Romantic Getaways & Vacation Packages near Philadelphia PA

Rates quoted for packages are in addition to cost of room.  All special meal packages will have 6% tax and 20% gratuity added.

Mother’s Day Special – weekend of May 11-13 –  Make memories for Mom!   Telephone reservations only.   Stay with us 2 nights and find a complimentary mixed bouquet in your room.  Must mention this special when booking.  48 hours notice is required.  Not good on online bookings, with gift certificates, or any other special.  

 

BRANDYWINE TREASURES PASSPORT Each passport is good for one visit to each of the 12 venues that participate.  These venues include Brandywine River Museum of Art, Hagley Museum and Library, Longwood Gardens,  Winterthur, Nemours Estate, Read House and Gardens, Rockwood Museum & Park, The Delaware Contemporary Museum of Art, Delaware Art Museum, Delaware History Museum, and the Delaware Museum of Natural History all of which are within 30 minutes of Hamanassett.  Please note that the passport is not valid at Rockwood for their old fashioned ice cream festival June 23-24 and the antiques show at the Brandywine River Museum of Art May 26-28.  You may use the passports from May 28 through September 3.  Other venues have certain events when the passport is not valid so suggest you contact each one before your visit.

The passports are $45.00 each at the individual venues.    We’ve learned from past years that many of our guests visit one or more venues on their way to us and have purchased the passports there.  Therefore, we don’t have the passports for sale.

Active Military Discount 10% discount to all active military personnel.   Telephone bookings only.    Please bring proof of service.  Not valid weekends in May, October or holidays.

Edwardian Style Picnic Basket to Enhance Your Visit 

Why not enjoy a picnic during warmer months or a dinner basket to enjoy in your room?  Prepared by Hamanassett Bed & Breakfast each basket is for two people and will offer the following:  your choice of one main entree such as roasted chicken, roast beef, or pasta along with appropriate sides, a small relish platter, a loaf of crusty bread, and a dessert.  Also choose a beverage from sparkling cider or bottled water.  Of course we’ll also pack a blanket and appropriate utensils if you are having a picnic.  $95.00.

Winterthur is only 20-25 minutes from Hamanassett Bed & Breakfast and offers many beautiful places for outdoor dining such as Sycamore Hill and along Clenny Run, which offers lovely vistas and the sound of the burbling brook.  They welcome you to walk on the grass and enjoy your picnic under the shade of one of their stately trees from 10 AM to dusk.  If the weather is too cold to dine outside, we’ll deliver your basket to your room.   We do need 48 hours’ notice.

Brandywine Country Cooking School

Enjoy the beauty of the Brandywine Valley, the elegant surroundings of Hamanassett Bed & Breakfast and sumptuous cuisines prepared by you in a day-long, hands-on cooking class. (If you are more comfortable just watching, then that’s okay too.)
Click here for list of upcoming classes.

Attractions Tickets

We offer discounted tickets for purchase to Longwood Gardens and the Brandywine River Museum; save a little money (usually $2.00 per ticket) and a lot of time by not having to stand in line and our tickets to Longwood are not dated or timed which gives you more flexibility.   Please let us know in advance if you are purchasing tickets.

Dog Days of Summer

Stay with us any time in August and your four-legged friend stays at no charge, a savings of $25.00 per day per dog.  (This is Bentley, our rescue English Setter who is always ready for breakfast!)  Telephone reservations only and must mention special when booking.

Enchanted Evening Package

$120.00 plus 6% tax plus cost of room chosen. ($145.00 during February).

It doesn’t have to be a birthday or anniversary to show that special person how much you care. Our special includes:

• A bottle of bubbly or wine
• A dozen roses or mixed bouquet in a vase to take home
• Box of one dozen hand-made Swiss truffles
• Your bed strewn with silk rose petals

 

We can add other items or individualize the package for you. Let your imagination soar!  Market price applies on Valentine’s Day and some holidays.

Breakfast in Your Room – $20.00 per couple.  Let us really pamper you by bringing breakfast to your room.  We can only offer this special in the Devon, Inverness, and Windsor rooms.  Between 9:30-10 AM we’ll deliver your breakfast and place it outside your door for you to retrieve at your leisure.  Please give us 24 hours notice.

Therapeutic and Sports Massage

Enjoy a body-soothing and mind-calming therapeutic massage at Joseph Anthony Spa and Retreat (less than 1 mile from Hamanassett Bed & Breakfast). With the booking of a massage there, you will receive two complimentary treatments, an alpine herbal steam therapy treatment and the Brine Light Inhalation therapy. For more info on Joseph Anthony Click Here

Say It With Roses $65.00

You can surprise that special someone with a vase filled with a dozen long-stemmed red roses and gift card. You tell us what to write. Other colors may be available. Take the roses and vase home when you leave the B&B. Please give us 48 hours’ notice. (Market price applies during Valentine’s).

Seasonal Mixed Bouquet $55.00

Let us make a lovely vase of arranged, mixed flowers to dress up your room upon arrival, which is yours to keep when you leave. We’ll include a card; tell us what to write!

Charcuterie Plate – If you are arriving late why not have some cheese, meats, and crackers waiting in your room.  Plate for 2 – $55.00

Silk Rose Petals with one perfect wooden rose $19.00

 

We will turn down your bed either before you arrive, or while you are at dinner, and sprinkle it with silk rose petals and place one perfect lifelike red wooden rose on the pillow. Take the rose home and put in a bud vase for a beautiful remembrance of your stay at Hamanassett Bed & Breakfast.

Wooden Rose in Glass Bud Vase To take Home – $9.50

Swiss Chocolate Truffles and a bottle of champagne or wine – $49.00

Premium Truffles are handmade by a Swiss chocolatier right in Chester County. Box includes a dozen truffles. To get the full experience, pop the entire piece in your mouth at once and enjoy the explosion of flavors.

Box of Truffles only – $20.00

Chocolate Strawberries and a bottle of champagne or wine:  $49.00

One half-dozen, chocolate-dipped strawberries when available (May through October).