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Otis Massachusetts Vacation Rentals Presents Listing #3807

Big Pond 2 Bedroom Summer Cottage

Cottage w/ 2 Bedrooms - 1½ Bathrooms - Sleeps 5

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Vacation Rental Description

This comfortable cottage is located on Lion Hill Road in the small lake community of Big Pond.  
Access to the water is a three-minute walk across the road. The cottage faces East, but gets sun all  
day long because of a three-sided wraparound deck, on which is also located a fantastic large  
outdoor shower with hot land cold water and a picnic table over looking a Cezanne-type woods. Houses  
are on both sides, the one on the south is set way back from the road and                          
the one on the north is hidden by a privacy fence. The area is very quiet mid-week. The house sleeps  
5 in two bedrooms: one with a dboule bed and the other with a double and a single bed. All have  
excellent mattresses. (If necessary, someone can sleep on the sun porch.) Both bedrooms have celing  
fans. The rest of the cottage consists of a breakfast nook, a large well-appointed kitchen (sorry,  
no dishwasher), a full width living room with two couches, Franklin stove, VCR, and cassette/tape  
deck.  The sun proch as a couch and two chairs as well as a dining table that seats 6 very  
comfortably.  Most funishings are country antiques with an occasion Oriental rug. Lots of lamps with  
decent wattage for reading. A canoe and row boat are available for your pleasure. Chairs for  
Tanglewood can be found in the shed to the rear of the house. There is ample room to park two cars  
behind the house.

Vacation Rental Amenities

Shopping is at the Price Shopper in Lee or Great Barrington (the  
latter is better), but locally are the The Otis Egg Store,  
Terranova's General Store (which has good meat and great ribs )and The Other Brother  
Fish store. In East Otis, Hall's, with wonderful ice cream and an old fashioned soda fountain;  
Katie's, also with good meat and a takeout area for fried chicken, clams, etc. The local  
bar/restaurant is the Knox Trail Inn with music on weekends in East Otis. Two places serve breakfast  
and lunch, one in East Otis and one in Otis and one restaurant by the Otis Ski area, the Grouse  
House, serves dinner.    
Don't expect too much of anything being open in the Berkshires after  
10:00 unless you go to Railroad Street in Great Barrington or the  
Knox Trail Inn. This is not the land of dance clubs!

Activities and Attractions

Big Pond is very free of people mid-week but, of course, on weekends  
families congregate for water skiing, etc.  
 
The area is culturally rich.  
Big Pond is very close to Jacob's Pillow (10 minutes)  
minutes; It's accessible to other cultural highlights: 30 minutes to  
Great Barrington (cineplex and restaurants)and Stockbridge  
(Berkshire Playhouse), Lee (outlet mall and Joe's  
dinner). Allow more time for Tanglewood, Shakespeare and Company,  
and at least 1 hour or more for Williamstown Playhouse, Clark Museum  
and MOCA in North Adams.  That is a day's jaunt. The Appalachian  
trail cuts between routes 23 and 8. The Monument Mountain hike is  
near Great Barrington.  Lots of other events are listed in Berkshire  
Week, a Thursday supplement of the Berkshire Eagle which can be  
picked up in Terranova's.

Vacation Rental Rates

$850 Per week, Saturday 2:00 pm to Saturday 10:00 am.    
Security deposit required.  Tenants must bring their own sheets and  
towels.Utilities supplied. Smoke-free environment.