Salutations! Our treasured home in the hamlet of Phoenicia can be described as “Mid-Century Precious” meets quaint, cozy, quirky, and comfy....yet with modern amenities like a Level 2 EV Charger (non-Tesla), hot tub, & extended Wi-Fi.
This adorable gabled gem, a historic Catskills worker’s home from the early 20th century and tucked in at the base of Tremper Mountain and Sheridan Mountain is the perfect retreat to ruminate, muse, and unwind in the natural splendor of the Catskills. Whether you’re a creative or adventurous type, Violet's Catskills Cottage is centrally located to a myriad of outdoor activities encompassing all four seasons! Or if you are more of a creative intellectual type, choose to immerse yourself in the many art venues and historical sites.
Upon arrival, be lulled to sleep and wake up to the babbling of Stony Clove Creek which is right across the street. Sit on our front porch, with a cup of steaming hot joe whilst watching locals drive by on historic route 214 and delight at the majesty of a bald eagle as it lands on trees mere yards from our abode as they survey the creek for fish and small woodland creatures.
Perhaps after an early morning hike, return to make a breakfast with fresh country eggs you bought in Mt.Tremper or Fleischmans, take your computer onto the back deck to work or be inspired - yes we have wi-fi that extends outside - and converse with the myriad of winged friends. Amateur ornithologists, use one of our binoculars to bird-watch different species as they flit about the trees. There is a coal burning barbecue if you feel like eating in and enjoying the respite of daily life or seek out the many eateries that pepper the Catskills.
My office that can serve as an extra room for those scribes, such as myself, who might be inspired in the middle of the night.
We have a woodburning stove to curl up in on those crisp Catskill temps and we also have 5! Yes 5 Split-duct air-conditioners to battle those steamier humid days of summer. Because this is our home, we are constantly trying to improve upon and are aware of anything that might be amiss as we love to spend time here as much as you will. Everything inside our home is treasured and we want you to love and respect it as much as we do. This is a no shoes, no smoking, no pets household to preserve the cleanliness that we and you will value.
We welcome you to our home, and hope that you treasure and honor our home as if it were yours and wanted others to treat your home.
Activities To Do: Winter Activities: downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, toboganning and sledding, snowshoeing
Wyndham: 31 miles - 31 minutes
Hunter: 12.5 miles - 17 minutes
Belleayre: 14.5 miles - 19 minutes
Four-Season Hiking & Trails
Ashokan Resevoir: 14 miles - 17 minutes
Giant Ledge Trailhead: 17 miles - 23 minutes
Slide Mountain Trailhead: 19 miles - 27 minutes
Catskill State Park: 18 miles - 26 minutes
Breweries
Return Brewing Outpost: 11.7 miles - 20 minutes
Woodstock Brewery: 3.1 miles - 6 minutes
Westkill Brewing: 19.3 miles - 26 minutes
Catskill Brewing: 44.5 miles - 69 minutes
Rip Van Winkle Brewing Company: 22.8 miles - 33 minutes
Subversive Malting & Brewing: 29.2 miles - 43 minutes
Left Bank Ciders: 29.5 - 45 minutes
Historical Places & Museums
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: 46.5 miles - 63 minutes
Eleanor Roosevelt House National Historic Site: 47.5 miles - 64 minutes
Olana State Historic Site: 33.5 miles - 53 minutes
Opus 40: 21.3 miles - 31 minutes
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Museum: 56 miles - 90 minutes
Thomas Cole National Historic Site: 30.4 miles - 47 minutes
Catskill Mountain Railroad: 25 miles - 30 minutes
Piano Performance Museum: 12.5 miles - 17 minutes
Bronck Museum: 38.3 miles - 54 minutes
Hanford Mills Museum: 52.5 miles - 68 minutes
Saugerties Lighthouse: 27.6 miles - 43 minutes
Zadock Pratt Museum: 25.2 miles - 31 minutes
