Amish Country in Ohio

Ah, the vacation battle. A get-away-from-it-all vacation, or a shopping bonanza? One person wants to kick back and relax, and the other wants to find fabulous treasures for your fabulous house. Whatever to do?

Don’t you love to have your cake and eat it too? Welcome to Amish Country in Ohio, where you’ll have your apple pie and eat it too.

Amish Country in Ohio is a great experience with a slower, more relaxed pace. When you come up behind a horse and buggy clip-clopping along at ten miles an hour, you will slow down, see the knots in each fence post, stare back at the groundhog staring back at you. In Amish Country Ohio your day is no longer a blur, but a series of moments to be savored.

And then one of those moments you find yourself in a country store bursting with Amish Country foods, home-grown in Ohio’s farmland. Another moment you’re wandering through rows of hand crafted oak furniture, again, from right here in Amish Country Ohio. Then you’ll be on the front porch of an antique mall, yes, a mall! But you’ll be rocking yourself to sleep on an old-fashioned hickory rocker.

Psst…wake up. Yes, your shopping vacation was so relaxing it put you to sleep. But there’s much more to see. The villages of Berlin and Millersburg are the heart of Amish Country Ohio’s shopping opportunities. And there’s half a dozen or more little burgs spread around the countryside. An abundance of furniture, indoor and outdoor, oak and cherry, off the shelf or custom made. Fixtures and décor for every area of your house, inside and outside. General stores, handmade crafts, new and vintage items. Fill your home with memories of Amish Country in Ohio.

But you came to relax, didn’t you? So here you go; Find one of the tours through the back roads of Amish Country in Ohio. Better yet, remember that horse and buggy you dawdled behind? Now you can be in the buggy. If you’re at the right place at the right time in Berlin, you’ll find an Amishman on the corner with a sign on his buggy, “Buggy Rides.” Now you know you’re in Amish Country in Ohio, meandering through the village streets and country roads while chatting with one of the locals.

So it's been a great day of shopping/relaxing (yes, both) in Ohio's Amish Country, and you don’t want to leave. You need a place to unwind, be pampered, be catered to. You need at least one night at Berlin Hotel & Suites. It's a beautifully renovated oasis just minutes from downtown Berlin with a stunning new lobby and luxurious new suites. Plan a little time for the pool and sauna, maybe even the gym. And dinner is simple. Walk next door to Troyer's Country Dining, or they will cater to your room. With views of the surrounding farmland, you may forget about the big-screen plasma TV. Amish Country in Ohio, best enjoyed from Berlin Hotel & Suites.