New Bourbon Manor Inn, New KY Bourbon Marketplace just in time for Christmas

Venues add to Kentucky’s popular ‘Christmas Round Bardstown’ event

BARDSTOWN, KY – OCT., 2013 – The new Bourbon Manor Inn – a bourbon-themed bed and breakfast, cafe and spa – and the new Kentucky Bourbon Marketplace add spirit to Bardstown, Ky.’s, already festive atmosphere for the holidays.

The “Bourbon Capital of the World” goes all out, with nearly two dozen events planned for its annual “Christmas Round Bardstown” event. See the full schedule that opens with a Holiday Preview, Nov. 8-10, when the stores surrounding Bardstown’s historic Court Square invite shoppers to get a jump on their holiday decorating and gift buying.

New attractions add to ‘Christmas Round Bardstown’

The new Bourbon Manor Inn features 10 guestrooms named for distinguished Bourbon figures; a Bourbon Spa with bourbon-oriented treatments; bourbon-themed breakfast goodies like Bourbon Vanilla Pancakes topped off with hot caramel sauce; and nightly desserts – think Bourbon Bread Pudding, Bourbon chocolates, Bourbon Apple Cake – served at the inn’s Bourbon Bar.

Just in time for the holidays in 2013, Bourbon Manor Inn is offering several packages, including a VIP Bourbon Tour & Tasting Package, with deluxe overnight accommodations, Kentucky Bourbon Trail® tour, VIP dinner, Rebecca Ruth’s Bourbon Chocolates and more for $399. A VIP Bourbon & Spa Getaway Package, which includes two nights’ accommodations, VIP Bourbon Distillery Tour & Tasting, couple’s massage, VIP dining certificate, three-course Fine China & Crystal Bourbon-themed breakfast and more, is available for $699.

The new Kentucky Bourbon Marketplace celebrates all things bourbon. Sample the best of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail® bourbons at the Marketplace’s distinctive Bourbon Bar & Tasting Room. Find upscale bourbon souvenirs and presents for the bourbon aficionados on your list at its gift shop.

‘Christmas Round Bardstown’

The Christmas season officially kicks off in “The Most Beautiful Small Town in America” on Fri., Nov. 29, with PNC Bank’s Light Up Bardstown and the lighting of the official Christmas tree accompanied by music, refreshments, extended shopping hours and the arrival of Santa Claus. That same night, My Old Kentucky Home opens its doors for guided Candlelight Tours followed by bourbon barrel cake, cookies and hot cider. (Visit Bardstown’s Calendar of Events for additional tour dates.) On Dec. 7, Bardstown’s Christmas Tour of Homes, including My Old Kentucky Home, takes place.