Le Puy is a luxury bed & breakfast, perfectly located for exploring the Willamette Valley. A sustainably focused inn, enjoy romantic guest rooms all with private bath, a panoramic view of the Chehalem Ridge and close proximity to world-class wineries. Our breakfast menu is inspired by local and organic foods, family recipes and fresh flavors of the seasons. Guests are invited to come to the inn to re-balance themselves with the tranquil setting and fresh atmosphere. Escape. Come Alive. Breathe Free.
Newberg
Newberg is located about 25 miles southwest of Portland on US Highway 99W on the northeast side of Yamhill County. Although situated in the direction of the metropolitan area's greatest growth, it remains buffered from such growth by forests and farmlands.
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Art Elements Gallery
Art is one of the fundamental elements of the Yamhill Valley wine country experience, which is why I totally get the name of the Art Elements Gallery.
The gallery, located in the historic downtown of Newberg, is a great first stop when looking for fine arts, crafts and unique offerings from over 60 local Oregon artists. Each month (generally around the third Thursday) the gallery is transformed to showcase a new artist or group of artists.
August Cellars
The first thing you need to know about August Cellars is that it isn’t named after the month of August.
The winery is named after the patriarch of the family, August Schaad, who settled in the Newberg area in 1902.
Chehalem Cultural Center
What was once the site of an elementary school has transformed into another type of center for learning. Instead of recesses and hot lunch, the once Central Elementary School is now a place to learn about everything from ceramics, to photography, to performing arts. The Chehalem Cultural Center, a non-profit organization, opened in March 2010 and has since been enriching lives through arts, culture, and heritage.
Ewing Young Tree (Quercus garryana)
Ewing Young, fur trapper and trader in the Southwest and Mexico, turned settler in the Chehalem Valley in 1834. He was the first American settler in the Oregon Country who was independent of aid from the Hudson's Bay Company. His death on February 15, 1841, left considerable property and no heirs. This problem created the necessity to form a civil government, which directly led two years later to the Champoeg Meeting and the beginning of the organization of the Provisional Government of Oregon in 1843, the first government by Americans on the Pacific Coast.
Herbert Hoover's Home
Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States, once said, "In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends look forward with unbounded hope." The country village he had in mind was probably West Branch, Iowa, where he was born in 1874 and lived until the age of 11. Or, it might have been Newberg, Oregon, where he lived from 1885 to 1889.
Oregon Dream Ponies
When I saw the glitter on the hoofs of the ponies, I knew this wasn’t your standard pony-riding excursion.
Sitting on the hills right outside Newberg, Oregon Dream Ponies offers visitors a chance to have their kids experience horses, in a low-key and educational environment.
Horseback riding and living in the country was a life-long dream of Kim Taylor, better known as “Cowgirl Kim” on the farm.
Rain Dance Marketplace
I had 45 minutes to get the kids to a friend’s birthday party at one of those corporate pizza, arcade, bowling places, and we hadn’t bought a gift for the special birthday girl.
What I found, in my search for the appropriate gift, was a wonderful place to take a break, get a unique gift and pet a llama.
Rain Dance Marketplace started as an art fair on a farm outside of Newberg. The fair continued to grow, so the organizer, Celia Austin, decided to take it one step further and make a marketplace out of the show.
The Allison Inn and Spa
Do not pinch yourself, this is not a mirage, and hopefully you didn’t overdo it with the wine-tastings throughout the Willamette Valley. The strikingly handsome stone and polished wood edifice you come upon on the outskirts of small, humble Newberg, Oregon is in fact very real. The Allison Inn & Spa opened its doors in September of 2009 as the area’s first upscale destination resort. The most remarkable thing about the 85-room and suite hotel may well be that there is nothing else like it in Oregon’s wine country and it instantly filled a niche for visitors who wanted
Vista Balloon Adventures
“It’s as close as you can get to a magic carpet ride,” says Roger Anderson, owner of Vista Balloon Adventures.
The company, which is based out of Sportsman Airpark in Newberg, Ore., has seven balloons and offers one-hour flights over Yamhill County wine country between April and November each year. Flights are offered every day but Tuesdays, and the entire trip takes about three hours and includes a “sparkling” breakfast and complimentary souvenir to remind you of the trip.