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lighting • gifts • fine art • classes • repair came knowing it would be the wife’ s last trip; she was dying of cancer. Another husband brought his wife, who had Alzheimer’ s, back to a place they had loved together, hoping the familiar surroundings might offer some comfort. When they pulled through the gates, she recognized them and began to cry. The Orlandos hold these stories carefully. They understand that for many guests, a stay here is not incidental— it is the trip, one that marks a milestone occasion. And they treat it accordingly.
What keeps people coming back— some for 25 years running— is harder to name than any amenity. It has something to do with pace and comfort.“ People sit, relax, talk, and make friends here,” says Maryann.“ You’ re not just visiting— you’ re staying home.” Her guests seem to agree. Some walk through the door and say so: We’ re home.
“ I’ m very humbled by that,” she says.“ It’ s special. And that’ s what Jack and I have strived to do— make people feel happy and comfortable and want to come back.”
These are not the stories of a hotel. They are the stories of a home— one that happens to have ten rooms, a saltbox roof, and two people at the door who genuinely want to know how your day went.
For visitors who want to experience a part of the soul of Manchester, the INN at Ormsby Hill is an ideal place to begin. And if the Orlandos have anything to say about it, an even better place to return. n
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