Cliff Cottage Inn's elf thought you might like to have some handy links to information about what fun things there are to do and see while you are in Eureka. These are just a few of the fascinating things you can explore while you are here. When you arrive, the elf will share with you all the other neat things to do!
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The State of Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism website is a good place to look up the many fun things happening across Arkansas and various parks you can visit while driving through our beautiful state. |
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EurekaSprings-Arkansas.com is the largest network for Eureka Springs! Do you like your vacation plain or with P. Nutt? Get recommendations for the best places to stay and the top things to do from local sources.
 Cliff Cottage is proud to be a FEATURED MEMBER of EurekaSprings-Arkansas.com!
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The official site of the Bed and Breakfast Association of Arkansas, here's where you can look up other B&Bs outside Eureka to visit as you continue your journey through Arkansas. |
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This is a good site for finding out what events are going to be happening during your stay at Cliff Cottage Inn. It lists all the festivals by date and gives links to where you can order tickets. Also has good info on Eureka's many fine restaurants and attractions. |
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Another good place to find out about events and festivals and where to order tickets. As this is the city's main promotion site, you can find out about restaurants and attractions as well. |
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Just five minutes from Cliff Cottage Inn is The Great Passion Play which depicts the last week of Christ's life. The 4,000-seat amphitheatre looks down on Jerusalem authentically re-created life size, and more than 250 local actors and lots of live animals will transport you back 2,000 years with state-of-the-art sound and lighting. First opened 33 years ago, the Passion Play has hosted over six million visitors to this renowned outdoor spectacle . You can also visit the sixteen on-site attractions and displays that are open during the day, including the New Holy Land Tour with many different scenes from the Bible brought to life, the Bible Museum, Christ of the Ozarks statue, Sacred Arts Center, the new Dinosaur Exhibit and the Church in the Grove where small weddings are performed. |
Voted #1 in Country and Comedy!
The Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down is the HOTTEST show in the Ozarks, and only a few minutes from the Cliff Cottage Inn. Catch P. Nutt, Granny, Girl, and all the Hoe-Down gang every night! Don't miss the brand new matinee at 3pm! |
A note from your Innkeeper about the Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down:
"When an innkeeper is exhausted and totally worn out from making muffins, beds and trying to keep guests happy, she usually falls down in a dark corner and cries a little. Me? I hop in my car and drive as fast as I can (on our curvy streets) directly to Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down. I don't pass "GO", I don't collect $200, I don't end up in jail....I end up at the most wonderful "therapy session" known to woman (and man, too!) After listening to a show at the Hoe-Down, with the lifting music, the funny jokes, the great banjos and guitars, the patriotic songs.....I walk out the door, clicking my heels, snapping my fingers and even laughing!!!!! and knowing that I can make it for a while longer back at the inn...well, at least I know I can make it until the next time I hit the Ozark Mountain Hoe-Down and am hugged by the ticket seller and warmly greeted by the hosts! That's one great place for therapy and definitely for a well-needed giggle!"
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Just 47 miles away and about an hour's drive through the beautiful Ozarks, Branson offers great music shows plus three discount shopping malls. Many of our guests drive over for the day and catch a few shows and then return to peaceful Eureka and another great elf-delivered breakfast in the morning. |
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This 33-acre botanical garden and historical site is where the Cherokee wintered over during their historic Trail of Tears exodus. Every day, 38 million gallons of water find their way through the aquafer system from the Pacific into its trout-filled lagoon. The visitor center offers fascinating information about the Cherokee and that fateful winter. |
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Enjoy a 90-minute cruise around the second cleanest lake in America, Beaver Lake, where you can see 30 feet down! With 500 miles of shoreline and 33,000 acres of water, this lake offers incredible fishing (wide-mouth bass, stripers, trout) and swimming in pristine waters. The lake is just 20 minutes' drive from Cliff Cottage Inn and you can spend the day at Starkey Park or rent a pontoon boat at Starkey Marina. Belle of the Ozarks (located by Starkey Marina) offers an afternoon cruise that passes by the 200-acre game preserve island and you can often see the deer swimming back and forth from the mainland to the island! You'll also have great views of Whitney Mountain, Whitehouse Bluffs (where all the locals go to sun and swim), and Beaver Dam. The skipper will even point out the submerged town that was flooded when the lake was created and if you take SCUBA diving lessons at the lake, for the final exam, the instructor hides something in someone's watery bedroom! |
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For a romantic dining experience, you'll feel like you've entered the flapper era as you have dinner aboard the ES&NA Railroad, powered by a 1940s' era diesel engine. Back in the days when the steam engine was running, this very same train brought into town the 40 boxes that contained all the parts of Cliff Cottage, Sears' very first kit home. You can also take a daytime excursion aboard the train and then watch its turntable in operation! The conductor will regale you with tales of ridin' the rails of long ago. |
| Opera in the Ozarks |
For more than 50 years, the Opera in the Ozarks has offered a venue for the world's finest young singers to train under mentors and then to present a full-stage opera in its semi-outdoor setting. Here's your chance to hear those singers that will soon go on to the NY City Opera, the Met and other great houses....at a fraction of the cost. Plus, the orchestra is also made up of some of the finest young musicians who audition from around the world to spend the better part of the summer making music right here in Eureka Springs. Enjoy a memorable evening under the stars! |
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Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is home to over 150 large rescued animals including Lions, Tigers, Ligers, Cougars, Leopards, Bears, Monkeys and Deer. The 450-acre refuge less than 10 miles from Eureka on Hwy 23 South is one of very few U.S.D.A. licensed shelters for large carnivores in the United States. Many of these animals have either been neglected or their owners thought them cute as babies but not as cute when they became full-grown. If you go around feeding time, you can get some great photos! |
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A good site for finding other B&Bs across the United States. |
Cosmic Cavern
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You will see 2 bottomless cave lakes during your 90-minute tour. The first lake has had trout in it for nearly 50 years and some have gone blind and most have lost their color. The bottom or end of these lakes is yet to be found. You'll also enjoy seeing the newly discovered "Silent Splendor", hailed as one of the longest soda straw formations in the Ozarks measuring over an incredible 9 feet! Directions: 16 scenic miles from Eureka Springs and 1/2 way to Branson. On Hwy 21, 8 miles north of Berryville.
Berryville, AR Phone: 870-749-2298 |
