The Fireside Inn occupies an 1880 Victorian home on French Street, two blocks off Main in Breckenridge's National Historic District. It has taken in travelers continuously since 1975, when Gail Galbreath first converted the house — making it the town's longest-running bed and breakfast.

Today the innkeepers are Andy and Niki, an English couple who live in the front of the house with their daughter. Andy landed here after 26 years in the British Army's Royal Engineers, and the pair serve breakfast with what they cheerfully call 'real English hospitality.' The inn's split personality is its charm: private B&B rooms, including a suite with its own hot tub, share the house with hostel-style dorm beds, so honeymooners and budget skiers trade stories over the same breakfast table.

The free town shuttle and the BreckConnect Gondola to Peaks 7 and 8 are both a short walk away.