Main Street, New Hope — the towpath at the back door

Main Street, New Hope — the middle of everything, with the Delaware Canal and its towpath just out the back. The whole upper floor of the building is yours: dark walls, a low copper light, floors with the gentle unevenness of a place that has stood a long time, a leather couch and a wall of books and a panel of stained glass that catches the afternoon. It sleeps six across three queen beds, and the kitchen is stocked well enough that you could cook here all weekend and want to.

Out the front door, New Hope is yours to walk — the shops and galleries, the riverfront, the Bucks County Playhouse, dinner wherever you like. Out the back, the patio opens straight onto the canal towpath, a weathered lockhouse a few steps along — the lock that gave the brand half its name. The middle of town and the quiet of the canal, ten steps apart.