My husband and I stayed at this B&B in Staunton while taking just a quick weekend for ourselves. The proprietor is a lovely English lady, Juliette, who knows just the right balance between making you feel welcome and leaving you to yourselves. The home is quite English in style, and comfortable. Our room was nicely decorated and the bathroom was spacious and modern! Although this is in the middle of a neighborhood, you feel like you are worlds apart, thanks to the outbuildings and the lovely English garden in the front of the house. The others staying there were interesting people and we had some great breakfast conversations. We would definitely return here next time we plan a quick getaway!

We picked Anne Hathaway's because we could walk to the downtown area, but will return for its charm and Juliette's gracious innkeeping. The public areas are lovely and the guestrooms are spacious and well appointed. It is exactly as pictured - a piece of England magically transported to Staunton. The gardens are beautiful and Juliette puts cut arrangements in all the rooms - a nice touch. The breakfasts, which include jams made by the owner, are also very good.

Going to Staunton, Virginia and staying at Anne Hathaway's Cottage B&B is like traveling to Europe. Staunton itself is a wonderful village on a hillside in Augusta County reminescent of village in Europe, but staying at Anne Hathways takes the experience over-the-top. The accommodations are all first class. The wonderfully comfortable bedrooms with high beds that makes you feel like a queen, or at least like Lilly Tomlin. The breakfast is extra special, often with fresh herbs, and always satisfying. The gardens are beautiful and sitting with your tea, coffee or a bit of Port is a very relaxing experience. If the owner is there, ask her about any plants you particularly like and she will share her green knowledge wtith you. We've been there twice and plan to take friends back with us again to experience this.

Anne Hathaway's Cottage is very beautiful and is eye candy to someone driving towards it for the first time-- especially if you've just seen a play at the American Shakespeare Theater and are in the Shakespearean mindset. From the website it seems that it is nestled apart from other houses, but it is in fact in a neighborhood with homes all around. Parking is behind the cottage, with plenty of space-- I always appreciate stress free parking!

We stayed on a Sunday night so we didn't see Juliette the owner but we were greeted by Carol the manager. She is very helpful and we felt very welcomed. The grand foyer you walk into was my favorite part! It has high ceilings with dark beams across it, and large flags hanging from it. They have a click on and off fireplace too, which was easy for us to use and very cozy, with couches and chairs that make themselves highly amenable to playing games or reading. The cottage has a few games (checkers, dominos, monopoly) and lots of books around to read. There are free amenities such as tea and hot chocolate available to you at any time.

No other travelers booked the other rooms, so after checking us in Carol left and promised to be back the next morning. We were on our own, and we had an excellent dinner at Zynodoa restaurant.

The next morning, Carol came back and fixed us up some cut grapefruit, kiwi, heated date bread and another kind of specialty bread, and we had yogurt and some cereals such as raison bran and plain cheerios available as well. (Nothing most kids would like, fyi if you are here with young family members you will have to go out to eat for breakfast).

We enjoyed our stay, and the only reason I couldn't give it five stars is because there is a strong musty smell in the cottage that permeates everywhere-- every single clothing item we were wearing and brought with us had to be washed. If you brought something that is dry clean only, leave it in the car for the night.