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When you travel to Montgomery, AL consider lodging at Red Bluff Cottage, an Alabama bed and breakfast where you'll experience the award-winning hospitality of innkeepers, Barry and Bonnie Ponstein. They invite you to share the comforts and pleasures of their Montgomery bed and breakfast inn high above the Alabama River in Montgomery's Cottage Hill District. Red Bluff Cottage is located in beautiful downtown Montgomery near the junction of Interstate 85 and 65. Red Bluff Cottage is Alabama's only B&B built specifically to be a bed & breakfast inn. It replicates a late 19th century Victorian raised cottage. Enjoy clean, comfortable and cozy rooms with a light and airy interior that takes you back to a quieter time in the Old South. This distinctive Alabama bed & breakfast is a family friendly inn that features antiques among its beautiful decor. Observe the scenic view of Alabama's State Capitol from the verandah and the gazebo. Then take in a panoramic view of the downtown skyline and the Alabama River plain from the verandah of this quiet and peaceful Montgomery bed & breakfast. |
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 The Rose Bedroom |
A breakfast to remember is served at the Country English banquet table in the formal dining room. The table is dressed with fine china, sparkling silver, and beautiful linens. The breakfast menu of the day may consist of Wild Rice Waffles served with fresh berries, a long-standing favorite recipe of returning guests or Bonnie's signature recipe, A Taste of Heaven. Many returning guests request Bonnie's Walk thru Fire blueberry pancakes! Like a fine hotel, Red Bluff Cottage offers numerous other amenities including fresh flowers, luxury linens, toiletries and plush towels and robes. Each room also has its own desk with High-speed Wireless Internet access and ipod radio alarm clocks. An iron, ironing board, hair dryer and curling iron are in every room. Turn-down service is a regular occurrence. Guests are offered complimentary water, soft drinks and snacks, freshly ground coffee and a large selection of teas. Our bed & breakfast also has fax/copy capability. Relax in the common area which has a large screen television (CATV/VCR/DVD) and offers guests a large selection of old and current movies as well as books, magazines and table games. |
| The Rose Bedroom | Roses, the symbol of romance, are delicately displayed throughout the room from the round pictures above the queen size sleigh bed to the wallpaper in the powder room. The special accommodations also include an oval Queen Anne desk, a Dragonfly Tiffany lamp and a unique well-worn New England rocker. Relax as you cuddle up on the cozy loveseat or recliner and listen to your favorite CD. If you are traveling with an extra person, the LA-Z-BOY loveseat opens into a comfortable twin size sofa bed. To request the sofabed, please select the LA-Z-BOY added package when making your reservation. | $110 |
| The Riverboat Bedroom | An oil painting of a riverboat overlooking the queen size poster bed takes you back to a more tranquil place in time. It is the most requested room for couples on their wedding night and is also popular for anniversaries and special occasions. Upon request, a special rose petal turndown service using high quality lace embellished linens can be added. To make the occasion even more special, a luxurious canopy of netting and ribbons can be added. Other treasures of this Montgomery, Alabama lodging retreat include an American carved walnut dresser and a leather-top writing desk. | $125 |
| The Stitch-in-Time Bedroom | This bright and cheerful room welcomes guests with its English barley twist king size bed. The bed (as in all of the other bedrooms) is enhanced with high quality linens that exceed many of the finest hotels. An added featherbed makes this room a favorite for guests. Another highlight is a large rocker used as a prop in the Rosa Parks movie about the Civil Rights movement in Alabama. | $135 |
| The Great Gatsby Bedroom | The lodging accommodations in this large room are highlighted by pictures from early 1900 to 1920, and an ornately carved king size sleigh bed, a huge trunk, and a very old armoire. The recently renovated private bath features an antique cabinet with a stunning petal vessel sink and a marble Jacuzzi tub. For special occasions, a rose petal turndown adds romance and atmosphere to this luxurious room. Ultimate pampering packages are available upon request, i.e., spa gifts loaded with fine vitamin enhanced pampering products, a private massage by a licensed therapist, etc. | $155 |
| The Great Gatsby/Steamer Trunk Treasures Suite | The Great Gatsby and The Steamer Trunk Treasures bedrooms may be booked together as a suite. The two-room suite includes a king size carved sleigh bed, a huge trunk and a very old armoire. The adjacent room features an antique twin bed and a hidden trundle bed. The suite shares a recently renovated bath that is the ultimate in luxury and style. | $215 |
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A restoration of the Antebellum State Capital, carefully executed in every detail, recalls the sometimes prosperous and sometimes turbulent history of the state. Chosen near the navigational head of a great river system, the capital city became the hub of an expanding railroad network linking east and west, north and south in the cotton rich-antebellum slave economy of the "heart of Dixie". One mile west of Red Bluff Cottage, Maxwell Air Force Base had its seed in the Wright Brothers struggle to get a heavier than air vehicle off the ground, and by pilot training in World War I. It grew, training US and allied pilots in World War II, and today Maxwell is the center of Air Force professional education as the Air University. |
The nearby Montgomery Zoo features spacious, natural environments. Hidden barriers separate fine specimens of predators from the rich variety of their grazing, climbing, and flying potential prey. Old Alabama Town holds 19th Century Alabama history in a few carefully selected city blocks into which magnificent mansions, a 19th century cotton gin, and typical plantation outbuildings, country churches and modest urban homes and shops tell their stories. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival Theaters and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts have magnificent buildings in the Wynton M. Blount Cultural Park, modeled by its landscape architects after traditional English country landscapes. |
the creation of a free space where the stranger
can enter and become a friend . . ."
Henri J.M. Nouwen REACHING OUT
Red Bluff Cottage Bed & Breakfast is a member of the following associations:
Bed & Breakfast Association of Alabama
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