• 1. Where to Stay
• 2. Where to Eat
• 3. What to Do
• 4. Insider’s Tip
• 5. An Oddball Day

(Photo: Coutesy Golden Nugget)

Bring cash and wine—many of the area’s restaurants don’t take credit cards or serve liquor—and pack comfy shoes. The town’s towpath offers endless walking. Stroll south a few miles to the Golden Nugget outdoor flea market where Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert occasionally turns up to hock her collected Balinese treasures (open year-round, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.).

Published on Nov 15, 2006 as a web exclusive.