Shakespeare’s Folly Side Farm and AirBnB.

Entire rental unit in Marlboro, Vermont

  1. 2 guests
  2. 1 bedroom
  3. 1 bed
  4. 1 bath
Hosted by William
  1. Superhost
  2. 7 years hosting

Listing highlights

Top 10% of homes

This home is highly ranked based on ratings, reviews, and reliability.

In rural Marlboro, Vermont

A 12-acre hillside farm in Marlboro with walking trails, gardens, and mountain views across Vermont and New Hampshire

Full kitchen for home-cooked meals

A full kitchen with stove, oven, and cooking basics for making meals on your own schedule

Stunning views, peaceful setting

Guests describe the mountain views as breathtaking and the setting as peaceful and cozy
Located on a gorgeous south-facing hillside in Marlboro, VT, Shakespeare's Folly Side Farm is a light, airy, quiet apartment with stunning views, beautiful gardens, and walking paths.

We have friendly a dog, vegetable and flower gardens and a small orchard, with raspberries and blueberries. Free picking in the summer.

A magical and inspiring place of rolling lawns and 40 mile views yet so close to the many rich cultural and recreational options in southeast Vermont.

The space
The apartment has big, south-facing windows with stunning views. The beautiful rustic wood panel walls were cut from this land. The apartment colors are subdued, peaceful, light and airy. Every room is comfortable but clean and attractive.

The apartment has a wide-screen TV with Roku. You're welcome to use our Netflix account. There is a DVD player and a selection of family-friendly DVDs. WiFi on site for phone and internet access.

Guest access
Once you arrive at The Farm and park in the designated BNB parking spot, you will be greeted by Rosie. She is an Italian Maremma sheepdog. You will walk down a set of 14 outdoor steps that take you to the ground floor apartment entrance. This is not wheelchair accessible but there are rails on the stairs for anyone needing additional stability when walking up or down the outdoor stairs.

Guest stays are limited to no more than 30 days during the summer and fall season.

Other things to note
We do not charge you a cleaning fee because we believe our guests will clean up after themselves and leave the apartment as they found it. Read the handbook and it will describe how to deal with the towels and linens and blankets etc.. If you follow the handbook you will get a high rating.

Where you’ll sleep

What this place offers

Garden view
Valley view
Kitchen
Fast wifi – 69 Mbps
Dedicated workspace

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Rated 4.93 out of 5 from 310 reviews.

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This home is in the top 10% of eligible listings based on ratings, reviews, and reliability

Overall rating

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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars for cleanliness

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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars for communication

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars for location

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars for value

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Where you’ll be

Marlboro, Vermont, United States
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Neighborhood highlights

Shakespeare’s Folly Side Farm has 12 acres of beautiful south facing views, farmland, vegetable and flower gardens, chicken and goat barns, a young fruit tree orchard, and well-marked walking trails that you are welcome to grab a map of and wander around, including a connected trail up Snow Mountain where you can view Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, and Stratton, Mt Snow, Haystack, Bromley and Ascutney Mountains in VT.

Marlboro is a scenic, rural location close to many cultural, recreational, agricultural and educational institutions including Marlboro XC ski club, Marlboro Music School and Festival, Putney School, Landmark College, Yellow Barn, Kipling's home, Naulakha, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro Music Center, Latchis Theater, Hogback Natural History Museum, Weston Playhouse and many other sites. There is an excellent Brattleboro Coop, plus many charming coffee shops and health food stores in Brattleboro.

Mount Snow is 25 minutes away. Stratton, Bromley and Magic 55 minutes.

Meet your host

Superhost
421 reviews
4.92 out of 5 average rating
7 years of hosting
Lives in Marlboro, Vermont
I am married to Tina Shakespeare and we are retired, Tina from teaching and me from a career in public health. We have a small farm, garden and orchard which we call Folly Side Farm, named after Folly Cove, MA where my grandmother ran the wonderful Folly Cove Inn back in the 40's, 50's and 60's. Tina paints and makes quilts and I sing in the Brattleboro Concert Chorus, play the drums, and enjoy cooking food from the land that we nurture. During the winter I teach skiing. I have been a Level 2 PSIA ski instructor at Mount Snow but I now teach privately. Though not a direct descendent of the Bard (there are no male descendent), my documented family ancestry goes back to the late 1600s in the area of Coventry in Warwickshire, England.

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