The Poconos were America's honeymoon capital, and the heart-shaped tub was invented here. Today a couples' weekend is more likely to mean a private hot tub, a fire in the fireplace and dinner in Jim Thorpe's Victorian downtown.
Every home on this page sleeps a small group and has a hot tub or fireplace, so it suits two (or two couples) without paying for a big group lodge. You book directly with the host, with no booking fees.
A bit of Pocono romance history
Morris Wilkins invented the heart-shaped tub in 1963 at Cove Haven on Lake Wallenpaupack, and Life magazine ran a photo of a couple in one in 1971. The champagne-glass tub followed in 1983. Today's couples mostly trade the heart-shaped tub for a private hot tub under the trees.
Date night in Jim Thorpe
- Dinner at Moya (24 Race Street), which the Pocono visitors bureau calls the finest restaurant in Jim Thorpe, or Cafe Arielle (268 West Broadway) in a former silk mill with a garden patio.
- A show at the Mauch Chunk Opera House (14 West Broadway), built in 1881 and one of America's oldest vaudeville theaters, with about 450 seats for rock, jazz, bluegrass and folk.
- Craft cocktails made with locally distilled spirits at Notch Eight Craft House (107 Broadway).
- A glass at the Cellar Beast tasting room inside The Y on Broadway hotel, with a patio overlooking Broadway in warm months.
More ideas for two
- Tasting rooms with a view: Blue Ridge Winery in Saylorsburg has a vineyard terrace, and Mountain View Vineyard near Stroudsburg has a covered terrace and fire pit (reservations recommended).
- Big Creek Vineyard's winery is in Kunkletown, about 30 to 40 minutes south of Albrightsville.
- Bushkill Falls, the "Niagara of Pennsylvania," with eight waterfalls. See our hiking guide for trails and hours.
- A spa day at Kalahari, Mount Airy (21+) or Shawnee. See our spas guide.
- Fall foliage drives in October. See our fall colors guide for this year's peak timing.
