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floors, Victorian antiques, plush chairs, and a baby
grand piano distinguish the hotel and provide comfortable surroundings for business executives and leisure travelers alike.

Guests seeking privacy can stay in The Cabin, an
authentic log cabin built in 1901. The
Cabin has been updated and enlarged to include a sleeping loft, modern kitchen and bath.
Keeping the charm alive is a warm fireplace and
antique furnishings.

The Swann’s six bedrooms and suites have been
individually and tastefully decorated with period
Almost HeavInn
antiques and comfy beds. Most rooms have private
Rusk, TX
bathroom facilities, and each has the amenities to
Situated on 35 acres of wooded rolling hills, pastures,
provide a luxurious and relaxing stay.
gardens and a lake. Guests will enjoy their own private wing and space to roam around or relax on the
La Paz
porch swing. The grounds of Almost Heaven Inn have
Sam Rayburn, TX
been recognized by the National Wildlife FederaTucked beneath a canopyof towering pines and white
tion as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat. Almost Heav Inn
oaks on the peaceful banks of the Angelina River,
is a “child friendly” B&B and welcomes children and
Nuestra Paz del Rio Angelina Bed & Breakfast invites
adults alike. Guests are also treated to a Surrey ride
guests to experience all that the piney woods of East
when weather permits.
Texas has to offer. Known simply as La Paz, the inn was
built by Jasper natives Anne-Allison Smith and Paul
Slip on your walking shoes and get your heart
Smith. Designer Allison-Smith based the construction
thumping as you stroll through our mile-plus
on the works of W. P. Cook, one of Jasper’s earliest
walking paths over the creek and through the wooded
and most influential home builders. Completed in
hills where the only noise you’ll hear is the rustling of
October 2009, the inn is
the wind through the
meticulously decorated
leaves.
with period antiques and
collectibles. La Paz offers
At Almost HeavInn
guests a variety of acbreakfast is not just
commodations to choose
a meal but the main
from.
event at the beginning of a great day!
The Little White House is a small house built by the
previous owners, now connected to the main house
of La Paz by a dog-trot style porch. The warm room, The beautiful piney woods of East Texas beckon you to
reminiscent of a lodge, has wood walls and floors, come and visit. Relax and see the sights of the quaint
a fireplace, a queen bed and a sitting room and a small towns or enjoy the beautiful countryside along the
Texas State Railroad. Almost HeavInn B&B is located in
private bath with a shower and pedestal tub.
close proximity to Rusk, Jacksonville, Palestine & Tyler.
In the main house, the downstairs suite, Mama’s
Room is a showcase of family heirlooms and antique
Ironwood Manor
furnishings, including a queen size iron and brass
Hemphill, TX
bed. Guests can enjoy a private bath with a claw-foot Ironwood Bed and
tub, antique vanity and marble walk-in shower.
Breakfast is nestled in
the East Texas Piney
The upstairs suite, The Bunk Room, is designed Woods, minutes from
after a railroad sleeping car, complete with four
Toledo Bend Lake,
separate sleeping berths – two queen and two twin.
the largest bass lake
The room’s Art-Deco-inspired bath has two pedestal
in Texas and within 20
sinks and a walk-in shower.

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