Lake Champlain Vacations from $460

This was likely my 20th stay at Eagle Mountain House, I absolutely love the hotel, but this was the first time in all of my visits that I was assigned a room I did not like, I did book the least expensive room, I realize this, but the room was very small, I'd say an attic room, with the ceiling very low and slanted in one area making it necessary to duck down quite low to get into bed or you would hit your head, I'm short 5'3" and I needed to duck down, we were only staying one night so I didn't change rooms. That was very disappointing, it was an anniversary trip and we avoided being in the room as much as we could.

My husband and I stayed at this property because we are driving from the New England coast to upstate New York and wanted a halfway place in the extreme heat. I had remembered this place finally from a couple visits when I was a little girl and had always wanted to go back. We had a lovely room and one of the cottages we had great meals at the main restaurant and the Red Mill. We loved swimming in the lake at the resort and at Button Bay Park. My husband visited the nearby Marine museum, and I had a wonderful visit at the Shelburne Museum. The staff were professional and extra courteous! Only two things that I would change: The breakfast options were extremely limited. Large Buffet in main dining room, or coffee and small choice of pastries at the main lodge store. Sub par coffee machines in the room. I recommend adding a place to get good coffee and a small continental breakfast on site. The other issue that we had is the trail to Button Bay park was not well marked, the signage needs to be enhanced. We got slightly lost, but met a couple the next day who got really lost for the same reason. I went to Vergennes, 15 minutes away to find good coffee and there are some nice small shops there.

The rooms are very well set up and the hot tub and pools are nice and warm.

We were not impressed with the room location or perhaps it’s just the lack of insulation between rooms, but you could hear everything. The restaurant was in our building and constant noise. Neighbors had children with constant noise.

We stayed in the detached loft building. It was clean and just what we needed. Our two double bed room was pretty small. Bathroom was also small. about the only complaint was with the hvac setup. It wasn’t really all that clear which baseboard electric units for heat were supposed to actually work. There’s a thermostat on the wall, but only the one by the door was functional; two were cold. There’s also a window unit, but I’m guessing that was for summer air conditioning. Some in-room literature would have been helpful. I think I’d prefer to stay in the main lodge next time. Also, we were woken in the middle of the night up by a fire alarm. Getting dressed and going outside in a snowstorm at 2-3am isn’t great. Apparently it was only in the loft building. It was a false alarm, but in a building like that, better safe than sorry. Breakfast food and service was great. I’ve stayed in a ton of places around North Conway over the years and they all seem somewhat old and dated, so I get it, and I wasn’t disappointed. It was clean, a priority, and the beds were comfortable.