My friends and I visited Palestine over the weekend for a wedding and we had the wonderful pleasure of rooming at the Fig Tree Manor. Ours was a genuine bed & breakfast experience complete with outstanding hosts, a comfortable and relaxing setting, and of course good food.
To start, booking with Christy couldn't have been easier and by the end of the call I had that deep down vibe that this was where we'd be staying. A feeling confirmed when we were greeted at check-in to smiling faces and given a tour of the home.
Let me tell you about our amazing hosts. Christy and her sister were easy to get along with, accommodating, definitely the types to trade a funny story, and really wanted to make sure we enjoyed our stay (spoiler: we did). Full disclosure, I'm a dog person, but had no trouble getting along with their cats. Oh, and I forgot to mention, they're great cooks. We awoke Saturday morning to the smell of scrambled eggs, sausage, English muffins, fruit, and juice (and maybe a few mimosas). A meal we enjoyed sitting at the bar in the sizable kitchen. We were a group of three grown men and we were sated. As for our Sunday breakfast we were asked "do y'all like Mexican food?" (...yes!) The following morning we gorged on tacos with avocado, eggs, peppers, and beans and a plentiful amount of chips & queso.
Our rooms were spacious, beds comfy, and the house decorated in a unique mix of paintings and artwork created by their sister. Some of the amenities you'll encounter: new flat panel TVs throughout the home (worked perfectly with a Chromecast), Wi-Fi, complementary bottled water and goodies in the rooms, that characteristic wrap-around rear porch you hope to discover in a classic old home, and an expansive pool area where I could have easily spent the day lounging with a good book if I wasn't in town to see my friends get married. In fact, discussing our accommodations at the wedding drew envy from some of the other guests who'd chosen to board elsewhere.
And the location couldn't have been better! The Fig Tree is literally a 2-3 minute walk to some of downtown Palestine's best eating and entertainment including the Pint & Barrel Drafthouse, Shelton Gin, and Hambone's (we went to all three) among others.
To sum up our stay, my friends and I felt comfortably at home and generously provided for at the Fig Tree and would definitely return. I believe older reviews are talking about the previous owner and if you find yourself traveling to Palestine absolutely consider the Fig Tree. read more