Hosts: Mary Ann Parr and Dennis Woodriff

Accommodations: 3 separate guest houses.

Address: A Guesthouse in the Clouds, 3722 Fosters Branch Road, Charlottesville VA 22911 USA

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Telephone: (434) 531-0140

Activities/Attractions: No trip to Charlottesville/Albemarle County is complete without a visit to its five historical gems: Monticello, the Grounds of the University of Virginia, Ash Lawn-Highland, Historic Court Square and Michie Tavern, ca. 1784. Each has played a unique role in the history of the nation, and their tours, special events, and educational programs ensure that the spirits of the past remains vibrant today.

In addition, Charlottesville/Albemarle County's rich cultural, natural, and artistic history, dispersed throughout the area, is showcased in a selection of:

• first-rate museums
  
• galleries
  
• wineries
  
• shops
  

• parks
  

The Historic downtown area is home to a vibrant collection of more than 120 shops and 30 restaurants located in historic buildings on and around old Main Street Charlottesville.

Enjoy dining at a number of fine restaurants, shop the unique boutiques, screen a new movie, take in a play or show, take the family ice skating at the indoor arena, or simply relax and enjoy the flowers with a beverage from one of the speciality wine, coffee or tea shops.

The Downtown Mall is also home to the new Charlottesville Pavilion, the Paramount Theater, and the Live Arts Community Theater.

On our property, you frequently see whitetail deer and wild turkeys at dawn and dusk right from where you sit in front of the fire.

"We stayed at the Annex last week and cannot express what refreshment your guesthouse was for us. Two weeks prior we visited two of Frank Lloyd Wright's houses near Ohiopyle, PA. When planning last week's trip to Monticello, I ran across your website and was struck by the apparent similarities between pictures of the Annex and FLW's structures. I was determined to at least stay one night in the Annex, and the experience was beyond my wildest expectations. The connection this house makes with its surroundings, and by extension, the connection one feels with the environment is at once exhilarating and calming. The beauty of the building and locale, along with the obvious hospitality the Annex offered (the teas and spices left by previous guests were a delight) and its lovely and sensitive artwork, made us feel truly honored to have spent time there."

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General Information: Welcome to A Guesthouse in the Clouds in the Mountains near Charlottesville, Virginia ... informal and offering much more privacy than most B&Bs. Located only 20 minutes to Jefferson's Monticello, Madison's Montpelier and the University of Virginia, it is a peaceful and quiet retreat in the forest of the Southwest Mountains of piedmont Virginia.

We have three separate accommodations on the mountain top at Guesthouse in the Clouds. All rooms have private baths, queen-size beds, hair dryers, and clothes irons. All of the beds are made, the sheets are ironed and there are towels and washcloths in the bathrooms.

The Annex is the main part of the home with a large living room, kitchen, a bath, one bedroom, plus a small sitting room with a pull-out couch.
The Lodge has two bedrooms; one large master bedroom and one two-room suite with a bath: 1 queen bed in the master suite, 1 queen and two single beds in the two-room suite.
The Cottage has one bedroom with a queen bed plus a fold-out queen couch in the living room. It is quite private, very quiet and is a comfortable size for a couple. Overall features include:

• a large sitting room with a fireplace
  
• a kitchen in each of the two separate houses you would have to yourself
  
• each is filled with books and antiques
  
• a patio and the swimming pool are just outside (pool open all year long)
  
• children are welcome but no pets, please
  
• central heating and A/C
  
• no cable TV on the mountain, only VCR and local reception
  
• internet assess with a good air card
  
• both houses have ample sheets and towels and beds are made when you arrive
  
• both houses have complete kitchens
  
• coffee makers (US & European) and coffee tea sugar in each kitchen
  

• you get the feeling you are miles from civilization, yet you are only fifteen to twenty minutes from Charlottesville, UVa, Monticello, and the local airport (CHO)
  

We have been operating since 1995. Mary Ann was in the restaurant business in Charlottesville for twenty five years. We operated this establishment as Sunset Mountain Bed & Breakfast for ten years until we changed the concept from a bed & breakfast to being simply a guesthouse as it is operated now.

Payment Accepted: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex.

Rates: (Prices quoted in US Dollars).

$125-255/night

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"We didn't get a chance to thank you personally for our short visit last week. The Lodge was perfect - exactly what we needed, except that a few more days would have made it perfect. There are only three places we've visited in the world so far that we would return to, and your property is one of them (the others are in Hawaii and a Pacific Ocean lodge in British Columbia). A wonderful refuge, and we loved both dogs, though never did get to know their names! Thank you for the wonderful respite!"