The Wayside Inn since 1797
Welcome to the Beautiful Wayside Inn. Enjoy the Historical surroundings while feasting on "Traditional Virginian Cuisine".
In June 2009, Jacob and Lois Charon became the new innkeepers. We look forward to managing the inn with a renewed energy while maintaining the traditional hospitality and welcoming accommodations. We invite you to make your history at the Wayside Inn.
The Wayside Inn, since 1797, has been serving the public for over 200 years. Nestled in the Shenandoah Valley, at the foot of the Massanutten Mountains, this distinctive inn gracefully blends its 18th century ambiance with 20th century comfort.
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Accommodations at the Inn includes 22 guest rooms and suites, each decorated with its own unique period theme. Appointments include canopied beds, English, French, and Oriental antiques, brocades, chintzes, silks, and other accoutrements of that of a bygone era.
Dining at the Inn is available year round and features fresh regional American cuisine. Meals are served in seven delightful dining rooms by servers in authentic Colonial costumes.
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Meetings at the Inn includes full service professionally monitored conference facilities. Affordable, all inclusive packages, can be personally tailored to suit the individual needs of groups.
Weddings and Banquets at the Inn are a dream come true against this historical backdrop coupled with the help of our wedding consultant. You will find planning your event is totally worry free. Entertain up to 350 guests on the terrace, veranda, rose garden and pavilion. Our historic banquet rooms are ideal for bridal teas, rehearsal dinners and receptions. |
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The Wayside history is based on service to the traveler. The first travelers to the Inn started coming in 1797, pausing for bed and board as they journeyed across the Shenandoah Valley. The Wayside was then known as Wilkenson's Tavern. When rugged highways were hacked out of the wilderness twenty years later, and the Valley Pike, now Route 11, came through Middletown, the tavern became a stagecoach stop, a relay station where fresh horses were readied, and where bounce-weary passengers could rest and refresh themselves. | |