The Inn on Thistle Hill

Beautiful place, fantastic food, and we had a terrific time. Shauna and Frank are wonderful and fun. I arrived with a migraine, and Shauna got rid of it right away with some essential oils. I was surprised, since migraines are typically very hard to get rid of. Thank you both for a wonderful weekend!

Come hungry, because Frank made my wife and me the best breakfast I’ve had in a long time. Fresh breads, homemade jams, Irish butter, eggs just how you like them, and the potatoes, oh, the potatoes! Frank and Shona, sorry if I spelled that wrong, were amazing hosts. She tends to be the night owl, up late doing her thing, which helped us a lot when we arrived much later than expected. They were also very helpful with directions to places and restaurants nearby. It’s a bit on the $$-$$$ side, but I recommend dinner at Foti's in Culpepper.

We left and stayed at a motel instead. The whole place smelled like a wet, dirty dog when my wife and I walked in. I’ve got nothing against dogs, and Hershey was a sweetie, but I didn’t want our room smelling like him. The house looked like it may once have been very nice, but now it seemed dumpy and dirty. There was a pile of dead stink bugs in the window, half-empty shampoo bottles around the tub, a broken ceiling fan, and the woman running the place couldn’t figure out how to turn on the window A/C. It was a horror show, and I wish there were a zero-star option. There was no cell service at all and no phone in the room.