Glendeven Inn
Bed and Breakfast

Glendeven Inn, a charming New England-style Federalist farmhouse turned bed and breakfast, has been described by USA Today as one of the country's "10 great places for a romantic weekend" and by Country Inns magazine as "one of the 10 best inns in America."

Elegant in its simplicity, the Inn sits in a peaceful headland meadow just off northern California's Pacific Coast near the charming village of Mendocino. Three buildings; a farmhouse, carriage house, and a gabled, barn-sided addition located in the property's gorgeous gardens actually comprise the bed and breakfast.

Accommodations There are 10 rooms and suites at Glendeven Inn. Each lodging accommodation has a private bath, featherbed, CD player, hairdryer, and robe, and most come with fireplaces, ocean views, and porches or balconies.

The Farmhouse has three suites with fireplaces, ocean views, and outdoor porches or balconies, as well as two cozy rooms, one with dormer windows overlooking the ocean, the other with a view of a private garden.

The Stevenscroft building houses four spacious luxury rooms with fireplaces and ocean views. Each room is distinctly furnished with contemporary art, comfortable furniture, antiques, custom woodwork, and tile bathrooms. Three of the four rooms have either a balcony or porch.

The Carriage House suite offers "luxurious seclusion." The large living room features a fireplace, TV, VCR, DVD player, refrigerator, and microwave. The private balcony overlooks the Inn's gardens and old water tower. The bedroom has a magnificent woven brass king-sized sleigh bed and stove/fireplace, while the beautifully tiled bathroom boasts a skylight and shower for two.

Isaiah Stevens built the main house for his wife, Rebecca, in 1867, and up until the 1930's, the home remained in the Stevens family. The A-framed "Stevenscroft" building in was added 1984, and the current owners, Higgins and Sharon Williams, renovated the nearby carriage house in 1999 to include a luxury suite. Sharon and Higgins also opened a two-bedroom, two-bath vacation rental home, The Barn Loft, which resides just down the road from Glendeven.

With Glendeven Inn's emphasis on romance, your privacy is considered a priority, and to that commitment, breakfast is delivered to your room in the morning, or you can enjoy your meal in the sunroom overlooking the ocean. The sumptuous morning meal includes an interesting fruit dish, a hot egg dish, warm muffins or coffee cakes, fresh squeezed juice, and locally roasted coffee and teas. And if you are one who likes to mingle, your hosts, Sharon and Higgins, serve wine and hors d'oeuvres every evening.

After breakfast, a leisurely stroll across the meadow will take you to an inviting Pacific surf and the seaside bay of Little River, where you can go canoeing or kayaking. Van Damme State Park also is within walking distance. It offers hundreds of acres of pristine coastal headlands and a myriad of isolated trails ideal for hikers, bikers, and horseback riders alike. And if you're into golf or tennis, there is a top-notch course and several courts in the area.

Independent of its reputation as one of America's premier inns, Glendeven Inn regularly attracts visitors to its pARTners' Gallery. This unique art gallery features the contemporary ceramics, paintings, etchings, jewelry, and photography of several local artists.