Grafton, Vt. has received praise from the likes of The New York Times and The Boston Globe for its quintessential charm and the authentic Vermont experience it offers visitors. Please enjoy this sampling of Press highlights.
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Stay in this Lovely Historic Home in Grafton VT
By Author Tara Schatz, Vermont Explored
Published: April 10, 2024
Photo credit: Tara Schultz
You can’t get much more Vermonty than the village of Grafton VT, and the circa 1850 Ephriam Bruce House will send you back in time in the best possible way. READ FULL ARTICLE
An Enchanting Winter Weekend in Grafton Vermont
By Author Tara Schatz, Vermont Explored – Published Jan. 4, 2024
Photo Credit: Tara Schatz
If you are longing to trade that frantic pace for a bit of a meander this winter, Grafton Vermont is the weekend getaway you’re after!
A winter getaway in Grafton Vermont involves thumbing through historic volumes by the fire at the iconic Grafton Inn, strapping on skis or snowshoes and trekking through dark forests, and indulging in copious amounts of award-winning cheese. Are you in?
Grafton and Springfield plan holiday festivities
BY PAULA BENSON The Shopper
Dec. 6, 2023
GRAFTON, Vt. – Main Street in Grafton, Vt., strongly resembles a Norman Rockwell painting when blanketed in snow, especially when decorated for the holidays. Annual events sprinkled through the winter months give visitors the opportunity to create quintessential Vermont moments while enjoying the Christmas cheer. READ FULL ARTICLE
In every season, a visit to Grafton, Vermont, offers the definitive “timeless New England village” experience.
Aimee Tucker, NEW ENGLAND TODAY
New England Today: Travel
Guide to Grafton, Vermont
Our favorite things to see and do in the postcard-perfect village of Grafton, Vermont.
October 6, 2020
Grafton is an unusual place, a community of fewer than 1,000 people that, thanks to a 20th-century benefactor and the town’s distance from an interstate highway, has maintained much of its 19th-century appearance without becoming a museum.
CANDACE PAGE, SEVEN DAYS VT
One stop takes visitors to Grafton — a town of 670 people — where visitors learn about former slave Alec Turner. Turner and his wife settled there in 1873, built a home, supported the church and raised 13 children just after the Civil War.
NBC 5
“It’s as if we’ve stepped into a ‘White Christmas’ movie scene,” Chuck Ward, our traveling companion, said. “We’ve landed in Pine Tree, and I swear I just saw Bing Crosby.”
Diane Bair and Pamela Wright, THE BOSTON GLOBE
Grafton’s cheesemaking roots go back to 1892 and today the Grafton Village Cheese Company makes one of the world’s finest cheddars…
PATRICIA SCHULTZ, 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Book by Patricia Schultz
A perfect collection of bucket-list destinations for avid travelers, Grafton Village is featured as one of 1,000 must-see places in the New York Times bestseller 1,000 Places to See Before You Die.
Chronicle 5 WCVB
A Tank Away: Grafton, VT
November 1, 2017
If Grafton was never painted for Currier & Ives, it should have been. It’s a well-preserved, thriving community in which a surprising bounty of activities await visitors year round.
JAY JONES, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Chicago Tribune
If you could climb into a postcard, it should be Vermont’s tiny Grafton
May 20, 2015
ON a snowy day in Grafton, fires are stoked and soft chairs beckon in a cozy country inn. Nearby, snow enthusiasts strap on snowshoes and cross-country skis. On Main Street, women in pleated wool slacks and men in heavy boots quickly drop their taciturn veneer for a visitor who asks a question or starts a friendly conversation.
Susan Diesenhouse, the new york times
