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Magnolia Springs Bed & Breakfast Magnolia Springs, Alabama A 200yr old quaint and historical residential community where even the mail is still delivered by boat! Near Gulf Shores, AL |
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Halfway between Fairhope, Alabama and Gulf Shores, Alabama in southern Baldwin County you will find the historical community of Magnolia Springs. This 100 year-old house which was known as "Sunnyside Hotel" in the 20s and 30s was authentically restored in 1980 and transformed into a bed & breakfast in 1996. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
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Magnolia Springs Bed & Breakfast was recently featured in Southern Living
and premiered on April 16th on Bob Vila's "Restore America" on HGTV.
"In Magnolia Springs, David Worthington fulfills a lifelong dream to live in the area
and turn his 100-year-old home into an extraordinary bed-and-breakfast." Click here for a review of the "Restore America" Magnolia Springs program! Magnolia Springs is a picturesque place and one of the few remaining places to receive mail by boat. If fishing is your style there is plenty of fresh and salt water fishing. Only 1 1/2 blocks away is Magnolia River offering easy access to Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Southern Baldwin County offers many activities. Just five miles
west is Weeks Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve. It is a 3,000 acre facility of bays, marshes and
lowlands along Weeks Bay, Bon Secour Bay and Fish River. Five miles further west is
Point Clear, home of the famous "Grand Hotel". Five miles further north is
Fairhope, Alabama known for their quaint downtown area of beautiful streets
lined with baskets of flowers, eclectic shops and historical homes.
Nine miles to the south of the Inn lie the sandy white beaches of
Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. World-class
golf awaits at six of the areas ten courses including one
of the famous Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail courses.
Foley's downtown area offers a series of unique blocks lined with old oak trees shading wide
streets. There are specialty shops and an old fashioned pharmacy with a soda
shop. Orange Blossom Square offers an elegant tea room, boutiques, an art
gallery and an upscale emporium. You can browse through five antique malls
with over 500 dealers or you could shop the 115 store Riviera Outlet Center.
Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama are located within an hour's drive to the East
and West, offering airports, malls, restaurants, theaters and other city
amenities.
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A heart-pine porch extends across the front and east side of the house and the
impressive glass paneled door with a transom above opens to the
great hall. Walls and ceilings are made of beaded heart yellow pine. The floors are of tongue and groove heart-pine and most of the woodwork is rare curly pine. All balusters, rails and newal posts are original. Large old oak trees surround the house and the well-known canopy arch of oaks extends past the structure and down Oak Street. |
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Magnolia Springs offers five guest rooms each named after a
family who has lived here: Harding,
Worthington, McNair,
Cowen and McLennan. The McLennan bath has the original claw-foot tub, retrieved from the back yard, and
an authentically restored elephant trunk toilet. All rates include a Three Course Breakfast, a Private Bath, well stocked Guest Refrigerator available in the dining room 24 hours a day, afternoon teas, evening desserts such as cookies or brownies fresh from the oven Iron & Ironing Board, Hairdryer, Lighted Magnifying Mirror, Cable TV, Telephones, High Speed Wireless Internet, Turn Down Service when you return from dinner w/Chocolates, and Fresh Flowers! |
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| Special PackagesAnniversary Packages Looking for that special place to get away? We have anniversary packages available....(more) Dinner Package Flight on the Bird of Paradise Package Hot Air Balloon Ride Package |
Magnolia Springs Bed & Breakfast is a member of the following associations:
Bed & Breakfast Association of Alabama
Professional Association of Innkeepers International
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Magnolia Springs Bed & Breakfast 14469 Oak Street P.O. Box 329 Magnolia Springs, Alabama 36555 (251) 965-7321 (800) 965-7321 email: info@magnoliasprings.com David Worthington, Innkeeper |
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