Autumn Get-Away...

Ghost Tales, Glass and Country Charm!

Sometimes we need a weekend away, a little break. Autumn in historic Marietta is the perfect weekend getaway. Escape and enjoy fall festivals, creative activities, ghostly adventures and a chance to relax, all wrapped in a tapestry of beautiful fall foliage.

Available weekend Oct 21-22, 2006

• Enjoy 2 nights overnight accommodations and breakfasts.

• Sat morning visit our Farmers Market and browse the local produce and crafts, maybe listen to traditional country, blue grass or Gospel musicians.

• Visit world famous Fenton Art Glass where you will decorate your own Fenton sun catcher. Our charming fall and Halloween designs will make your window festive for years to come.

• Watch master craftsman Dave Fetty create beautiful one-of-a-kind works of art from molten glass. You will even receive a special discount coupon for one of his items.

• Enjoy the vast selection of Fenton in our gift shop and factory outlet.

• Visit the unique shops in historic downtown Marietta. Or enjoy dinner in one of the charming restaurants.

• Delight in a ghostly experience, "Dead & Direct from Mound Cemetery." A stroll through this historic cemetery, will make you shiver as you listen to historic ghost tales. We have more Revolutionary war officers buried here then anywhere in the US.

• Enjoy dessert and hot tea or coca before retiring.

• After breakfast, a drive through the beautiful fall foliage and "post card" scenery will find you at Sweetapple Farm where you will enjoy a hay ride, an adventure through the corn maze and a picnic lunch. You might want to stop in the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin to take home.
  Escape to nearby, "Antiques in the Cottage" a charming and unique shopping destination.