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51. There's No Better Place To Spend 'Hobbit Day' Than At Montana's Hobbit Hotel

http://www.businessinsider.com/hobbit-day-at-hobbit-hotel-2013-9?op=1

Tolkien fans will be thrilled to know they can have a real-life Hobbit experience at the Shire-themed Hobbit House of Montana.
It's the perfect place to spend Hobbit Day — Sept. 22, for the birthdays of both Bilbo and Frodo — or Tolkien Week, the calendar week containing Sept. 22.

The adults-only, themed vacation rental, in Trout Falls, Mont., is available for $245 a night, May through October.

The Shire, as owners Steve and Chris Michaels call it, offers a pleasant, authentic experience, down to the last details of the doorknobs and cobblestones.

Don't drive in without making a stop at the Troll House first! Guests get a Troll House cookie when they check in.



Just like in 'The Hobbit,' everything really is underground. Take a look from this view from above. There are plenty of trails and paths to hike in the foothills of the Cabinet Mountains.


Here is the Hobbit House from the front. Rest yourself on the stone bench when you arrive.