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Spend Thanksgiving on Chincoteague Island

September 24th, 2011 by Gail

The holidays are a wonderful time. Thanksgiving is a feast shared with family and friends. Christmas is a celebration of life and love – a time to exult in the joy of giving. New Year’s is a time to reflect on the past, plan for the future, and rejoice in the present.

Thanksgiving Spread

Let us cook your Thanksgiving feast.

In truth, the holidays can also be a stressful time, especially for folks who enjoy hosting them. Feasts require days of planning and food preparation. Entertaining requires a clean and tidy home. Gifts must be either purchased or made. By the time Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s have passed, many people feel the need for a vacation.

This year, consider incorporating a vacation into your holiday plans. Break up the monotony of always hosting, or always schlepping from one relative’s house to the next. This year, spend Thanksgiving on beautiful Chincoteague Island, at the Island Manor House, our Chincoteague Bed and Breakfast.

Spend your time walking on the sparkling sands of Assateague Island, watching the wild ponies frolic, and witnessing the miraculous migration of beautiful Snow Geese. Go for an invigorating bike ride around the island. Warm yourself by the fire, curled up with a good book and a glass of wine or cup of coffee.

Let us do the work for you. We’ll cook, we’ll clean. You’ll relax, eat, drink, and be merry.

Read on for details about the Holiday Packages at our Chincoteague Island Bed and Breakfast.

Thanksgiving Package at the Island Manor – $695.00 Inclusive:

  • 3 nights accommodation
  • gourmet breakfast each morning
  • homemade snacks and nibbles available 24 hrs a day
  • concierge service
  • bicycles to ride around the island
  • a dozen chocolate covered strawberries in your room on arrival
  • traditional thanksgiving buffet dinner and bottle of wine for two at 4 pm


Please call 1.800.852.1505 for more information, or visit our reservations page to reserve your blissful Thanksgiving holiday at the Island Manor House.

Assateague Lightouse

September 10th, 2011 by Gail

Assateague Lighthouse

Views from the top of Assateague Lighthouse are lovely.

Chincoteague and Assateague Islands are relatively flat, which makes them great for biking and walking. Beauty is everywhere: in the long stretches of beach, the marshes, and the bays. The village has many historic buildings, such as the 1848 Island Manor House, our Chincoteague Bed and Breakfast. Even walking down Main Street is an aesthetically pleasing experience.

Still, some people crave big views. The best spot for these folks is the Assateague Lighthouse.

Part of Assateague Island lies in Maryland, and part in Virginia. The lighthouse is located on the south side of the island in Virginia, close to the bridge from Chincoteague. Indeed, it’s less than three miles from our Chincoteague Bed and Breakfast to the Assateague Lighthouse trail. Many guests bike out to the lighthouse; we provide bikes if guests don’t have their own.

The present Assateague Lighthouse was built in 1867, replacing a shorter, inadequate tower dating from 1833. The brick structure stands 142 feet tall on top of a 20+ foot bluff. It is one of fewer than 20 lighthouses of its kind still functioning on the Eastern Seaboard today, and is easily recognizable to mariners thanks to it’s broad red and white stripes and nightly flash pattern.

Visitors will notice that the Assateague Lighthouse is not located right on the shore of the island, but nearly five miles inland. It was not always so. The tides have shifted the sands and somewhat stranded the light, though it’s light still warns shipping traffic of the shallow waters off Assateague.

Visitors are welcome to climb to the top of the lighthouse. Those who do are rewarded with expansive views. Ask the innkeeper of our Chincoteague Bed and Breakfast about lighthouse tours. The light is open seven days a week from June through September, and Fridays through Sundays October through May. From time to time, reparations may alter this schedule. Up-to-date information is available at 757.336.3696.

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