Nichols Guest House

Experience life in the early 1800s but enjoy modern comforts! Feather mattresses, air dried sheets, hand sewn quilts, 5 fireplaces, two 3 season porches, wide pine floorboards, wavy glass windows of the period. TV/VCR/DVD & phone in each room, microwave, fridge & internet access for the guests use!

All rooms include use of microwave & refrigerator (on side porch), in room: electric fireplaces, TV/DVD/VCR, ceiling fan, hair dryers, alarm clocks, a/c, phone. All rooms are non-smoking rooms.

Nichols Guest House offers a full country fresh breakfast, heart healthy/special diet accommodated! Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.

Books and magazines are available in the living room for guests to relax and enjoy quiet time. Chatting with the hosts or other guests are also favorite pastimes in the living room.

An electric fireplace adds ambience and warmth during those cool New England nights. Tiffany style lamps add to the glow and makes reading more enjoyable

Our stairway to the second floor rooms welcomes you as you enter the house from the front porch.

The Dining Room: Where guests enjoy a country fresh breakfast and great conversation with other guests and the hosts. Menus include some of your favorites and a few special recipes of local favorites. Sit back with a cup of coffee or tea and let us serve you.

Accommodation Information

We have 3 rooms available for guests:
The Eleanor Room has a King-Sized bed, private bath.
The Muriel Room has a Queen-Size antique brass bed, private bath.
The Cameron Room has a Double-Sized bed, shared bath (downstairs from the room).

Location Information

Description of Surrounding Area Attractions:
Colonial New England
Providence, RI, just down the road from the Nichols home.
Six Flags New England, an amusement park for the thrill seeker about 1 1/2 hour drive from us.
Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, near Cape Cod. A great place to see, check it out!
Salem, MA. Witch trials, haunting and a great time for those seeking the more macabre. Great place to visit around Halloween!

Additional Attractions:
Within a 15 minute drive:
Pawtucket:
Slater Park
Slater Mill (First textile mill in America!)
Providence:
Roger Williams Park & Zoo
Children's Museum
Waterplace Park
Providence Place Mall
Historic Federal Hill
Waterfire (Italian water gondola rides)
Benefit Street Historic house and street tours
Lincoln Greyhound Park Racing
Lincoln Woods State Park (fresh water swimming, horseback riding, picnicking)
Attleboro:
Emerald Square Mall
Capron Park and Zoo
Blackstone Valley (scenic train and boat rides)

Within a 30 minute drive:
Fall River:
Discount shopping malls
Lizzie Borden Museum
Battleship Cove (USS Massachusetts, submarine, museum, carousel)
Wrentham Outlets Discount Shopping
Raynham Flea Market

Within a 45 minute drive:
Boston:
New England Aquarium
Science Museum
Freedom Trail (historic walk)
Worcester:
Higgins Armory Museum
Ecotorium
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Yagoo Ski Area
Portsmouth Green Animals Topiary Garden
Audubon Society of RI Environmental Education Center, Bristol
Colt's Drive State Park, Bristol

Within a one hour drive:
Newport, RI:
Mansions
International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum
Jai Alai gambling
Beaches and Cliff Walk
Plymouth, MA:
Plymouth Plantation
Wax Museum
Plymouth Rock
Ocean Spray Cranberry Museum
Horseneck State Beach, Dartmouth
Salem Witch Museum
Wachusetts Ski Area

Within a 1 1/2 hour drive:
Sturbridge Village
Cape Cod:
Hyannis Whale Watch
Martha's Vineyard Island
Nantucket Island
Foxwoods gambling
Mohegan Sun gambling
Mystic Seaport, Connecticut

Within a 2 hour drive:
Provincetown