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We normally hold our Summer weekends for Wedding here at the Inn, however with Casey pregnant, we are not planning on doing many weddings. So we just released all the summer weekends we had on hold.

Book a Five Night stay and save 20%!

So book your summer vacation, visit family, or base yourself in wonderful Olympia for 5 or more nights and get 20% off your entire stay. That is the same as paying for four nights and getting one free! During high season to boot!

Why wouldn’t you stay in Olympia for that long? Here are some itinerary ideas for you;

• Day One: Get in to town and just relax! Let us recommend a good place for a meal, and then just come back to the Inn and catch up on your sleep.
• Day Two: Walk downtown, if the Farmers Market is on have lunch there. Tour the Capital, have lunch at the Fish Bowl Brew Pub, see a live show in the evening.
• Day Three: Take a drive to the Ocean Beaches in the Olympic National Park. Alternatively drive down to Mt St Helens. Beautiful drives and we can recommend lunch spots even.
• Day Four: So you walked too much the last couple of days right? Stay at the Inn, treat yourself to some Spa services. A couples massage? Then let us recommend a memorable restaurant.
• Day Five: Stay relatively local, drive to Wolf Haven, the Monarch Scupulture Park, lunch at Lattin’s Cider Mill. Take in the beauty of the Nisqually Wildlife Refugee.

Of course every day you will get a great three course breakfast to get you going for the day.

Wedding night and Honeymoon bookings

Our Astoria room is extremely popular for wedding nights. It features a jacuzzi tub which makes it a must have for newlyweds. However here is a tip, book the room for at least a couple of nights, that way you actually get to enjoy it! Add the Honeymooners Haven package and get a couples massage the next day to unwind after your hectic day.

Brides may like to book the night before your wedding too, and get ready at the Inn after a gourmet breakfast.

Whatever your reason come and stay at the Inn! Let us help you enjoy spring and summer to the fullest.

We often get Washingtonians that have lived in our great state for years, sometimes decades, but never visited Olympia. They write Olympia off as the State Capital with nothing but politicians. How wrong are they!

Olympia is like the Secret gem of the Puget Sound. It offers almost every imaginable type of restaurant, from the funky and casual to the gourmet and sophisticated. We have plenty of live theater which rivals the bigger productions of Seattle in quality. As for the Arts, it is well represented with quality galleries and events.

The culinary day-tripper should stock up at our farmers market, while soaking in the sights and sounds of the locals that frequent it. In our humble opinion it rivals Seattle’s Pike Place Market.

The outdoors types will enjoy our parks and gardens. Bike trails abound with the Chelais Western Trail being a highlight.

So Visit Olympia! If you like it stay overnight with us at the Inn.

We think Olympia is a great place to base yourself while traveling the Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula. Olympia has great restaurants to come back to after a day of sightseeing, driving, hiking or biking.

Our favorite day trips include;

1. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge is only a short drive north of Olympia, however you could spend a full day their walking and birdwatching.
2. Mount St Helens is about is under 2 hours south east of Olympia. A short drive down Intersate 5 then a peaceful drive to the Johnston Ridge Observatory.
3. Olympic National Park is very big and offers many opportunities for hiking or a scenic drive. You can do the loop in a day if you push it, but we do not recommend it. A drive out to the beaches or the Hoh Rainforest is great.
4. Port Townsend is a scenic 2 hour drive up the Hood canal. Great beaches at Fort Warden. Nice restaurants.
5. Mount Rainier is just over an hour away, but more realistically 2 hours to get to the first hikes. Paradise makes a great stop for lunch.

So we hope that gives you a little inspiration!

Some 3,000 acres of salt- and freshwater marshes, grasslands, riparian and mixed forest habitats that provide resting and nesting areas for migratory waterfowl, songbirds, raptors and wading birds. The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a truly beautiful place to go for eithe ra short of longer hike. There is a boardwalk, the Twin barns, the old dikes, McAllister Creek and the Nisqually River just to name a few of the highlights.

Make certain you bring your binoculars, as there is plenty of wildlife. Some of the bird life you will maybe see;

• Sandhill crane
• Peregrine Falcon
• Barrow’s Goldeneye
• Bald eagle (sometimes in vast numbers when the Salmon are running)
• Short Eared Owl
• Great Horned Owl

Open daylight hours; $3 per family. 100 Brown Farm Road (Exit 114 off I-5).

For more information call 360-753-9467 or visit: Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge