Take gourmet cooking classes with a pedigreed chef in a Food Channel-like theater kitchen ….. Relax in the USA’s newest resort spa ….. Spend your nights in a cozy Susan Sargent-designed guest room ….. Make new friends at The Tavern ….. Have your best dinner of the year in Butler’s ….. Enjoy unlimited sports in Vermont’s great outdoors ….. Savor world-class performing and fine arts ….. Wander into Downtown Burlington’s totally trendy entertainment and retail zone on the Lake Champlain waterfront!

Your custom-designed Ultimate Vermont Girlfriends Getaway at “The Essex” could look like this:

FRIDAY

·       Scenic drive to “The Essex” in Greater Burlington, perfectly located between Lake Champlain (USA’s sixth largest lake) and Mount Mansfield (Vermont’s tallest).

·       Warm greeting at “The Essex”, cookie and cider, luggage assistance and escort to your AAA Four-Diamond guest room.

·       If you must, access free high-speed Internet to check your email.

·       Join the lively Friday evening scene at The Tavern.

·       Prepare your own dinner in a hands-on cooking class.  Want wine with that?

·       Relax with a s’more at a bonfire in “The Essex” gardens.

·       Get a great night’s sleep.

SATURDAY

 

·       Early coffee and morning paper in the lobby.

·       Country breakfast in The Tavern.

·       Morning at The Spa at Essex, e.g. stationery bike, Pilates class, massage, etc.

·       Drive 15 minutes to the Burlington waterfront for fashionable lunch, boutique shopping and waterfront stroll.

·       Back at “The Essex”, work out in the state-of-the-art fitness center and swim laps in the 75-foot, four-lane indoor pool.  Or head outdoors for a bike ride, tennis game, 18 holes of golf, stroll to The Essex Shoppes & Cinema.  Or ….. take another delicious culinary class.

·       Join your friends at Butler’s for an extraordinary dinner.  So many courses, so many choices, so many wines!

·       Regroup at The Tavern for a nightcap.  Meet other girlfriends getaway groups.

·       Get another great night’s sleep.

SUNDAY

·       Early coffee and morning paper in the lobby vs. stroll in the gardens.  More choices.

·       Country breakfast in The Tavern or Vermont’s most popular brunch in Butler’s?

·       Your facial appointment beckons in The Spa at Essex.

·       The most professional resort front desk staff in Vermont will give you hot tips for unique lunch stops, museum-hopping, Vermont specialty food shopping, etc., on your drive home.

·       Arrive home.  Immediately book your next Ultimate Vermont Girlfriends Getaway at “The Essex”.  Call your friends.

ADDITIONAL DAYS

·       Want to arrive earlier or stay longer at “The Essex”?  Just ask!

To custom-design and book your Ultimate Vermont Girlfriends Getaway at “The Essex”, contact Sugar Tours at 888-889-8681 or vttours@sover.net