Pratt Rock: 24.2 miles - 30 minutes -
Vanderbilt Mansion: 44.7 miles - 58 minutes
Olive Free Library: 11.2 miles - 16 minutes
Empire State Railway Museum: 1.8 miles - 5 minutes
Hunting Tavern Museum, 288 Main St, Andes: 33.3 miles - 38 minutes
Art Omi: 45.9 miles - 71 minutes
Storm King Art Center - 64.1 miles - 77 minutes
Performing Arts & Music Venues
Orpheum Performing Arts Center: 13.2 miles - 18 minutes
Woodstock Playhouse: 16 miles - 24 minutes
Phoenicia Playhouse: 1.4 miles - 3 minutes
Bearsville Theater: 12.9 miles - 20 minutes
The Pines: 5.4 miles - 10 minutes
The Colony: 15.5 miles - 23 minutes
UPAC - Kingston: 25.9 miles - 33 minutes
Bethel Woods: 56 miles - 90 minutes
Buddhist Retreats
Zen Mountain Monastery: 5.3 miles - 10 minutes
Karma Triyana Dharmachakra: 15.9 miles - 25 minutes
Tashi Kyil Tibetan Buddhist Institute: 20.2 miles - 25 minutes
Better Quality Fare
Phoenica Diner: 2.6 miles - 5 minutes
Pizza 28 (as close to NYC style pizza right here in the Catskills): 3.2 - 5 minutes
Bettina: 1.3 miles. - 2 minutes
Peek-a-Moose: 10.2 miles - 13 minutes
Oliver’s at Howard House: 5.1 miles - 8 minutes
Bread Alone Bakery: 5.3 miles - 10 minutes
Maeve’s Place: 3.2 miles - 5 minutes
The Pines: 5.4 miles - 10 minutes
Wellness, Spas, Retreats
Copperhead Retreat & Spa: 4.3 miles - 6 minutes
Emerson Spa & Resort: 4.5 miles - 7 minutes
Menla Spa: 4.7 miles - 10 minutes
Catskills Yoga Studio: 0.5 miles - 1 minute
Woodstock Goat Yoga: 12.1 miles - 18 minutes
Cute Towns to Visit
Woodstock: 15.6 miles - 23 minutes
Wyndham: 21.8 miles - 31 minutes
Andes: 33 miles - 39 minutes
Athens: 34 miles - 48 minutes
Roscoe: 56 miles - 68 minutes
Saugerties: 26.1 miles - 40 minutes
Hunter: 12.5 miles - 18 minutes
Bethel: 57.6 miles - 84 minutes
Callicoon: 67.3 miles - 93 minutes
Margaretville: 22.1 miles - 26 minutes
Catskill: 29.6 miles - 45 minutes
Roxbury: 33.1 miles - 42 minutes
Tannersville: 13.3 miles - 18 minutes
Hunter: 12.5 miles - 18 minutes
New Paltz: 40.1 miles - 55 minutes
Kingston: 26.3 miles - 35 minutes
Livingston Manor: 51.4 miles - 70 minutes
Narrowsburg: 70.9 miles - 136 minutes
Delhi:46 miles - 54 minutes
Hudson: 35.2 miles - 55 minutes
Swimming
Severance Locales
Pip’s Bar & Grille (Phoenicia Diner in Phoenicia): 2.6 miles - 5 minutes
(“Good News About Hell” “Goodbye, Ms. Selvig”)
Zufu (Engs in Kingston): 25.5 miles - 32 minutes
(“Atilla”)
City of Kier (Kingston–Port Ewen Suspension Bridge/Wurts Street Bridge in Kingston): 27.5 miles - 40 minutes
(“Good News About Hell”)
Great Doors (Red Owl vintage mall in Kingston): 26 miles - 34 minutes
(“Goodbye, Ms. Selvig.”)
Woe’s Hollow - home of “the tallest waterfall in the world” (Awosting Falls in Minnewaska State Park in Gardiner):
34.5 miles - 50 minutes
Other spots in episode, Lake Minnewaska, Sam’s Point and its Ice Caves Trail)
(“Woe’s Hollow”)
The Eagan Residence (Taghkanic House in Taghkanic):43.3 miles - 63 minutes
(“The After Hours”)
Demona Birthing Retreat (Mohonk Preserve Testimonial Gateway Tower in New Paltz): 37.1 miles - 51
minutes
(“The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design”)
Devon and Ricken’s Home (Domoto’s, The Bier House in Usonia Historic District in Pleasantville): 113 miles - 113 minutes
(“Good News About Hell” “What’s For Dinner” “The Way We Are”)
Antique Shops
Blue Barn Marketplace: 4.4 miles - 6 minutes
Mystery Spot Antiques: 1.4 miles - 3 minutes
Catskill Antique Market: 29.6miles - 45 minutes
Rust Diamonds & More: 12.4 miles - 18 minutes
Tannersville Antiques and Artisan Center:
Sister Salvage 2.0: 13.3 miles - 18 minutes
Nana’s Attic: 20.4 miles - 23 minutes
Coxsackie Antique Center: 41 miles - 58 minutes
Charming But Cheap & Possibly Antique: 18.1 miles - 20 minutes
Townhouse Antiques: 43 miles - 55 minutes
The Antique Warehouse: 35.6 miles - 55 minutes
Country Bum’kin Antiques: 61.5 miles - 87 minutes
life repurposed, livingston manor: 44.8 miles - 77 minutes
