About the Bartram Inn
MISSION STATEMENT:
To provide a lovely gathering place and lodging for “Bartram travelers” while giving me (the owner) a special place to live, work, and play, and wonderful interesting people to meet.
To provide a lovely gathering place and lodging for “Bartram travelers” while giving me (the owner) a special place to live, work, and play, and wonderful interesting people to meet.
Go back in time to 1774 when William Bartram traveled up the St.Johns River. Learn and experience many of the natural places he wrote about in “Travels.” Here is a place for healthy sleeping, healthy activity, and healthy exchange through stories, art, music, and community events. Rocking chairs on riverview verandas, offer time for relaxation and reflection. Downtown restaurants and lounges are a short walk away.
Why Palatka? It is a riverfront town, rich in history of the early days of Florida tourism, when people came by steamship, and overland by horse and buggy. People are friendly and the tempo is right. William Bartram visited and wrote about many places along the St.Johns River, that have been identified today and marked with Bartram signs. Maps, an interactive website, and local guides all have created a “Bartram happening” here.
Come and stay a spell. Winters are mild, sunny, and the best time for exploring. Springtime offers an array of flowers to tintilate the senses. Bartram Inn visitors will be treated with typical southern charm. Several rooms offer an array of prices and weeklong or month stays discounts are available.
Bicycles are available along with maps of great bicycle routes. State and National parks and forests surround the area offering springs, ravines, trails, ocean vistas, hammocks and uplands.
Why Palatka? It is a riverfront town, rich in history of the early days of Florida tourism, when people came by steamship, and overland by horse and buggy. People are friendly and the tempo is right. William Bartram visited and wrote about many places along the St.Johns River, that have been identified today and marked with Bartram signs. Maps, an interactive website, and local guides all have created a “Bartram happening” here.
Come and stay a spell. Winters are mild, sunny, and the best time for exploring. Springtime offers an array of flowers to tintilate the senses. Bartram Inn visitors will be treated with typical southern charm. Several rooms offer an array of prices and weeklong or month stays discounts are available.
Bicycles are available along with maps of great bicycle routes. State and National parks and forests surround the area offering springs, ravines, trails, ocean vistas, hammocks and uplands.
About the InnThis lovely Victorian home has 4 second story bedrooms; the master with private bath and balcony, and two others with shared bath and access to back balcony.
A fourth bedroom, on the first floor, is off the kitchen with a full bath (walk in shower) and easy access to front sitting porch. The owner resides in the carriage house in the back of the property in a quaint efficiency apartment above the large two car (or bikes, kayaks, & garden equipment) garage. A garden of fresh vegetables is lovingly cared for by a charming Irishman, sure to provide a story with your morning tea (or coffee). |
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If you desire additionally a full breakfast (not included in price), he can be persuaded to cook up a delicious spread of “natural” and healthy dishes, made to your taste. (See information on the registration form to request this)
Who should stay at the Bartram Inn?
Active people who want to learn more about Bartram by paddling the river, hiking, biking, boating. We don't have cable here and wifi isn't always reliable. The Bartram Inn is perfect place for those who want to relax, get away from their normal routine, and enjoy sunrises and sunsets at a quiet riverfront porch.