Beacon Hollow Farm Bed & Breakfast — Hotel in Leacock Township

My wife and I spent the 2017 Labor Day weekend here. I was very pleased with our stay on Dan & Anna Riehl's farm. They were very good hosts. My wife and I always look for the "off the beaten path" vacations and this one was a gem. We plan on making this a regular vacation destination.||||There are a few items I want to address for those thinking about staying here and other reviews.||||1 - Please familiarize yourself with the culture of the Amish and remember you are basically staying in their home as a guest. Be respectful.||||2 - The Amish do not live a life of excess. This is not a "fancy" bed & breakfast where you have a large Victorian House with brass beds in every room. You will be staying in houses that their family has used and probably for generations.||||3 - It is a working Amish dairy farm! Let me say that again, a working Amish dairy farm! You will experience the sights, sounds, & smells of the farm. It is very quite in the evenings. Also chores for them starts at 5:00 am.||||4 - Also due to their culture you will not find TV's, radio's, & WiFi. They do have electricity but remember they are not connected to the electrical grid. All of their power needs are sustained by solar and/or diesel generator.||||5 - The continental breakfast during our stay consisted of a couple of yogurt parfaits, 2 slices of bread, jam. One day we had some fruit. Keep in mind this is all homemade from ingredients from the farm. The Riehl's were also nice enough to give us a couple of eggs each day. Again in keeping with their culture they do not work on Sundays, this includes cooking. So on Sundays you are on your own. This was not a surprise because we did our home work on their culture before going.||||Ultimately do a little research and know what to expect. ||||If you are wanting a typical tourist experience with all of it's comforts & accommodations then you should stay somewhere else. ||||If you are wanting to experience a different way of live and meet a very nice family then you couldn't find a better...

My wife and I spent the 2017 Labor Day weekend here. I was very pleased with our stay on Dan & Anna Riehl's farm. They were very good hosts. My wife and I always look for the "off the beaten path" vacations and this one was a gem. We plan on making this a regular vacation destination.||||There are a few items I want to address for those thinking about staying here and other reviews.||||1 - Please familiarize yourself with the culture of the Amish and remember you are basically staying in their home as a guest. Be respectful.||||2 - The Amish do not live a life of excess. This is not a "fancy" bed & breakfast where you have a large Victorian House with brass beds in every room. You will be staying in houses that their family has used and probably for generations.||||3 - It is a working Amish dairy farm! Let me say that again, a working Amish dairy farm! You will experience the sights, sounds, & smells of the farm. It is very quite in the evenings. Also chores for them starts at 5:00 am.||||4 - Also due to their culture you will not find TV's, radio's, & WiFi. They do have electricity but remember they are not connected to the electrical grid. All of their power needs are sustained by solar and/or diesel generator.||||5 - The continental breakfast during our stay consisted of a couple of yogurt parfaits, 2 slices of bread, jam. One day we had some fruit. Keep in mind this is all homemade from ingredients from the farm. The Riehl's were also nice enough to give us a couple of eggs each day. Again in keeping with their culture they do not work on Sundays, this includes cooking. So on Sundays you are on your own. This was not a surprise because we did our home work on their culture before going.||||Ultimately do a little research and know what to expect. ||||If you are wanting a typical tourist experience with all of it's comforts & accommodations then you should stay somewhere else. ||||If you are wanting to experience a different way of live and meet a very nice family then you couldn't find a better...

We were visiting from the UK, our party consisted of 3 Female friends. We wanted a more authentic experience rather than staying in a nearby Hotel. We only stayed one night as we had a pretty tight schedule but really enjoyed our stay at the guesthouse. ||On arrival “mom” wasn’t home, a lovely young man who was tending to his horses greeted us and explained his Mother was out, so he told his us to make ourselves comfortable in the guesthouse. ||The guesthouse is more than ample and whilst basic it still has enough comforts for a pleasurable stay. It was unseasonably warm during our visit and even a cracking thunderstorm didn’t clear the heat, so the fans supplied didn’t do much to cool the place down. Though we didn’t stay to sit inside, it was nice sitting outside watching the world go by. ||A friendly Labrador often joined us to keep us company, she loved the extra attention she was getting. ||We had an evening meal scheduled with another Amish Family in a neighbouring town, once we arrived back, we were greeted by “Mom”. She apologised for not being there on arrival (though we did arrive a little early anyway) and made some friendly conversation. She explained about breakfast in the morning and asked what time would be best. Then left us to it. ||We were up early the next morning and sat and watched the young Amish man tend to his horses and dogs. Breakfast was brought to us in the guesthouse and as check out wasn’t till 10 and we still had a couple of hours we walked down to the shopping outlet. ||On our return we said our goodbyes to the dog, we could’ve took her home she was that lovely and then made our way to some more Amish attractions. ||We had a lovely stay and hopefully will return one day with my husband...