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BEST WESTERN General Nelson
411 W Stephen Foster Avenue, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004-1435Phone: 502/348-3977 | Fax: 502/348-7596
Stay at this pet friendly Bardstown, Kentucky hotel providing convenient access to local distilleries, antique shopping and more!
Welcome to the BEST WESTERN General Nelson Inn where guests will find all of the amenities and services to make any stay feel like home! Situated in central Kentucky, this Bardstown hotel features 48 well-appointed guest rooms, each offering cable satellite television with free HBO® and free wireless high-speed Internet access. Hotel guests will wake up each morning to a complimentary continental breakfast featuring "Make Your Own Waffles". Other hotel amenities include an outdoor heated swimming pool, a spa, a courtesy airport shuttle to Local Airport, business services and meeting facilities accommodating up to 175 people. Small pets are welcome with a fee.
The BEST WESTERN General Nelson Inn is conveniently located less than one mile from the St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral, the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History and the Bardstown Historical Museum. Guests staying at this Kentucky hotel will enjoy visiting several local distilleries including the Heaven Hill Distillery, Jim Beam Distillery and Makers Mark Distillery. Hotel guests will also be close to the annual Arts & Crafts fair, My Old Kentucky Dinner Theatre and the Kentucky Railway Museum.
The friendly, helpful staff at the BEST WESTERN General Nelson Inn is ready to ensure a fun-filled memorable stay in Bardstown, Kentucky. Make a reservation today and save!
Local Events Worth Considering:
May 2012
Comedian performance at 8pm at the Kentucky Center in Louisville.
June 2012
Concert performance at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville.
8pm concert at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville.
7:05pm baseball game at Louisville Slugger Field.
7:30pm theater performance at the Kentucky Center in Louisville.
July 2012
The streets of The Summit will be lined with 150 of America's greatest artisans and fine crafters. In Louisville.
The Bluegrass, Hoosier and Ohio Valley chapters of the Falcon Club of America will host the 33rd Annual Falcon Nationals. In Louisville.
5pm at the Huber Orchard and Winery in Borden.
Nearby Attractions:
List All KY AttractionsHeaven Hill Distilleries
While in the Louisville region of Kentucky, take time to taste Kentucky. The Greater Louisville and Eastern Kentucky areas are home to six fine Kentucky bourbon distilleries. Bardstown has been home to the Heaven Hill Distilleries, since 1934. With the vision and drive of the Shapiras brothers, a fine Kentucky bourbon was produced a year later in 18 barrels. The distillery is located on land once owned by William Heavenhill.
Throughout the years, three generations of Shapiras have continued the family run business, as Max Shapira remains President of the company. Heaven Hill has become America's seventh largest spirit supplier with the sale of bourbons, in addition to a variety of other spirits. Stop by the distillery's Heritage Center to taste this fine bourbon, during one of the four tours. At the end of a fun day, kick your feet in a comfortable Best Western guest room and make the most of your time in Kentucky's beautiful rolling hills.
Maker's Mark Distillery
Travelers to the Greater Louisville area have plenty of reasons to celebrate. Not only is the Louisville area beautiful with its rolling hills, the area is home of many fine distilleries. Maker's Mark Distillery is one of them. T. William "Bill" Samuels Sr. established Maker's Mark in 1954, after he purchased the "Burks' Distillery", in Loretto. The first distinguishable square bottle of small-batch bourbon whiskey, with the red wax seal, was finished in 1958. It was Samuels Sr.'s wife Margie who thought of the whiskey's name, the label and had the idea for the red wax seal.
Maker's Mark is made with red winter wheat instead of rye and is aged in the warehouses for six to seven-and-a-half years, contributing to the full-flavored taste. In 1974, the National Register of Historic Places included the distillery in its listing. In 1980, the distillery became the first active distillery listed designated as a National Historic Landmark. After visiting the distillery, admire the surroundings on a short drive to Bardstown or Elizabethtown, where comfortable accommodations await with Best Western hotels.
