Winter Island, at 50 Winter Island Rd., is my favorite spot in Salem. It is a maritime park, and less than a ten-minute drive from the Inn. Or, if you’re feeling adventurous, you can take a Blue Bike (these bikes are for rent all over Salem. Soon to come—a blog post about this program that promotes riding bikes rather than …
Spring Has Sprung at the Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast
There’s no doubt about it that according to the calendar, spring is here. But the weather is raw and rainy and we all need an antidote. The Salem Inn has one for you—flowers! When you visit the Inn you will be greeted with our fabulous container gardens and window boxes. The cheerful pots are planted with daffodils, ranunculus, tulips, …
The Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast Presents GHOSTS—Photos from Jill Pabich’s Exhibit in the Breakfast Room
Hocus Pocus House, Salem Derby Wharf, Salem I take pictures of ghosts. At least where ghosts may be if you look closely enough. I find beauty in wasted, forgotten, and devastated locations. When I take pictures I feel a palpable energy, and I wonder, what happened to these places, and how did they end like this? Who lived here? What …
Read All About It! The Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast in Salem, MA, Invites You to Visit Studio Thirteen Tattoo Studio!
Many of our visitors to the Inn have tattoos and many come to Salem to have work done by specific artists. At last count, there were about 13 studios in Salem. I decided that something so meaningful to so many people deserved a post. So I walked around the corner from the Inn to Studio Thirteen Tattoo and was invited …
Read All About It! The Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast in Salem, MA, Welcomes Your Pet to the West House!
The Salem Inn has had a long-standing policy of welcoming guests’ pets to stay with us! We love your furry, purring, flying friends and can’t wait to pat them, photograph them, then put them on our FaceBook page. They will be treated to their own freshly-laundered pet bed, a water dish, and some biscuits. (Well maybe not the cats. They’re …
Read All About It! The Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast in Salem, MA, Invites You to Explore the Witch House!
A stately black house adorned with three gables and windows sparkling with tiny diamond panes of glass sits on the corner of Essex and North Streets in Salem. Its architecture, as well as furnishings from the seventeenth century on display inside, give visitors a deeper understanding of colonial Americans’ heritage. There are yawning fireplaces, a spinning wheel, and a bed …
Read All About It! The Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast in Salem, MA, Invites You to Explore Yin Yu Tang!
Salem has its share of beautiful and historic architecture, from the Witch House, built in the 1600s, to the stately Federalist mansions on Chestnut Street. But did you know that Salem also has a pristine example of a late-19th century Chinese house? Door to Yin Yu Tang Yin Yu Tang (Hall of Plentiful Shelter) can be found at the Peabody …
Read All About It! The Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast’s Juiciest Gossip: West vs. West!
Miniature Portraits of Captain Nathaniel West and Elizabeth Derby West Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. Captain Nathaniel West (1758-1851), who built the Salem Inn’s West House in 1834, eloped with the daughter of Elias Hasket Derby, Elizabeth “Betsey” Derby, in 1783. Elias Derby owned or held shares in many privateering ships during the American Revolution, which made him …
Read All About It! The Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast in Salem, MA, Is Rising to New Heights!
Built in 1834, the West House of the Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast is a fine example of Federalist architecture. It consists of 3 townhouses, 5,7, and 9 Summer Street. As such, it has lots of staircases. Some are grand; others small and winding. We have wanted to meet our guests’ desire for an elevator to bring their luggage …
Read All About It! The Salem Inn Bed and Breakfast in Salem, MA, Says Say Hello to Our Zebra Finches!
When you enter the main office of the Salem Inn, you will hear the cheerfully beeping call of our zebra finches as they sing to each other. Housed in a large cage, they flit back and forth, play on their perches, and have babies! Lots of babies. If you look at the nesting baskets provided for them, you will …
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