Welcome to the Dancing Bear Guest House, in the heart of the delightful village of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Located in the historic Moses W. Merrill homestead built in 1852, the Dancing Bear, - soon to be re named Blooming Inn Shelburne Falls, offering comfortable lodgings in historic elegance with private baths and large common living and dining rooms.
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Local Events
• Wall of Sound• Green River Festival• Bridge of Flower 10K Race• Shelburne Falls Music Festival• Lavender Festival• Bridge Dinner• Heath Fair• Ashfield Fall Festival• Cider Days• Crafts
Restaurants, etc.
LUNCH
Baked : 7 days 9-3
La Posada: Salvadoran and Mexican Cuisine: 11-8 daily
DINNER
Buckland Pizza: 11-8 Wed-Sun
West End Pub: 5-9 Tues-Sun
ETC.
Vävstuga Swedish Weaving School Just 10 minutes away
Baker Pharmacy: Drugstore Soda Fountain & Pharmacy: 8:30-6:00 Mon-Fri; 8:30-3:00 Sat
Keystone Market: Full-service locally owned supermarket: 7-7 Mon-Sat; 10-6 Sun
McCusker's Market: Natural Foods Coop 8-8 daily
Mocha Maya's: Coffee House, Pub, and Music Venue: 7-5 daily, evenings when live music is scheduled
Mo's Fudge Factor: Chocolate, Espresso, Ice Cream, etc.: 11-6 daily
Resources
The World-renowned Bridge of FlowersWhen the Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway ceased operation in the 1920s, the five-arch concrete span it used to cross the Deerfield River remained, and was crumbling.
Welcome to the Dancing Bear Guest House
The Dancing Bear is a five-minute walk to Shelburne Falls' many attractions including the world famous Bridge of Flowers, Glacial Potholes, Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, as well as fine cafés, restaurants, galleries, bookshops, and antique stores. Within a short drive are opportunities for downhill skiing ( Berkshire East Mountain Resort), cross country skiing, hiking, rafting, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing, as well as Historic Deerfield, the Mass MoCA, the Clark Art Institute and the many shopping and cultural activities in Northampton, Amherst, Greenfield, Brattleboro, etc.
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• Street festivals and country fairs
• River rafting and kayaking
• Mountain coaster
• Zip lines
• Hiking
• Historic Deerfield
• Green River Festival
The Dancing Bear in Fall
• Ideal base for viewing New England’s world-renowned fall foliage
• Outdoor festivals
• Hiking
• River rafting
• Zip lines
• Mountain coaster
• Skiing at Berkshire East
• Mountain coaster
• Weaving workshops at Vävstuga
• Cheesemaking workshops
• Mass MOCA (contemporary art)
• The Clark Art Institute
• Bridge of Flowers at its best
• Hiking
• Mountain coaster
• Historic Deerfield
• Weaving workshops at Vävstuga
• Cheese making workshops
• River rafting and kayaking
