Hotel at a Glance: Greystone Manor Bed & Breakfast

Dating back to 1883, the Victorian-style mansion that anchors Greystone Manor Bed & Breakfast is a handsome estate that nicely complements the surrounding Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Beveled-glass doors, sculptures, and masterfully designed woodwork add to the inn’s charm and elegance.

• Where you’ll stay: Rooms are individually furnished in country-style decor.
• Wake up to a feast: Greystone whips up one hot entree per person (think waffles, French toast, or blueberry pancakes), plus fruit, cereal, and baked goodies.
• Nearby attractions: The theaters of Lancaster and Strasburg, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, and the regionally famous ice cream at Lapp Valley Farm

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Crossroads of Amish Culture and German Heritage

Lancaster County sits in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. A number of Amish families—many of them descendants of the German immigrants who settled in the region in the 18th and 19th centuries—still farm the land here, living and working by the same timeless principles and unadorned methods they’ve been using for generations. On a drive through the area, you’ll see covered bridges spanning the Conestoga River and probably share the road with a horse-drawn buggy or two. At stops such as Kitchen Kettle Village, you can watch experts canning jellies, jams, and relishes and sample homemade baked goods.

To tour the countryside in style, take a ride aboard a coal-burning steam locomotive on the Strasburg Rail Road. As the train chugs past farmers tending fields and cattle grazing on hay and strudel, parlor-car attendants serve cocktails and snacks to passengers in the dining car or in first class. Across the street from the station in Strasburg, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania chronicles the history of the track via rotating exhibits and more than 100 locomotives and railcars.