New Year’s weekend is a great time to celebrate life and love at our Hot Springs B&B! At midnight, we’ll have a glass of bubbly sparkling wine

New Year's Toast

(our guests love the Toad Hollow Risque that we serve) for your toast, and even a pot of black eyed peas for extra good measure.

Create a memorable start to the New Year with your loved one. Here’s our suggestions for a perfect weekend:

Friday: arrive at Lookout Point & begin relaxing. Dine at Luna Bella (reservations recommended)

Saturday:  After your gourmet breakfast, visit the downtown Hot Springs National Park, and take a soak in the thermal waters at the Quapaw bath house. Explore art galleries and museums downtown

Return to the inn for the afternoon Innkeeper’s Reception (refreshments plus wine/tea). Take a little nap.

Visit the final evening of the Lights on the Landscape at Garvan Woodland Gardens with a lovely stroll through the gardens.

Enjoy a late dinner at Bohemia (continental cuisine). The New Year’s Eve special is 4 courses for only $24! Great food, and friendly service. Reservations required, and we’ll take of all concierge for you.

Midnight: celebrate at the inn with a complimentary toast and some black-eyed peas.  The night is still young! What a great way to welcome 2012.

Get in the spirit of the season starting Friday at 4:30 with the  Gingerbread House celebration in the historic downtown – a free event featuring caroling, tree lighting and refreshments.  Later Friday evening, stroll through the famous art galleries during the monthly Gallery Walk with the vibrant downtown Christmas display lighting your way.  Chances are you’ll find the perfect gift for the everyone on your list!

The fun continues Saturday afternoon at 2:00 when the Santa Train arrives in Hot Springs bearing gifts for all the children.  Other holiday events this weekend include the Pocket Theatre’s musical production OLIVER! and Garvan Gardens‘ Lights on the Landscape.  Come home to a luxury room at our Hot Springs B & B each night, and relax in the spirit of this most joyful time of year!

On Sunday, December 18 at 3 p.m. local creative artistry group, The Muses, presents a Christmas concert at Garvan Gardens’

Anthony Chapel at Garvan Gardens

inspiring Anthony Chapel.  To purchase tickets to the amazing 6th annual ‘”Voices of Angels” concert contact The Muses.

What a wonderful opportunity for a quick holiday getaway!  Celebrate the season with beautiful music, perhaps followed by a tour of Garvan Gardens’ Lights on the Landscape holiday display.

End the evening relaxing with a glass of wine by your own in-room fireplace at Lookout Point while you plan tomorrow’s last-minute holiday shopping!

Join in the 220th anniversary celebration of Mozart’s “The Magic Flutes”

The Magic Flutes in Hot Springs

with a Lookout Point opera travel package. On September 23, 2011, this memorable and entertaining event is produced by The Muses Creative Artistry Project. Lookout Point is honored to be a sponsor of “The Magic Flutes”.

Our opera package includes:

• A two nights stay(for two) at our Hot Springs B&B
• Admission for two, “The Magic Flutes” Friday September 23, 2011
• Wine reception at the Hale bathhouse, 6pm Sept 23
• Lunch for two at 3 Arts Cafe, in the historic Hale bathhouse
• Gourmet breakfast for two each morning
• Afternoon Innkeepers Reception
• Admission for two to the amazing Garvan Woodland Gardens

For more information, or to reserve your “Magic Flutes” package, please give us a call at 866.525.6155.

We’ve certainly had some chilly temperatures the last few weeks in Hot Springs. It’s been nice to cuddle up beside the fireplace– just ask our recent guests! But now that Phil has decided that Spring is closer than we knew, it is time to start thinking about Springtime. The gardens at Lookout Point will be in bloom before you know it, with splashes of vivid colors all around. We can’t wait for all those early Spring bulbs! It’s just so exciting. Our friends over at Garvan Woodland Gardens have emerged  from a month long rest to prepare for “Daffodil Days” in which they will have over 230 different species of Daffodil.

Narcissus

Just imagine! A 300+ acre botanical garden with over 200,000 of the  jonquil blooming bright and cheery in yellows and oranges. The daffodils will take center stage at Garvan Gardens from February 21st to March 20. Come stay with us at our Hot Springs bed & breakfast and we will make sure to give you a delightfuly splendid retreat!

Snuggle up with your loved one and Lookout Point’s  Winter Splendor Package which includes a two night stay in a luxurious room of your choosing, a pair of Lookout Point pottery mugs (hot chocolate included!), a beautiful Christmas ornament to adorn your tree each holiday season and spectacular views of Hot Springs and Lake Hamilton. Admission to Garvan Woodland Gardens breathtaking “Lights on the Landscape” is also included until December 31st!

Lights on the Landscape!

Imagine this as your background for the seasonal family photo!

Absolutely Stunning!

Brilliant blue skies. Warm days, cool nights.  Early signs of fall colors.  These are just a few reasons for loving Arkansas in October & November.  The

Early fall colors in Arkansas

official fall color website for Arkansas predicts the best time for leaf peeping is late October through early November.

Lookout Point’s Fall Colors package offers the perfect opportunity for autumn lovers. Enjoy a two night stay at our bed & breakfast inn, admission for two to the awesome Garvan Woodland Gardens, the 21-story Mountain Tower, a 90 minute pontoon boat ride with “Capt. Ray”, plus use of the Lookout Point canoe.

Come enjoy the sheer beauty and splendor of an Arkansas autumn in the Ouachita Mountains.  We’d love to see you!

We want to honor twelve teachers who positively “Impact the World” by influencing children through peace, justice, or environmental initiatives! All teachers in all grade levels are eligible.  Let us know how your favorite teacher Impacts the World with really cool ideas (such as anti-racism, embracing differences, or saving the earth).

The winning teachers will win a weekend for two at our award-winning bed & breakfast inn on December 3-5, 2010.  The weekend includes two nights at the inn, gourmet breakfast each morning, afternoon Innkeeper’s Reception, and admission for two to the amazing Garvan Gardens Wonderland of Lights.

Request an application at ImpactThe World@LookoutPointInn.com.  Nominations must be received by October 31, 2010.

Honoring Teachers Who Impact the World

Come see the artistic process in action, at Beauty and the Brush, Sept 26-30.

Beauty & the Brush

Professional landscape and floral plein-air artists will capture the beauty of Garvan Woodland Gardens.  A reception, featuring a special showing of the art created during the event, is open to the public on Sept. 30, 6-8pm.

Lookout Point welcomes artist Julie Hayes to the inn for this amazing week of creativity.  We’d love to welcome you, also!  For more information, just give us a call 866.525.6155.

Tulips.  100,000.  Every color, size and shape.  Really, it’s a drop-dead gorgeous stroll through the Garvan Gardens.   From now through April 4, the Tulip Extravanganza is in full bloom.

Honestly, the beauty takes my breath away.  These gorgeous gardens herald hope, joy, and vitality.

Of course, the gardens at Lookout Point are bursting forth with spring’s promise.  Forsythias, early azaleas, daffodils, and phlox are in blooming proudly.  Come see us!

Kristie