. Many Canadian bed
since every B&B is unique and and breakfasts have between one
usually offers a very personal and three guest bedrooms with
experience that includes a nice most of the owners living in the
interaction with the B&B host and same house. As a result, bed and
the other guests, much different breakfasting in Canada is a more
from the rather anonymous intimate experience, it is truly
character of the average motel or like staying in someone's house.
hotel chain. Wherever I travel, I The United States, on the other
find that every B&B owner has a hand, features more "bed and
unique story to tell, and breakfast inns", many of which
Nicholyn Farms B&B was another are quite upscale and located in
renovated mansions with a much Farms Country Market, where
larger number of guest rooms, Nicholyn Farms sells products
almost along the lines of country made from their own pigs which
boutique hotels. are raised organically in a
bio-secure environment, without
There are a couple of really growth hormones or antibiotics.
helpful websites out there for At this market, they also sell
bed and breakfast travel in produce and meat products from
Ontario and Canada: other local farmers north of
Toronto.
- www.bbcanada.com, which
provides bed and breakfast Lynda, the owner, explained that
listings throughout all of their country market sells a
Canada, and whole range of locally grown
- the Ontario Farm and Country meats, such as pork, chicken,
Accommodations Association which beef, lamb, turkey, rabbit, goat,
lists active farm operations that cornish hens and even more exotic
provide accommodation to locally produced varieties such
travellers. as elk, emu and buffalo. During
the growing season they feature
After I had completed my research fresh certified organic produce
on these websites and contacted a from local vegetable and fruit
number of B&B hosts about growers, and their popular
availability, we selected the organic pork products are shipped
Nicholyn Farms Bed and Breakfast, to people as far away as Ottawa.
just about an hour and a bit
north of Toronto, for our late At just an hour's drive from
January getaway. Toronto, Nicholyn Farms was the
perfect getaway for us. It is
We checked in at the Nicholyn located in a beautifully restored
farmhouse whose original portion big city. Nicholyn Farms features
dates back to 1872. The Van two other guest bedrooms and all
Kesteren family completely the bedrooms have their own
renovated the farmstead in 1996 private bathrooms.
and won the top prize for "Most
Improved Farmstead in Simcoe This morning we sat down to a
County". wonderful homemade breakfast,
that started off with a beautiful
Lynda mentioned that her B&B has assortment of fresh fruit,
hosted guests from all over the including strawberries,
world from as far away as the blueberries, blackberries, green
Netherlands, England, the United and blue grapes, pineapple, and
States, Japan, Australia, Chile melons. The Van Kesteren's buy
and Peru. Many of their European their fruit at a special fruit
guests stay for 5 days or more market and the flavour of the
since their location is halfway fruit is indeed much stronger and
between two major Ontario sweeter than the fruit found
attractions: Algonquin Park and commonly in supermarkets. Lynda
Niagara Falls, with Toronto and her trusted assistant Joyce
easily accessible for day trips. called all of us guests to come
out and have a look at a flock of
about 20 wild turkeys that were
Our room was the cozy "Forest pecking away on the field behind
Room" which was located on the the bed and breakfast.
second storey and featured 4
beds, perfect for us 3 overnight After our wildlife encounter, we
vacationers. The space under the continued with a tasty breakfast
roof overlooking the farmland was of scrambled eggs, organic pork
such a welcome quiet sanctuary sausages, toast, homemade
from the hustle and bustle of the pancakes, country preserves and
muffins. Portions are not usually makes for a beautiful
measured and as a result we had getaway since you get to relax in
several helpings of each dish. We the tranquility of a country home
had a nice relaxing and very and most B&Bs offer a delicous,
filling breakfast before we set filling home-cooked meal that
off on our next adventure for will keep you nourished for many
today: snowtubing at Horseshoe hours, allowing you to take full
Valley. advantage of the activities for
the day. It's a fabulous way to
Staying at a bed and breakfast travel.
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