Hillcrest Manor

One of the finest B&Bs in the Finger Lakes, this impressively grand, 1890 Greek Revival mansion, with massive pillars, porches, and terraces, sits in a quiet residential neighborhood up the hill from downtown Corning. Rooms are huge and impeccably decorated with great, luxurious taste by two gentlemen, art-glass and antiques collectors who moved to Corning from Seattle. The house has stately parlors, an elegant candlelit dining room, and a palatial cedar stairway. Two of the rooms, the Master Bedroom and the Honeymoon Suite, are almost ridiculously large; they, as well as the normal rooms, are excellent values given the level of quality exhibited throughout the house. I can envision myself relaxing here for days on end. The inn's website, unfortunately, offers but a glimpse of the house's true elegance and sophistication. Given the surroundings and service offered, rates are rather gentle.

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