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Tall Ships in Duluth…Ahoy!

March 12th, 2013 by Angie Allen

Duluth Tall Ships

It is only March, and many of us still have a great deal of that “white” stuff still on the ground. But it is not too early to be making your plans for your summer visit to Duluth.  The time will soon have raced by, and your favorite room will have been booked!  In good conscience, we simply cannot let that happen to you! (;

Of the multitude of reasons to visit Duluth and our port city located ideally along the shores of magnificent Lake Superior, the Tall Ships event scheduled for this year will be one of the largest ever, and the perfect reason to make your plans now.  This stunning, beautiful, and majestic event will be including an armada of 8 Tall Sailing ships, with the possibility of more to be added.  It is difficult to really describe this event if you have not seen it, but it is truly spectacular.  It is also a rare chance to catch a glimpse; step aboard, and even set sail on some of the grandest ships of yesteryear.

In addition to being able to take on-board tours, visitors will be offered the opportunity to sail on Lake Superior aboard the Privateer Lynx, S/V Denis Sullivan and the Schooner Hindu. Each vessel will sail several times daily beginning Friday, July 26, providing not only an educational glimpse into daily life aboard a tall ship, but also the grandeur of experiencing Lake Superior under sail.  It is an experience like no other.

Tickets will be going on sale for this event beginning April 1st, 2013 beginning at 10:00 am and can be purchased online by going to www.visitduluth.com or calling 877-4FLY-TIX (435-9849).

Book your room at the AG Thomson House Duluth Bed and Breakfast; then order your tickets to take a tour!  Duluth is a very busy summer destination, and this event will be just one more excuse to treat yourself to a getaway of pure beauty and relaxation at our Inn! We have a handful of rooms still available for the week of the event, so check out our availability and let us help enhance what will be an already extraordinarily wonderful and unique experience in our Port City!

U S Brig Niagara   The HMS Bounty   Pride of Baltimore II

 

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AG Thomson House – #1 Bed and Breakfast in the United States!

February 6th, 2012 by Angie Allen

Duluth Bed and Breakfast Lake Superior Views

Our guests are, without a doubt, some of the greatest in the world!! You have shared your experiences at the AG Thomson House with thousands and thousands of potential guests and travelers across the United States and the World by posting your review, experience, and memories at the AG Thomson House on Trip Advisor.

Each year Trip Advisor selects Travelers’ Choice Award winners in a number of different hospitality areas and destinations. Trip Advisor has become the most prestigious travel website offering travelers an honest, unbiased look into the potential destinations they may want to visit with reviews posted by you, the traveler or guest. Well, because of you, we could not be more proud to announce that the AG Thomson House Duluth Bed and Breakfast was selected by this prestigious organization as the #1 Bed and Breakfast in the United States for 2012!!!

We were, and still are, in absolute shock, and cannot thank all of you who felt your experience at our Duluth MN Bed and Breakfast was worth sharing with others.  It means the world to us that you not only had a wonderful and memorable experience at our Bed and Breakfast, which is our ultimate goal for you when you walk through our doors, but that you felt others should know about it!

We are also deeply proud to represent our stunning port city of Duluth, but also the Bed and Breakfast industry in general.  Bed and Breakfast’s across the country are still fighting many unfair stereotypes, and we are continually striving to “de-bunk” those stereotypes by providing guests at the AG Thomson House Duluth Bed and Breakfast with wonderfully comfortable modern amenities, while still providing the warmth, comfort, genuine hospitality, and privacy of a historic home that guests are looking for when choosing a Bed and Breakfast.  

This #1 ranking also placed us as the #11 Bed and Breakfast in the World!!  We are deeply grateful, and also very proud to represent not only the Bed and Breakfast industry, but our gorgeous port city of Duluth!!!

If you haven’t had a chance to share your experience yet, you can just click on this Trip Advisor review link and share your wonderful experience at our Duluth Bed and Breakfast with others!

Thank you, thank you, thank you ALL!!!


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An award winning year!

April 2nd, 2011 by Angie Allen

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The seasons are once again changing in Duluth and the shipping season is already underway.  It seems like it was just yesterday when the last ship came in for the winter layover, and here we are smiling as we look out at the Lake to see them once again making their way in and out of our beautiful port city of Duluth!

