'''Rhinebeck''' [http://www.rhinebeckny.org/] is a township in Dutchess County New York. The township encompasses the village of Rhinebeck as well as the hamlet of Rhinecliff.
Get in
By air
'''Stewart International Airport''', 1180 First St, New Windsor, ''+1 845'' 564-2100, [http://www.stewartintlairport.com].
'''Albany International Airport''', 737 Albany-Shaker Rd, Albany, [http://www.albanyairport.com].
By train
'''Amtrak''', [http://www.amtrak.com]. Rail service from Rhinecliff station to New York City's Penn Station and other points.
Get around
See
'''Wilderstein''', 330 Morton Rd, ''+1 845'' 876-4818, [http://www.wilderstein.org/]. Stunning Queen Anne-style mansion set on park-like grounds designed by Calvert Vaux. Open May though October, Th-Su noon-4PM (last tour at 3:30PM). Call for special holiday events: Halloween Party, Victorian holiday tours, Yuletide high tea. The mansion is several miles outside town.
'''Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome''', 9 Norton Road, ''+1 845'' 752-3200, [http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/]. Museum, May through October, 10AM-5PM. Airshows, June through October, weekends at 2PM. For $50, take a biplane ride over the Hudson River; Sa-Su, June through October.
Do
Buy
Eat
'''China Rose''', 100 Shatzell Ave, ''+1 845'' 876-7442, [http://www.chinaroserhinecliff.com/]. Chinese fusion with views of the Hudson River. W-M 5PM-10PM, closed Tu. Entrees $11-$25. Adjacent to the Rhinecliff Amtrak station.
Drink
Sleep
Splurge
'''Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn''', 6387 Mill St, ''+1 845'' 876-7077, [http://beekmandelamaterinn.com]. Beekman Arms may be America's oldest continually operating inn, established in 1766. The Delamater Inn, designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, is in the American Carpenter Gothic style.
'''Olde Rhinebeck Inn''', 340 Wurtemburg Rd, ''+1 845'' 871-1745, [http://www.rhinebeckinn.com]. $195-$275.
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