How to get to the Berkshires
Here are inks for local and regional public transportation depots and stops, plus where to get Peter Pan bus and Amtrak train schedules and tickets: how to get to the Berkshires.
Great Barrington, Mass maintains a small town charm and character while serving as the commercial hub of south Berkshire county. A unique array of fine restaurants anchors the town’s tourism industry today, while Gt. Barrington’s history includes events and persons of world stature. Great Barrington was the site of the first organized resistence to British rule in the colonies, was the birthplace of scholar and political leader W.E.B. DuBois (a founder of the NAACP), and, as the home of inventor William Stanley, was the first municipality with electric streetlights. Cultural center of Gt. Barrington is the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.
Hotels in Great Barrington, MA
- Windflower Inn
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
- Days Inn Great Barrington
- Great Barrington MA Travelodge
- Comfort Inn & Suites
- Thornewood Inn
- Stonegate Mansion
- The Inn at Sweet Water Farm
Great Barrington, Mass facts:
- Town Hall: 334 Main St.
- Phone: (413) 528-3140
- Population: 7,527
- Settled/Inc’d: 1726/1761
- Named for: Viscount Barrington
- Elevation: 710′
