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The Crescent is not the only haunted hotel in Eureka Springs. The 1905 Basin Park Hotel, located downtown in the heart of the historic district, boasts of its own "spirited" atmosphere. From April through November, the Basin offers nightly tours, giving visitors opportunities to encounter translucent women, lion ghosts, and the man in the brown suit who walks the halls looking for the love that he lost.
If you're looking to avoid things that go bump in the night, then consider The New Orleans Hotel for your lodgings. Also located in the historic district, The New Orleans offers first-rate amenities coupled with vintage charm.
Built in 1888 at what was then street level, today the Mud Street Café is down a flight of stairs. Lined with the original limestone walls, the Mud Street Café sports large wooden beams, stained glass lighting, a turn-of-the-century oak bar with beveled mirrors, princess tours cruises alaska oak tables and chairs, great local art lining the walls, and Victorian carpet.
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Take the word of Lucien Gray, a renowned professional photographer who spent 20 years traveling across the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Cuba, Haiti and all East and West Indies before opening a studio at 145 Spring Street in Eureka Springs, and whose photographs adorned postcards representing the mountain hamlet's early years:
Whether your idea of restorative fun is found in health spas, historic and haunted hotels, gift shops, art galleries, great restaurants, or in beholding an abundance of period architecture, you'll find what you're looking for in America's Victorian Mountain Village princess tours cruises alaska – Eureka Springs.
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