By Jill Knight Weinberger, Globe Correspondent
Authors' homes: William Cullen Bryant Homestead, Bryant Road (off Route
112), Cummington, MA 01026. Telephone 413-634-2244. Hours: Friday through
Sunday until Columbus Day, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Last tour at 4:15 p.m. Admission:
adults, $5; children 6-12, $2.50. (The Bryant Homestead is owned and
administered by the Trustees of Reservations, PO Box 792, Stockbridge, MA
01262. Telephone 413-298-3229.)
Nathaniel Hawthorne Cottage at Tanglewood, Hawthorne Road, Lenox, MA
01240. Not open to the public. Tanglewood main entrance is on Route 183,
Lenox. Telephone 413-637-5165.
Herman Melville's Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA 01201.
Telephone 413-442-1793; fax 413-443-1449. Hours: daily, Memorial Day through
Oct. 31, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; tours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: adults, $5;
children 6-16, $3; under 6, free.
Edith Wharton's The Mount, PO Box 974, Lenox, MA 01240. The Mount is at
the corner of Route 7 and Plunkett Street. Telephone 413-637-1899; fax
413-637-0619. Hours: daily through Oct. 31, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission:
adults, $6; seniors, $5.50; college students with ID, $5; youngsters 13-18,
$4.50; under 12, free.
Lodging and dining: Gables Inn, 81 Walker St., Lenox, MA 01240. Telephone
413-637-3416. A former Wharton family summer home, where Edith Wharton
periodically stayed while The Mount was under construction. Through Labor Day,
weekend rate (for minimum three-night stay) for doubles begins at $160,
including continental breakfast.
Gateways Inn, 51 Walker St., Lenox, MA 01240. Telephone 413-637-2532; fax
413-637-1432; e-mail gateways(at sign)berkshire.net. Through October, weekend
rates (minimum three-night stay) for a double room begin at $145.
White Horse Inn, 378 South St., routes 7 & 20, Pittsfield, MA 01201.
Telephone 413-442-2512; fax 413-443-0490. Bed and breakfast. Through Labor
Day, weekday rate for doubles begins at $115; weekend rate starts at $150.
Full breakfast included.
Sweet Basil Grille at Brushwood Farms, 306 Pittsfield Road, Lenox, MA
01240. Telephone 413-637-1270.
More information: Berkshire Visitor's Bureau, Pittsfield Common,
Pittsfield, MA 01240. Telephone 413-443-9186. Tourist Information Hotline:
off-hours recording 800-237-5747. Web site: www.berkshires.org.
Shakespeare & Co., PO Box 865, Lenox, MA 01240-0865. Box office:
413-637-3353; fax 413-637-4240; e-mail boxoffice(at sign)shakespeare.org.
