Stayed just one night on a business trip, in a room on the second floor. Very pleasant; well priced at about $125. (For this area of Connecticut, that's very reasonable.) Staff very nice. Breakfast pretty lame (cold food only) but the coffee was good. Free wireless broadband is available if you're relatively near the office.

My family stayed at the Maples Inn for two nights (July 22-24). We are a family of seven. We had a one bedroom suite in the top floor- room 426. The inn is charming and well appionted. It is conveniently located and quite close to the village of New Canaan.


The living room was huge and had two pull out couches. We did not use them, as the children brought their sleeping bags and slept on the floor. The carpet was very clean and super padded. There are plenty of closets and storage space.


The kitchen is fully appointed and has a full size refrigerator. It had a large table with 6 chairs. It has a microwave and a coffee maker as well as a toaster.


The bedroom is super huge and it has a queen size bed and plenty of space. I put a crib in the room and it was not in the way at all. There was a large dresser and a desk as well.


The bathroom is close to the bedroom, but it only has a toilet and tub/shower. The sink for the bathroom is actually in the bedroom. I guess this is because all of these units were tucked into this glorious old home.


The best part of the inn are the staff behind the desk. They are very friendly and try their best to accomodate your wishes and needs. They are really dedicated and professional.


Overall, the inn is charming and a lovely piece of history. I stayed there with 5 children and did not feel uncomfortable. You will be very pleases with the Maples Inn.

Built as an inn about a century, this large clean B & B offers a variety of different rooms in a wide range of prices within walking distance of historic downtown New Canaan. The large wooden three-story inn includes a wrap around porch and is set back from the street and surrounded by lovely landscaping. It is located on a busy street, but rooms are quiet, especially those in the back. It is one of the few hotels in New Canaan, so expect to pay more than usual for a hotel of this quality and service.

The rooms are all different and have been redecorated in the last decade (a bit dated but not horrible), and you can still read the layers of history. New decor doesn't hide the historic features of the building, including doors, windows, and hardware, and there's a bit of quirkiness in the layout and furnishings. A bathroom can be across the hall, a small tv hidden in an armoire, a sink placed in the corner, or a bit of floor can be slanted from age--you won't confuse this place with a modern hotel chain. The brochure claims the place is furnished with antiques, but they're mostly Colonial Revival pieces from the 1920s-50s. The tvs offer basic cable but the sets are perhaps 20" in size and poorly maintained (in the two times I've stayed, I never found the remote and the picture quality was erratic). Most of rooms are on the 2nd or 3rd floor and require a climb up stairs--there's no elevator.

The Maples Inn offers breakfast in the morning, but it is a self-serve "cold" buffet consisting of cereal, fruit salad, muffins and bagels, as well as coffee, tea, and orange juice--most food is prepared or packaged off-site. You can heat a bagel in a toaster or mix a bowl of instant oatmeal in the microwave, but that's as "hot" as it gets. You'll find a selection of daily newspapers in the large and airy breakfast room as well as a dozen large and small tables for eating with others or by yourself.

Lunch or dinner isn't available at the Inn, but you can walk next door to the Roger Sherman Inn (expensive) or into downtown (with a wide variety of restaurants and shops).