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    Shire in the Woods

    3.2 (9 reviews)
    Open 10:30 am - 10:30 pm

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    Our cabin, the Woodlands.

    Great layout of the property. The trails were a fun adventure with many things to see. Owners were attentive

    K G.

    We stayed in the Meadows cabin in January 2023. I wanted to love this place. Unfortunately the cons outweighed the pros, and I won't return. The positives: It's a beautiful setting with wooded trails which were fun to snowshoe. The Meadows cabin feels quite private. The heat worked well (it was actually too warm for us although we turned it way down), and there's a wood stove. The cabin has a couple of live potted plants, which was a nice touch. The overall aesthetic is "thrift store" which may be good or not so good, depending on your tastes. There are restaurants, grocery store, brewery, etc within a half hour drive if you need them. The negatives: First of all, I think it's important to know that all the photos on Shire in the Woods' website and on AirBnB are many years old and not at all representative of what the place looks like right now. Inside the Meadows cabin, the "king size day bed" is actually a twin size trundle bed with incredibly lousy mattresses, nearly threadbare sheets, and flat pillows. Everything was super dusty, the carpet (in a cabin, in the woods!) was filthy, there was crusted on food on several of the dishes. Basically, nothing was very clean. Curtains are torn. Not enough basic supplies (no coffee filters, for example). There's a teeny tiny shower, but navigating your way up into and down out of it, between the toilet and sink, is not safe. The shower curtain will stick to you. And then there's the notes. Ugh. Notes everywhere. My partner found them "quirky." I found them passive aggressive, sometimes rude. Finally, this is a so called hobby farm. They have horses and miniature horses (a positive!) in small pens with minimal shelter and lots of poop (negatives!). It wasn't a problem in January, but in the warmer months you are definitely going to encounter smells and insects, so bear that in mind if you're bothered by it.

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    This was my first B&B experience and was exactly what I picture when I think of a B&B. We visited…read moreat Christmastime so the house was lavishly decorated with decorations and garland and trees! It was the picture of a Christmas B&B. The house is built very traditionally with a foyer, dining & kitchen area, large living room and sitting room on the first floor and a large staircase to the upstairs where the rooms are located. When we visited, the only source of heat was from the fireplace which made things a tad chilly on the coldest nights, but was never unmanageable. The owners, Angie & Tim were welcoming and friendly. They were able to recommend nearby restaurants and were always very accommodating. The only thing we thought odd is that we stayed there over 2 years ago and never received any sort of follow up or further communication/invitation back! Perhaps this is their business model - not to overrun customers with marketing emails and promotions, however it was odd never to hear anything from them again.

    Disappointed. Being #1 on Trip Advisor in Duluth and having…read morebeen to some outstanding B&B's in other cities, we had high expectations. Breakfast is our favorite meal of the day and our first one here was so sugary and starchy we actually went out for breakfast the second morning. The menu was French toast with blueberry sauce, harvest muffin so sugary it was inedible- and I am known for my sweet tooth!, and cheesy potatoes. Carb overload. Because our breakfast basket had been delivered to a different room and had someone else's name on it I assumed it was vegan or something. It was not. Angie said she typically serves vegetarian. I imagine it makes her job easier, but we are active young people and need a protein source. How about eggs??? In any form. I guess they occasionally do serve a quiche, so we just lost the roll of the dice. Phooey. On a positive note, we stayed in the Mayor's Chamber room which was as lovely as the photos. The tub was wonderful. The house is beautiful and the patio out front was bursting with amazing, pretty potted flowers. Also loved walking the neighborhood with it's huge historical homes. One last thing. I love to come into my room after it has been cleaned and the bed is made exactly as it was when we arrived. They did not do that. The sheet was tucked in, but none of the decorative pillows or coverlet had been put back on. Because the cleaning basket had been left in our room, maybe someone left before finishing? We'll never know. The housekeeping glitches and menu problems could be a fluke, hence the 3 stars instead of 2. We have experienced much better. p.s. I mentioned in the on-line registration form that it was our anniversary and they never mentioned it during our stay or did anything special. I read about all the extra nice things they did for couples in our room memory book. Another fluke or glitch?

    Shire in the Woods - vacation_rentals - Updated June 2026

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