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-(S)-STANDARD CLASS HOTEL
PROPERTY TYPE - LIMITED SERVICE
RATINGS - MOBIL 1 STAR
BEGIN YOUR GETAWAY IN KENTUCKY WITH A VISIT TO THE
STATE S OLDEST TOWN AND YOU LL DISCOVER THAT
HARRODSBURG IS BLESSED WITH A DISTINCT CHARACTER
ALL ITS OWN. ONCE A FRONTIER TERRITORY,
HARRODSBURG WAS FOUNDED IN 1774 AS THE FIRST
PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT WEST OF ALLEGHENY
MOUNTAINS. LOSE YOURSELF FOR A WHILE IN A SMALL
TOWN THAT S BURSTING WITH HISTORIC CHARM. A PLACE
WHERE THE PIONEER PAST HAS A STRONG PRESENCE AND
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY IS THE BACKDROP FOR AN
APPEALING MIX OF HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND
CULTURE. LET BEST WESTERN OF DANVILLE AND
HARRODSBURG BE YOUR LODGING CHOICE WHILE VISITING
OUR LOVELY TOWN. THE BEST WESTERN OF DANVILLE AND
HARRODSBURG OFFERS LARGE ROOMS, MANY WITH
MICROWAVES AND REFRIGERATORS. WE ALSO OFFER
JACUZZI SUITES, EXTENDED CABLE TELEVISION WITH
HBO, AN OUTDOOR POOL, VIDEO GAMES AND
COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST DAILY. WE ARE WITHIN A
FEW MILES OF SHAKER VILLAGE, THE OLD FORT HARROD
STATE PARK, THE BEAUMONT INN AND CONSTITUTION
SQUARE. ALSO, THE BRIGHT LEAF GOLF RESORT IS NEXT
DOOR. THE BLUEGRASS FIELD AIRPORT IN LEXINGTON,
KENTUCKY IS ONLY THIRTY MINUTES AWAY. HARRODSBURG
WAS NAMED FOR CAPTAIN JAMES HARROD (1742-92), A
NATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA WHO LEARNED OF KENTUCKY,
THEN PART OF VIRGINIA, THROUGH DANIEL BOONE.
LEADING A PARTY OF 32 MEN IN 1774, HE FOUNDED
FORT HARROD, NOW HARRODSBURG, ON JUNE 16 OF THAT
YEAR. IMPORTANTLY, HARRODSBURG HISTORICALLY RANKS
AS KENTUCKY S OLDEST TOWN, AS WELL AS THE FIRST
PERMANENT SETTLEMENT WEST OF THE ALLEGHENY
MOUNTAINS. HARRODSBURG IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN
THE HEART OF KENTUCKY S HISTORIC BLUEGRASS
REGION, 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY
S FIRST SETTLEMENT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE VIE US
127, US 68, INTERSTATE 64 (30 MILES TO THE
NORTH), INTERSTATE 75 (34 MILES TO THE EAST) AND
THE EAST-WEST BLUEGRASS PARKWAY (15 MILES TO THE
NORTH). HARRODSBURG S CLIMATE IS SEASONAL, WITH
WARM SUMMERS AND COOL WINTERS. HARRODSBURG AND
MERCER COUNTY ARE DRY, WITH NO SALES OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES PERMITTED.
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