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| LUXURIOUS ESCAPE: The George Blucher House Bed & Breakfast Inn is decorated with American and French antiques. Each room in the home is named after one of the Bluchers’ six children. |
B&Bs: Romantic to rustic
Guests can sleep in cuddly Victorian or former barn
Bed and breakfasts in the Coastal Bend are not just different from the grand Victorians on the East Coast, but they are also very different from each other.
Visitors can see the historic influence in bed and breakfasts in Rockport and Corpus Christi, they can have a taste of ranch life in Sandia, Kingsville and Refugio, or be close to the water on Padre Island and Ingleside-on-the-Bay.
And the big season is weekends. Be romantic. Go hunting. Paddle a canoe. Seclude yourself from the outside world. All can be found in South Texas’ bed and breakfasts.
Bed & Breakfasts around the area
Angel Rose Bed & Breakfast
902 E. Cornwall, Rockport
361-729-3189 or angelrosebb.com
Innkeeper/owner: Clouis and Marilynn Fisher
Rates: $100
Style: This 1881 Victorian-style home has three rooms with private bathrooms. The home has a double parlor, a small library for guests, a formal dining room and an upstairs sitting room with views of Rockport. One of the upstairs bedrooms includes a view of the water.
Anthony’s by the Sea
Bed & Breakfast
7325 Pearl St., Rockport
361-729-6100 or
www.anthonysbythesea.com
Innkeeper/owner: Beth Burgess and Sharon Smith
Rates: $100-$120 (72 hour cancellation hour notice)
Style: The owners of the 1930s Florida-style, brick home say visitors especially enjoy the breakfasts. Consider one of these menus:
Bananas Foster Pancakes, Grand Marnier Strawberry French Toast or Shrimp Marinara Dutch Omelets.
The Branscombe
1319 N. Chaparral, Corpus Christi
888-4184, fax (361) 888-5644 or www.thebranscombe.com
Innkeeper/owner: Beverly Randolph
Rate: Single $75 Double $100 (Cancellation must be made 48 hours in advance) $
Style: This home offers one room with comfortable ‘30s-style décor. If guests want seclusion, Randolph can offer a simple continental style breakfast without the fuss. Otherwise she offers a full English breakfast with tomatoes, mushrooms,
eggs, bacon, muffins and juice.
Fortuna Bay Bed & Breakfast
15405 Fortuna Bay Drive, Padre Island
949-7554 or www.ccinternet.net/
fortunabay
Innkeeper/owner: John and Jackie Fisher
Rates: $135-$185
Style: The Fishers’ accommodations offer condo-style living. Each night a breakfast basket including sweet bread, cereal, tea, coffee, juice and the usual amenities is put in guests’ refrigerators. The setting is decidedly adult, with close proximity to the water.
George Blucher House
Bed & Breakfast Inn
211 N. Carrizo, Corpus Christi
884-4884 or www.georgeblucherhouse.com
Innkeeper/owner: Tracey Smith
Rates: $100-$175
Style: The 1904 historic Victorian home is decorated with understated American and French antiques. Each room is named after one of George and Alice Blucher’s six children. Breakfast varies and is served on china with crystal glasses.
Hoopes’ House Bed & Breakfast
417 N. Broadway, Rockport
361-729-8424, Ext. 300, 1-800-924-1008 or www.hoopeshouse.com
Innkeeper/owner: Mike and Paula Sargent
Rates: $140
(48 hour cancellation notice is required)
Style: This 1892-built, Queen Anne-style home was originally the residence of J.M. Hoopes, who bought it after fighting in the Civil War. It’s decorated with antiques, some of which are original to the home. The Sargents present a laid-back style with breakfasts that vary and include a special omelette roll with meat, vegetables, cheese and a fresh avocado hollandaise sauce.
Knolle Farm and Ranch, Bed, Barn & Breakfast
13016 Farm Road 70, Sandia, TX 78383
547-2546/fax (361) 547-3934 or www.knolle.com
Innkeeper/owner: Beth Knolle
Rates: $175 (Single bedroom) $235 (two bedroom)
Style: At night visitors are invited to sleep in a converted dairy barn built in the 1930s, and during the day can go on guided hunts, canoe and fish. Breakfast is delivered to the rooms and other meals can be prepared as well from an extensive lunch and dinner menu.
Ocean House
3275 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi
882-9500 or www.oceansuites.com
Innkeeper/owner: Bob and Dahlia Schulte
Rates: $155-$350
House $1,500
Style: Private entrances to each of this business’ suites ensure privacy and peace. Each room is professionally decorated with artwork that builds on separate themes. The owners, who are former caterers, present gourmet breakfasts with fresh fruits.
Our Place on the Bay
1233 Bayshore Drive, Ingleside on the Bay
776-6484 or www.ourplaceonthebay.net
Innkeeper/owner: Gary and Jane (Lown) Irving
Rates: $99-$129
Style: The Irvings supply their rooms with private libraries. Visitors can head out early for fishing or bird watching, or sleep in and make their own breakfast in the open and airy kitchen.
— Compiled by Stephanie L. Jordan
Updated by Edith Delgado, July 2007
This article is originally from the Caller-Times publication South Texas Life.
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