Column Wood Bed & Breakfast, 233 North Main St., Bowling Green. 4 guest rooms, two with a fireplaces, some with canopy beds and one with double whirlpool tub in a two-story guest house built in 1914. Location: In a small town two blocks from the County Courthouse. Amenities: Front and rear porches with rockers. Lunch, dinner available with notice. Guest refrigerator. Specials. Year-round. 804.633.5606 or 866.633.9314. email the B&B

Edmont of Port Royal Bed & Breakfast, 7299 Edmont Rd., Port Royal. 4 guest rooms, one w/canopy bed and fireplace in a Colonial Revival guest house built in 1976 and furnished with antiques, reproductions and oriental rugs. Location: On a rural hilltop a couple miles from town. Amenities: Front portico, seasonal pool, brick deck, landscaped grounds, fountain & gardens. Snacks. Year-round. 804.742.5300 or 888.767.8769. email the B&B

Kenmore Inn, 1200 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg. 9 guest rooms, four with working fireplaces. King or queen beds in an elegant English-style Colonial mansion built in 1796 and furnished in antiques and reproductions. Location: In the Old Town Historic District. Amenities: Restaurant, pub with entertainment, large front porch with wicker furniture and rockers, gardens & sunken patio dining. Room service. 540.371.7622. email the Kenmore Inn

La Vista Plantation Bed & Breakfast, 4420 Guinea Station Rd., Spotsylvania. 1 guest room and 1 suite, both w/fireplaces and four poster beds in a Classical Revival-style country home built c.1838 and furnished with antiques & modern pieces. Location: On 10 acres in a rural area a few miles south of Fredericksburg. Amenities: Two-story front porch, gardens, treed lawns, woods & fishpond. 540.898.8444 or 800.529.2823. email La Vista Plantation

Littlepage Inn, 15701 Monrovia Rd., Lake Anna. 9 guest rooms and suites, some w/fireplaces and lofts in an 1811 Federal-style plantation house furnished with antiques, 3 rooms & suites w/fireplaces in the loft of a renovated east barn. Location: On 130 rural acres 1 mile to the lake. Amenities: Porches with wicker & rockers, icehouse with hot tub, pool, country gardens & historic outbuildings. Dinner with notice. Packages. 540.854.9861 or 800.248.1803. email some

Richard Johnston Inn, 711 Caroline St., Fredericksburg. 7 guest rooms and 2 suites, some w/fireplaces, poster or canopy beds and/or wet bars, refrigerators in an elegant brick Colonial townhouse built in 1787, appointed with antiques, reproductions, oriental rugs & quilts. Location: In the heart of the Old Town Historic District. Amenities: Shaded brick patio, landscaped courtyard & gardens. Year-round. 540.899.7606 or 877.557.0770. email

Stevenson Ridge, 6901 Meeting St., Spotsylvania. 6 18th and 19th century guest cottages with antique furnishings and modern conveniences. Location: 87 rural acres about 10½ miles from historic Fredericksburg. Amenities: Porch, hiking trails, Civil War trenches, fireplaces, Jacuzzi & fishing pond. Breakfast, basket of fresh baked goods delivered to room with fee. Wedding facilities. Packages. Year-round. 540.538.3777. email Stevenson Ridge limited

Comfort Inn Southpoint, 5422 Jefferson Davis Hwy, I-95 Exit 126/126B, Fredericksburg. 125 guestrooms, twenty-one w/single whirlpool baths in a modern brick motel built in 1989 and furnished in a contemporary style. Location: Commercial highway area about 5 miles from the Historic District. Amenities: Adjacent restaurant, indoor heated pool, sauna, exercise room & patio.

Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Fredericksburg S., 5327 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Fredericksburg. 119 rooms & suites with coffee makers, microwaves and refrigerators in a four-story hotel built in 1966 with country-style decor. Location: At the intersection of I-95 and US 1, 5½ miles to downtown. Amenities: Indoor pool, whirlpool & fitness center. Freshly baked cookies. w/fee

Country Inns by Carlson, 153 Garrisonville Rd., Stafford. 58 guest rooms & suites w/coffee makers and some w/king poster beds and in-room whirlpool or Jacuzzis and others w/microwaves and refrigerators in a country-style motel built in 1997 and decorated with reproduction antiques and oriental rugs. Location: In a highway business and commercial area just off I-95. Amenities: Fitness room.

Fredericksburg Hospitality House, 2801 Plank Rd., Fredericksburg. 196 rooms & suites, all with a patio or balcony including a honeymoon suite and Jacuzzi suite. 3-story, full service hotel built in 1967 and upgraded in 2007. Location: In a shopping, dining and entertainment area just off I-95. Amenities: Restaurant, lounge, outdoor pool & exercise room. Wedding and reception facilities. w/fee

Inn At The Olde Silk Mill, 1707 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg. 32 rooms & suites, all w/refrigerators, a couple w/poster beds and one w/private entrance in a Colonial-style Inn built in 1928 and decorated in Civil War period antiques & reproductions in a Civil War motif. Location: In a historic area a few blocks from the Old Town Historic District. Amenities: Gift shop, Civil War artifacts, health club privileges. 540.371.5666 or 888.928.5666.

Lighthouse Inn/High Point Marina, 4634 Courthouse Rd., Lake Anna. Two-story motel built in 1989 with 15 waterfront guest rooms, all with a private balcony or patio, refrigerator, microwave and BBQ grill. Decorated in a modern style. Location: On the Lake Anna at the Rt. 208 bridge. Amenities: Porch, carryout restaurant, full service marina, private docks, fishing, country store and picnic pavilion. 540.895.5249. email the Lighthouse Inn

Wingate by Wyndham, 20 Sanford Drive, Fredericksburg. 129 rooms including eight king bed Jacuzzi suites, all with a microwave, refrigerator and coffee maker in a four-story hotel built in 2000 and renovated in 2004. Location: Just off I-95, one mile from the Riverside Dinner Theater. Amenities: Indoor heated pool, fitness room and whirlpool. Evening desert and coffee reception.