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Welcome to the award winning Madison Wisconsin bed and breakfast offering a genuine Madison WI bed and breakfast inn getaway on 120 scenic acres 10 minutes south of vibrant Madison in beautiful rural Dane County.  Cameo Rose Victorian Country Inn offers affordable luxury Madison hotel lodging accommodations in a romantic private county estate - "Victorian to a tea..." per Midwest Living, with glorious gardens, soothing waterfalls and serenity pond, miles of meandering trails, rolling hills, scenic woodlands and it's  Directory of 101 Attractions and Things To Do.  The Cameo Rose is centrally located between vibrant Madison and the University of Wisconsin, New Glarus - "Little Switzerland", Mount Horeb - "Little Norway", Belleville - "Frenchtown" and Historic Paoli.  As Alan Jay Lerner once said, "Don't let it be forgot that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot."  TripAdvisor #1 rated B&B for our area with guest reviews saying, "Our best vacation ever! Cameo Rose is the best place to stay in Wisconsin";  "The overall experience was magical, a truly wonderful place to rejuvenate";  "Your quest for the best B&B is over - as in Cameo Rose, you must look no further, it is the absolute best";  and "From the service to the serenity, Cameo Rose is a 10+.  We are already planning our next trip to Cameo Rose"Brava magazine says "Cameo Rose is a natural choice for solitude and romance."  more pictures        Pin It  

 

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Immense Peace and Quiet!

What a difference a night makes at a genuine luxury Madison WI bed and breakfast romantic getaway... Discover a country Victorian. Treasure an inn with immense peace and quiet. Enjoy Exclusive Amenities king sized double whirlpool tubs, private baths, and fireplaces in elegant Southern Wisconsin bed and breakfast lodging accommodations. For one of the most beautiful places to stay, treat and retreat yourself at Cameo Rose - the peaceful retreat for relaxing Wisconsin travel for any special occasion, sight-seeing area attractions and things to do, for a resort retreat vacation rental, elopement, wedding night, honeymoon getaway, small family or friends reunion, business travel, weekend getaway or girlfriend getaway, or for just shopping in nearby unique shops, outlet malls and antique malls. Experience a truly unique B and B boutique hotel with 5 distinctive guest rooms in a Victorian-style inn with Rose and Floral Gardens,Waterfalls, Serenity Pond and miles of Private Trails. Enjoy complimentary beverages and sweets by the cozy fire in the guest living room, wicker-filled tower sun-room, on the wrap around porch, in the garden gazebos or in your room.

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Stay and Smell The Roses

Showing the world a better stay... one couple at a time. Accolades and awards include American Historic Inns' 5-star guest reviews that made us 5th on a list of best American romantic inns and the only Madison Wisconsin bed and breakfast area inn qualifying for their first 2009 prestigious Travelers Choice for Romance Award. Guest comments in Inn Ovations rank us #1 in romance, location, hospitality and "best beds" and "best breakfasts". Arrington's B&B Journal voted us "Best Breakfast in the Midwest", a top 10 "Inn with the Most Privacy", and "#11 B&B / Country Inn Throughout North America" (includes 50 states and all provinces of Canada and Mexico - we are striving to be # 1). Bob Puhala in the Chicago Sun Times said, "One of the finest getaways in the Midwest". The WSJ wrote: "One of the most attractive B and B hotels in the country." BnBfinder's 2012 Guest Favorite Award.  Choose from five distinctive Rooms, make an online Reservation or call toll-free 1-866-424-6340.

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Award Winning Memorable Full Breakfasts

Relax, refresh and renew in comfy king or queen beds and Luxurious Spa Robes ... amidst a romantic and artistic blend of elegance and comfort, antiques and white lace, inn decors and roses, trails and scenic splendor. Escape from the city-wall views, bright streetlights, train and traffic noises, sirens, room taxes and parking fees of Madison hotels. Escape to Cameo Rose spectacular panoramic views, groves of pines, oaks, black walnut and hickory trees, flower graced gazebos and pergolas, the soothing, healing waters of three waterfalls and a large serenity pond, swings-for-two, a lazy hammock, a screened Victorian Gazebo, and numerous floral and rose gardens.  Indulge in a memorable breakfast of several courses elegantly served on vintage china and lace. 

