Activities / Entertainment / Personal Care

Activities

• Visit charming Manchester Vermont, the original outlet town with its charismatic Northshire Bookstore, Orvis' glorious flagship store and great restaurants. Browse through picturesque Vermont towns and frequent antique, craft and art shops.
   

• Bird-watching – use the chalet’s binoculars or bring your own.
   

• Farm – take the whole family to the noted Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, VT.
   

• Fall Foliage – Spectacular color is what Vermont is famous for. All you have to do is look out the Rye Chalet glass doors.
   

• Glass – visit the world- famous Simon Pearce Glass-Blowing workshop and restaurant in Quechee, VT.
   

• Guide - Guided hiking, hunting and/or fishing tours with a Certified Hunter-Safety and 'Let's Go Fishing' Instructor can be arranged for an additional fee -- for all levels from child to expert.
   

• Miniature Golf – popular and right in Wells.
   

• Vermont Country Store -- Shop at the famous old-world Vermont Country Store in Weston. Where else can you buy a wedge of aged cheddar cut from a 38-pound wheel, a long-lost apothecary brand you remember and trust, new red longjohns, a real, heavy-weight cast iron skillet--then fill a bag full of your old favorites at the candy counter? Today, amid countless antiques and oddities from floor to rafters, you'll still discover long-forgotten essentials. Route 100, Weston, Vermont. Open 7 days 9:00am-5:30pm, closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. Call 802-824-3184 or visit their website at  www.vermontcountrystore.com. 

Entertainment

Movies –

• The Village Picture Show, Routes 11&30. Manchester, VT. Call 802-362-4771.
   

• Plaza Movieplex 9, 9 Rutland St., Rutland, VT. Call 802-775-5500
   

• Westway Cinema, Westway Shopping Plaza, West Rutland. Call 802-438-2888.
   

Live Professional Theater -

• Dorset Playhouse, professional theatre in a building constructed from pre-Revolutionary War barns. 104 Cheney Rd., Dorset, Vermont. Twenty minutes south. Call 802-867-5777. Tickets $10-40. Credit cards accepted for phone orders. Curtain 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 2 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.
   

• Weston Playhouse, 703 Main St., Weston, Vermont. About 40 minutes south. Call 802-824-5288. Tickets $28-47.
   

• Concert Series – The Castleton Summer Concert on the Green. Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Castleton, Vermont. About 25 minutes north.

Personal Care

• Green Door Spa -- Manchester Village, VT. 802-362-1528 or greendoordayspa.com.
   

• The Equinox Resort & Spa -- Manchester, VT. Call 802-362-7872 or www.equinoxresort.com.