The Alton Cottage

09/07/2024

FYI friends! (This also means Main Street is shut down to traffic.)

🎉🚒THIS SATURDAY🚒🎉 Our 100th Anniversary Firefighters Parade is finally here! Our parade with over 50 fire trucks starts at 2pm on Main Street and then the celebrations continue at Fauquier High School with apparatus judging, family fun activities, and food and treats from BBQ Rescue, El Jefe Street Eats & Kona Ice of Culpeper, Locust Grove, Warrenton. See you there!

09/07/2024

Friends, when I tell you the wait for real bagels in Warrenton is over- believe! Not only are the bagels amazing, but the shop itself is adorable. It doesn’t get more quintessentially than fantastic food in this kind of atmosphere.
Pro tip: head over early for the biggest selection. This place isn’t a secret any longer!

09/04/2024

Wow! Love our little town!

08/27/2024

We love celebrating special occasions. ☺️

Only a couple weekends in September left open! Join us for one of the most beautiful months here in Virginia’s beautiful countryside.

08/23/2024

We can’t wait to see you out and about at tonight!!! 🦊❤️🕶️ We will have live music 🎶 courtesy of , outdoor dining 🍽️, and oh so much fun with everyone! WE WILL HAVE T SHIRTS AND STICKERS FOR SALE!!! 🙌🏻 And as always a big shout out to our awesome sponsors and 👏🏻

08/23/2024

Alright, it might be a touch early, but with fall right around the corner, and cool evenings already here, we wanted to make sure the cottage was ready! Homemade hot cocoa will make its premier at the cottage this weekend. We hope you enjoy!

08/20/2024

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07/22/2024

Meanwhile, at the main house…

“Um, sorry to wake you babe, but there’s a um, squirrel in the living room.”

After a sleep-deprived pre-coffee strategy sesh, I called up my inner Disney princess and captured the little dude myself. He or she is now safely back in a tree far, far from the dogs.

07/13/2024

We have a big announcement! We’ve been working with the amazing for a while now and we’re finally ready to share the results: we have our own custom soap! While we think it came out just beautiful (and smells glorious), there are apparently some tweaks coming in batch #2. For now, we will be sharing these sweet little sample bars with our guests, and have a select number of full size bars for sale. Once everything is finalized, you’ll be able to buy the Alton Cottage soap from us, via Airbnb etc, or directly from Phoenix Artisan Soaps, online or at the

07/04/2024

We know a lot of people don’t feel like celebrating their boundless patriotism right now. We hope to offer a little peace, and a reminder of some of the beautiful things about this country.

Happy 4th of July friends. 🇺🇸 🎆

06/23/2024

Happy summer friends! Fresh raspberries are ready on the vines so don’t forget to pop by the corner of the cottage and pick a few. They’re so sweet…

06/06/2024

Good morning friends! The cottage is pretty well booked up for June and it looks like our beautiful old town is as well!

05/30/2024

It’s always an honor to be the cottage happy couples choose to spend their first nights in as newlyweds. We never get enough of it. 🥰
Joe and Abigail, we wish you all the joys this world can offer. Congratulations!

05/11/2024

Absolutely no filter at all. The most vibrant rainbow we’ve ever seen, hands down. Neighbors were pulling over to admire it with us. Wow…
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05/09/2024

The wildflowers are just busting! We can’t get enough of these joyful colors. ☺️

05/01/2024

Good morning friends! May’s got some great events in store for our beautiful little town.

04/30/2024

Congratulations neighbors!

Old Bust Head Brewing Company, an independent, solar-powered microbrewery in Vint Hill, has been awarded the 2024 "Green Brewery of the Year" and a “People’s Choice Award” by the Virginia Green Travel Alliance in recognition of the microbrewery’s ongoing environmental stewardship and sustain...

04/08/2024

Things got a little eerie over here today…

04/06/2024

When you have a special couple staying at the cottage for their special day, you have to do something a little special for them. and David, we wish you all the happiness in the world this day. ❤️

Special thanks to for the incredible frosting work.

04/04/2024

Thank you wonderful guests. We did it again. ☺️

We made Superhost again. 🌟

The Alton Cottage -a luxury country retreat

03/30/2024

Sigh. We found these strays when turning over the cottage. We’re sorry people, but we guess not every stay at the cottage is perfect. We’re so, so sorry.
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01/19/2024

The view from the cottage on a snowy day.

We’re sure there’ll be many more this winter. Wouldn’t you rather spend them in front of the fire, snuggled in the cottage’s cozy bed? We thought so. 😉

01/19/2024

We love a good snow day ☺️❄️☃️

01/14/2024

There are still openings…

11/30/2023

Beautiful sunrise this morning y’all. ☺️ It’s almost December!

11/18/2023

Wow! We ❤️ Fauquier!

11/13/2023

One of our wonderful guests took this photo this morning. Doesn’t it just make you… sigh… ☺️

11/11/2023

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10/05/2023

Even a heavy fog can’t stop the gorgeous sunrises here.

08/18/2023

Look how many amazing wineries there are all around us!