Hancock Recommendations

HANCOCK RESORTS

Wyndham Bentley Brook

• Has lots of activities
• Have live entertainment on Mondays at 6 PM
• Hold a wine & cheese party
• Indoor/outdoor pool & hot tubs
• Main building has an elevator
• Movie theater on-site
• No sales staff on-site
• Quiet resort
• Remodeled in 2017
• Ski in/ski out resort
• Staff is great
• They usually call before you go to see if you need anything
• Unit 2630 is a nice 2-bedroom

HANCOCK RESTAURANTS/FOOD

• Apple Barn & Country Bake Shop (Bennington, VT) (40-minute drive)
• Battista’s Italian Eatery (Pittsfield, MA) (30-minute drive)
• Blueberry Hill Market Café (great breakfasts) (New Lebanon, NY) (20-minute drive)
• Coyote Flaco (Williamstown, MA) (20-minute drive)
• Halflingerhaus Restaurant (in Hancock) (German Food)
• Mario’s Restaurant (nice Italian restaurant) (New Lebanon, NY) (20-minute drive)
• Matt Reilly’s Pub (Lanesborough, MA) (15-minute drive)
• Old Forge Restaurant (Lanesborough, MA) (15-minute drive) (delicious)
• Ramble Wild
• Red Lion Inn (Stockbridge, MA) (30-minute drive)
• Richardson Candies & Ice Cream
• West End Pub

HANCOCK BARS

HANCOCK ATTRACTIONS/ACTIVITIES

• West End Pub

HANCOCK GROCERY STORES

• Berkshire Mall
• Birkshires
• Bridge of Flowers (Shelburne Falls, MA) (1-1/2-hour drive)
• Captain JP Cruise Line (Troy, NY) (cruises on the Hudson River) (dinner cruise is very good) (luncheon cruise) (45-minute drive)
• Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA) (20-minute drive)
• Crane Museum of Papermaking (Dalton, MA) (fascinating) (make paper for US currency) (30-minute drive)
• Day trip to Bennington, VT (40-minute drive)
• Day trip to Manchester, VT (great outlets) (best bookstore ever) (1-hour drive)
• Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (Amherst, MA) (for kids) (1-1/2-hour drive)
• Fall Foliage is awesome (usually first few weeks of October)
• Hancock Shaker Village
• Hilltop Orchards & Furnace Brook Winery (Richmond, MA) (20-minute drive)
• Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort (Aerial Adventure Park)
• Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort (Mountain Adventure Park) (mountain coaster)
• Massmoca (Adams, ME) (modern art museum)
• Mohawk Trail
• Mount – home of Edith Wharton
• Mount Graylock (highest natural point in MA) (40-minute drive)
• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, MA) (1-1/2-hour drive)
• National Shrine of Devine Mercy (Stockbridge, MA) (catholic shrine) (30-minute drive)
• Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge, MA) (30-minute drive)
• Onota Lake (30-minute drive)
• Pontoosuc Lake (20-minute drive)
• Ramble Wild
• Tanglewood (Lenox, MA) (for music lovers) (30-minute drive)
• Waconah Falls State Park
• Yankee Candle Company Flagship Store (South Deerfield, MA) (1-1/2-hour drive)

HANCOCK OTHER INFO

HANCOCK ADDRESSES

Wyndham Bentley Brook
1 Corey Road
Hancock, MA 01237
Phone: 413-738-8600

NOTE: This is information I have compiled from comments posted on this site and other timeshare Facebook sites. I have been to some of these places (with * at end of name) and the others are recommendations from other people.