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Storybook Victorian Holidays
"An experience beyond your expectations" awaits you with glorious sunsets and moonlit and starlit nights. The birds, deer, wild turkeys, hawks and eagles love our Travel Green Wisconsin eco-tourism environment. For the comfort and relaxation of guests we added cozy-comfy beds, air-conditioning, television in whirlpool rooms, cozy common room with gas fireplace, WIFI Internet access, a great night's sleep, "serenity now", meandering trails and priceless memories... Enjoy the deer grazing and wild turkeys strutting in the fields and in sustainable woodlands. Avid birders have said they see more bird species at our inn bird feeders and along the trails than they do on professional birding tours. Cameo Rose is A Bird Watchers' Paradise. You could say Cameo Rose is for the birds and birders too!
 
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Dawn and Gary Bahr Welcome You!
"Sparkles with hospitality" says Country Extra magazine of Dawn's five star hospitality. Our mission is to pamper you with warm and friendly hospitality and a luxuriously comfortable stay at affordable rates. Guests rave about Dawn's pampering, attention to detail, accommodation for special diets, and her four and five diamond suggestions of Top 10 Dining Picks, Antiquing, Biking, Day Trips, Nearby Horse Sleigh and Carriage Rides and horse back riding stables, Shopping, Spa Services and Massage Choices, Recipes, Wedding Planner. Dawn loves what she does. She gave up business administration and wanted a big Victorian B and B inn. Gary wanted a small cabin in the woods. Cameo Rose is "their" compromise. Meet your Friendly Innkeepers and sing along to Gary's rendition of "I Walk The Line." 

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Discover Wis Trails

"The perfect Victorian in a great location... says Midwest Living magazine.  Hike or cross-country ski or snowshoe (we rent snowshoes) our miles of private meandering trails through the woods and pines, up and down hills, past rock formations and under 100 year old oaks. Stay longer to travel the rolling hills and hidden valleys of the Uplands Region left untouched by the glacier. Visit Cameo Rose for Cross Country Skiing, Hiking and Snowshoeing - where the land and landscape is worth the price of a visit. And, where there are over 101 Madison Area Attractions and Things To Do in beautiful South Central Wisconsin. Cameo Rose is an inn for all seasons. Stay and smell the roses and the lilacs and the pines. Every season is a reason to visit the Cameo Rose.

 

101 AREA THINGS TO DO DIRECTORY OF MADISON WI AREA ATTRACTIONS: 

What a difference a week makes... Browse area antique malls, specialty stores and unique shops in nearby Middleton, Mount Horeb, New Glarus and Stoughton. Shop our Victorian Treasure Inn Online Gift Store or make gift purchase during your overnight stay. Stroll through art galleries in Historic Paoli or pottery places in Cambridge. Getaway to the Cameo Rose... along the new Badger State Bike Trail and the Ice Age Trail. Bike the nearby Sugar River and Military Ridge bike trails. Canoe from a Sugar River launch area in Paoli - Canoeing and Kayaking. Stay longer and see all the Uplands area and Vacation Attractions, Recreational Activities, nearby Arts and Entertainment, first class area Events, Fall Foliage and Color, Wineries and Breweries, State Parks and Golf Courses of South-Central Wisc. In 90-minutes make a day trip to Southeast WI and Milwaukee, Cedarburg, Old World Wisc, Ten Chimneys and Lake Geneva; or West to the Mississippi River or Southwest to Galena, Illinois. Check WI Chambers of Commerce for more information on area communities or see below. Print a Cameo Rose Brochure and Map and discover the best in vacation getaways and Wisconsin Travel. Cameo Rose... "so close to everything... yet, so far from the stresses left behind".

In 15 to 25 minutes visit Madison's top attractions:  Aldo Leopold Nature CenterAlliant Energy Center,  Camp Randall Stadium for Badger football, Capital Brewery, Chazen Museum of Art Dane County FairDane County Farmer's Market, Downtown Madison, Edgewood College, Executive Mansion (Governors Mansion), Kohl CenterLake Mendota and Lake Monona, Madison Art Fair On The Square, Madison College, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Memorial Coliseum, Michael Feldman Radio Show, Midwest Horse FairMonona Terrace Convention Center, Olbrich Botanical Gardens  Overture Center for the Arts, Shopping Malls and Outlet Malls, the majestic State Capitol, State Street, Taste of Madison, UW Arboretum, UW Geology MuseumUW - Madison, WI Historical Museum, WI Institutes for Discovery, WI Veterans Museum, World Dairy Expo at Alliant Center 

