Bring your bicycle or rent locally (www.newhopecyclery.com). Two blocks away, hike or bike the Delaware-Raritan Canal path on its way from Trenton to Frenchtown.

Washington Crossing State Park and Bowman’s Tower Wildflower Preserve (www.bhwp.org) provide simple walking trails; Ralph Stover State Park has rock climbing areas for the more skilled outdoors person.

Take an old fashioned train ride through Bucks County on the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad.

In clear weather, go shopping! (Though if your a die hard shopper, a little rain shouldn’t dampen your fun.) 

Visit the Golden Nugget Flea market 

or Rice’s Market (www.ricesmarket.com)

or stroll through the quiet village that we call home. Many art galleries including the Haas Art Gallery and Lambertville Gallery of Fine Art are within walking distance. 

Outlet shopping is 10 minutes away in Flemington, NJ (www.premiumoutlets.com/libertyvillage) and Lahaska, PA (www.peddlersvillage.com and www.pennspurchase.com), or a thirty minute drive to Franklin Mills. 

If you enjoy auctions, check out David Rago (www.ragoarts.com).

Adventurous types can schedule balloon rides (www.njballooning.com) (www.njballoon.com), fly fishing (www.mainstreamoutfitters.com), horseback riding and river tubing (www.rivercountry.net) or  (www.delawarerivertubing.com) with local providers. 

If a game of miniature golf in a country club setting is the way you’d like to spend an afternoon, Pine Creek Miniature Golf is just minutes away.

If a round of 18-holes sounds good to you, Heron Glen Golf Course is a short drive from us. Ask about our special stay and play packages.

Sample River Horse microbrews (www.riverhorse.com) here in Lambertville or take a vineyard tour at Unionville Vineyard  (www.unionvillevineyards.com) or Sand Castle Winery (www.sandcastlewinery.com). 

When you need to take a break, stop at the Lambertville Trading Company for something hot or cold to drink, a snack or just to check out their array of gift ideas.

Tour The New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, Howell Living History Farm in nearby Hopewell, NJ, or the Michener Museum of Art (www.michenerartmuseum.org), Moravian Tile Works, Fonthill and Mercer Museums (www.mercermuseum.com) are all nearby in Doylestown, PA..