Despite its popularity in Europe, the mainstream American travel
market knows little about agritourism -- travel incorporating a
working garden or farm, from simply growing vegetables to larger
livestock and farming. In its strictest interpretation, the farm
would come first and the hotel or inn second, with modest
farm-style accommodations heavy on communal dinners and rooms of
grandmotherly charm (likely with more than a few homemade quilts
and flags).
With no shortage of sites such as Farm Stay US catering to
the more basic end of agritourism, luxury travelers looking for a
little more lordship and a little less serfdom have to dig a bit
deeper.
Read more of Agritourism for the
Luxury Traveler at The Street
Photo source: Carneros Inn