 

Minutes indicated from our luxury and romantic Madison Wisconsin Bed and Breakfast area inn to the following attractions, communities and counties in South Central WI: 

ALBANY (20 minutes*  ARGYLE (35)  *  BARABOO (60) - Aldo Leopold Legacy CenterCircus World Museum, Devils Head Ski Hill, Devils Lake State Park, International Crane Foundation, Tower Hill State Park  * BARNEVELD (30) - Botham Vineyards  * BELLEVILLE (5) - Lake Belle View, Community Park and the Ice Age Trail  BLANCHARDVILLE (30) - Yellowstone Lake State Park  *  BELMONT (60)  *  BELOIT (50)  *  BLACK EARTH (30)  *  BLUE MOUNDS (25)  *  Blue Mounds State Park BRODHEAD (30)  *  BROOKLYN (15)  *  CAMBRIDGE (30)  *  COLUMBIA COUNTY (45)  *  COLUMBUS (45-50) ) * COTTAGE GROVE (40)  CROSS PLAINS (30)  Glacial Drumlin Trail  *  DANE COUNTY (0)  * DARLINGTON (45)  *  DEERFIELD (35)  *  DEFOREST (50) DODGEVILLE (45) - Folklore Village for events and Governor Dodge State Park for horseback riding in the park  *  EDGERTON (35)  *  EVANSVILLE (20)  *  FITCHBURG (10)  *  FOOTVILLE (40)  *  FORTH ATKINSON (50) - Fireside Dinner Theatre and RestaurantGREEN COUNTY (5)  *  IOWA COUNTY (20-25)  *  JANESVILLE - Rotary Gardens with in season Christmas lights  *  JEFFERSON (45) *    JEFFERSON COUNTY (40)  *  JOHNSON CREEK (60)  *  LAFAYETTE COUNTY (45-50) *  LAKE MILLS (45)  *  LODI (45)  * MAPLE BLUFF   *  MARSHALL (45)  *  MAZOMANIE (35) -   Bottoms State Natural Area  MCFARLAND (20)  MERRIMAC (50) - Merrimac Free Ferry  *  MIDDLETON (15) - National Mustard Museum  * MILTON (45) - Milton House  * MINERAL POINT (45) - Pendarvis State Historical  Museum  *  MONONA (20)  *  MONTICELLO (20)  *  MONROE (40) - Historic Square Square, Monroe Balloon Rally, Minhas Craft Brewery in MonroeGreen County Cheese Days, Cheese Country Trail  *  MOUNT HOREB (20) - Cave of the Mounds, Little Norway, Tyrol Basin's ski hill, downhill,  snow boarding NEW GLARUS (15) - Chalet of the Golden Fleece Museum, Heidi FestivalNew Glarus Brewery, New Glarus Woods State Park, Primrose Winery, Swiss Historical Village, Wilhelm Tell Festival in New Glarus  *  OREGON (10) * ORFORDVILLE (40)  *  PARDEEVILLE (60) POYNETTE (60) - Mackenzie Environmental Center  *  PRAIRIE DU SAC  &  Sauk City (45) - taste wines at the Wollersheim Winery  *  ROCK COUNTY (20)  *  SAUK COUNTY (45)  *  SHOREWOOD HILLS (30)  *  SHULLSBURG (60) - Southeast WI - Southwest WI -   SPRING GREEN (60) - American Players Theatre, House on the Rock, Taliesin  *  STOUGHTON (25) - Syttende Mai Celebration  *  SUN PRAIRIE (45)  *  VERONA (10) Epic Medical Software Systems Center Headquarters and Campus  *  WATERLOO (60) *  WAUNAKEE (35-40)  * WHITEWATER (50) *  WISCONSIN DELLS (60) - scenic boat trips or fantasy, Lake Delton

 

SEE ALL OUR REVIEWS BELOW:  "Cameo Rose is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me." ~ Judy V, Cameo Rose gift certificate recipient. 

Review our 5 star Madison Area inn.  Member of these select registry Wis innkeepers associations and area chambers:  Madison Area Bed and Breakfast Inns AssociationInns of Distinction Association, WBBA, Belleville WI Chamber, New Glarus WI Chamber of Commerce, Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau .

   
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