On a recent vacation to Burlington, Vermont, we stayed at the Best Western Windjammer hotel. This was the first time we stayed there, and it turned out to be a great choice! The room had two double beds, bathroom, closet, flat screen tv, coffee maker, small table with two chairs, dresser, refrigerator and microwave. The refrigerator and microwave were stored inside a large closet inside the dresser. There were usb and extra plugs for charging electronic devices. The room seemed pretty clean.
The bathroom had a tub/shower combo. The soap, shampoo and body lotion samples were natural and chemical free, which was a nice change from the usual chemical filled toiletries at other hotels. The brand was Pharmacopia.
A full, free breakfast was included. It consisted of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage patties, mini cinnamon rolls, muffins, Chobani yogurt, toast and bagels, cold cereal, make your own waffles, apples/oranges/bananas, black tea (no green tea), coffee, juice, milk and water. It didn’t seem to change and got a little boring after three days, but overall it was very good. Being gluten free also limited my options.
There were two pools, one indoor and one outdoor. We only visited the outdoor pool which we ate breakfast near one morning. It looked pretty clean.
Warm cookies are served every night at 8:00.
There are additional snacks for purchase.
The hotel is set back from the road. The room was pretty quiet and the beds were fairly comfortable.
The hotel has a shuttle to the airport. I don’t know if it would take you to downtown Burlington. The hotel is about 6 minutes from downtown, so we just drove ourselves and parked on a side street called Pine St.
The hotel is right next to a Moe’s restaurant and across the street from the Vermont Gallery Barn, which is definitely worth a visit. The Best Western has a restaurant called the Windjammer, but we didn’t eat at it. It was however, recommended to us as a good place to eat. There are also a bunch of restaurants in the nearby vicinity. Bueno Y Sano was a good, quick Mexican restaurant. We also ate at Chili’s, Longhorn Steakhouse and the Outback Steakhouse which were all pretty close. Trader Joe’s is also nearby.
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