We have enjoyed an unusually busy year so far at our Duluth Bed and Breakfast.  If the first quarter of 2011 is any indication of how the rest of the year will be, we better hold on tight!  We are deeply grateful to all of our guests, past and future, for choosing to spend their valuable time and resources with us.  We are excited to see many of you again, and look forward to making new friends!

We have managed to complete some projects we had planned; here is a quick update!  Painting has been the project of the year so far with the grand entry way of the Inn getting a beautiful new color on its walls; a welcoming and warm Benjamin Moore “Mineral Alloy.”  The dining room also has been updated, along with the Salyards Room.  The entry way of the Carriage House has a new trim and wall color, and the North Shore Retreat is now complete with new trim and wall paint.  Good thing Tim’s a very, very good painter!!

You can follow all of our projects, and get updates and photos by “Liking” us on Facebook and following us on Twitter too!  We hope to complete a few more projects before the whirlwind of the season begins.  We are very excited about some outdoor additions and changes we will be making once the weather allows!  Keep posted!

We were incredibly excited to learn we were chosen for several prestigious awards and recognitions in 2011.  We are grateful and humbled by the recognition, and know that we could not have accomplished what we have without the support of our wonderful guests, friends, family and colleagues!  We love Duluth, and are very much aware of how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful destination area that allows us to share our home with you!

Here is a brief update of what your support has helped us realize this year:

  • LanierBB.com awarded the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast with the “Best Amenities” honor
  • iLoveInns.com selected the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast as a “Top Ten Romantic Inn in North America”
  • Duluth~Superior Magazine’s “Best of” poll for 2011 awarded the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast in five categories: “Best Bed and Breakfast” (second year in a row), “Best Amenities”, “Best Romantic Getaway”, “Best In-Room Dining” (second year in a row),  and “Best Hotel Rooms” (second year in a row).  And we came in second place for “Best Hotel.”  Wow!  We thank you all for taking the time to vote for us.  We were told that over 700 votes came in for the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast! Simply amazing!
  • Midwest Living magazine puts out a Travel Guide each year and the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast was named a “Best of the Midwest” in their 2011 issue.  We are the only Bed and Breakfast in our North Shore region to receive this honor.  

 

We will continue to keep you updated via our Blog, Facebook, and Twitter so be sure to bookmark these pages. You can also become a subscriber to our You Tube channel, and check out our Flickr page.  And don’t forget, to become a subscriber to our quarterly newsletter too!

Happy Spring to all of you!

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Tourists for a day!

April 21st, 2010 by Angie Allen

In this line of work, we are sending our guests to all of the incredible and beautiful attractions around the North Shore and Duluth nearly every day.  So when the opportunity arose for us to take a little time off from our beautiful bed and breakfast to enjoy our surroundings, we jumped at it and took a day to travel the North Shore of Minnesota and Lake Superior.

Palisade HeadWe began by driving up Scenic Highway 61 along the shores of Lake Superior with our ultimate destination of Tettegouche State Park. One of our first stops was Palisade Head, a rugged lakeside cliff rising nearly 300 ft up from the shores of Lake Superior.  This is a great spot to soak up the sun, have a picnic, and be inspired by the pure natural beauty and view of Lake Superior.  We continued further along the north shore, and did a little hiking along the Temperance River Gorge.

The trail stretches along side the rushing river, and is alive with waterfalls pouring through the gorges – simply spectacular and a must see!  On our return home, we stopped in at Split Rock Lighthouse, a spot we haven’t been in quite awhile, and spent some time walking the grounds and taking in the view.  The lighthouse will be open for tours in just a couple of weeks, but you can enjoy the grounds and the trails nearby now.  A short distance from Split Rock Lighthouse is Gooseberry Falls – a must see along the North Shore.  We walked around the upper and lower falls, which is a nice relaxing trail. But if you want to spend the day at Gooseberry State Park, you will find some great trails of nearly 18 miles; part of the Superior Hiking Trail & several small spur trails to waterfalls, overlooks, up the river and down to Lake Superior.

Temperance River

As we were heading home to our Duluth MN Bed and Breakfast, we were so happy to have been able to take the time to enjoy an absolutely beautiful, sun filled day along the North Shore!  We are now even more informed about these great spots to share with our guests!

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