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Cozy Cottage Overlooking Fife Lake in Traverse City

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Great cottage overlooking Fife Lake. Two bedrooms, one queen and one double. Sleeper sofa in living room and twin bed on all-season, enclosed front porch. Tongue-in-groove pine ceilings with beautiful kitchen and eating area featuring a bay window. Screened in cedar and pine back porch.

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John and Sally Ellinger 231-631-9237

cottage rental amenities

Fully furnished including microwave, dishwasher, washer and dryer. Linens provided. Fireplace, charcoal grill, shared dock one block north. From the cottage location there is a great view of lake. Easy 15 min. walk to downtown where there is a large sandy beach, swimming area, excellent boat launch, and picnic tables on the grass.

activities and attractions in Traverse City Michigan

Fife Lake is 25 minutes southeast of Traverse City in Grand Traverse County just off of highway 131. There is great bass, walleye, and panfish fishing on Fife Lake. A public boat ramp is located at the downtown village beach just minutes from the cottage. Fife Lake offers a new library(Wi-Fi equipped), restaurants, museum, grocery store, hardware, etc. Picturesque Mirror Lake is two blocks from the cottage with swimming and fishing available. Many other lakes and streams are nearby for kyaking boating and other water sports.


Traverse City hosts many tourist activities throughout the year. Major attractions include the National Cherry Festival and the Traverse City Film Festiva. Many nearby towns offer additional shopping, antiquing, great restaurants, entertainment. Biking and hiking trails abound. Golf courses are plentiful and the beauty of the great lakes and Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes make touring a delight.


Add to all this, local winery tours and tastings, concerts at Interlochen Arts Academy, and fall color tours provide you with a funfilled vacation. You might also just want to sit on the front porch enjoying an evening breeze, a good book, and the haunting calls of loons coming across the lake.

vacation rental rates

April 1 - June 30          $125 / Night     $750 / Week

July 1 - August 31        $165 / Night     $990 / Week

Sept 1 - Nov. 30           $125 / Night     $750 / Week


Three night minimum for any reservation. Deposit required at time of reservation. Balance due a week before arrival. Holiday weekends slightly higher rates.  Payment by check preferred. Contact owner for holiday or monthly rates.

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Great cottage, amazing views!

christina (Sierra Madre, CA, USA)
Review submitted: August 25, 2012   Date of arrival: May 9, 2012

Great cottage! Lots of space. We were traveling with our son who was 15 months at the time, and asked if a pack-n- play was available for him to sleep in at the cottage. The owner was able to find and put up a pack n play, and our son slept perfectly every night. We enjoyed the surrounding area, and nearby village which had a nice restaurant - serving broasted chicken.. stunning. Thanks to the owners for a great stay and super easy transaction. If we're planning another visit to the Traverse City area, we'll be hoping to rent this cottage again!

Recommended for: families with young children

Owners response: This reveiw speaks for itself. We want to offer the best possible facilities that we can for folks who come not only from the U.S. but other countries. We believe the Fife Lake/Traverse City area offers many, many opportunities for vacations full of adventure or quiet time for relaxing to the haunting calls of the loons floating across the lake. Let us help you enjoy the vacation or weekend you have been dreaming of. Questions? Give us a call. John and Sally

Helpful votes: 1 / 1

 

Amazingly Beautiful Cottage

sistersteph (Chesterfield, MI, USA)
Review submitted: August 1, 2012   Date of arrival: July 27, 2012

This house was beautiful! 5 girlfriends of mine stayed for a weekend and all wished we would have taken a long vacation. The house has this wonderful breeze that keeps everything comfortable and cool as well as a porch full of windows that outlooks the beautiful Fife Lake. Everything was very clean and the owners are the sweetest people. We would definitely come back and are already talking about when we should try and rent this cottage next year for another girls weekend.

Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, girls getaway

Owners response: "The girls" said it all!! Come see for yourself. We're waiting to hear from you.

Helpful votes: 1 / 1

 

Wonderful time over the 4th of July

Jill (Chicago)
Review submitted: July 11, 2012   Date of arrival: July 1, 2012

My family and I stayed at the cabin over the 4th of July week and had a wonderful time. We had never been to the area so we were taking our chances and trusting that the pictures and description of the cabin were accurate. They were spot on!! The cabin had a very homey feel and had all of the amentities that we needed. Despite the area going through a heat wave and the cabin not having AC, we remained comforable with the ceiling fans and lower nighttime temperatures. At the suggestion of the owner, we stayed in Fife Lake for their fireworks and just pulled chairs and a blanket to a spot behind the cabin vs fighting crowds and traffice. What a show!! The town itself put on a great show but there were also random other fireworks being shot off from various areas of the lake that we could see.

For those boating, the lake is perfect. Not an overwhelming one but a decent size that always appeared to be like glass and never choppy. Unfortunately, we did not have a boat and may look into renting one for a future visit but for those who have one, it is perfect!!!

It is close Traverse City (and a gorgeous drive in between which can only be breathtaking in the fall) and we spent a few days there. We canoed as well on the Manistee River which was a lot of fun (although a bit longer than we expected).

If you are looking for a cute getaway cabin, definitely look into this cabin.

Owners response: Summer go by too fast? Come spend a few days this fall in beautiful northern Michigan. We are now booking late August through mid November. Come see the seasons change from the vantage point of our cottage over looking the lake. We look forward to your call. John and Sally

Helpful votes: 1 / 1

 

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