Lakeside Inn News
NewsBreak and Florida Family Insiders Visit Lakeside Inn
Lakeside Inn was featured by NewsBreak and the Florida Family Insiders. They did an incredible job capturing the magic of Lakeside Inn. We hope you enjoy their review! Click the link below to watch...
An Aerial View of Lakeside Inn
Q & A With Lakeside Inn’s Resident Author
Stacey Coverstone is Lakeside Inn’s HR Manager and Special Events Manager, but what many people don’t know is that she’s also a novelist. To date, she has 30 books published. One of her books, Lake...
Historic Discovery
When Lakeside Inn’s construction team was recently renovating our Veranda, they came across a historic item buried deep in the ground—an old shuffleboard puck! Shuffleboard was one of the leisure...
Annie Donnelly and the Lakeside Inn
At a time in history when women were not known for business savvy or independence, Annie Donnelly was both. Annie started life in Toledo, Ohio, born in 1850 to Clark and Helen McDonald. At the age...
Another Award
The Lakeside Inn was recently recognized with the “We Noticed” award. This award is presented periodically by the Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce to organizations who significantly improve the...
Garden of the Month
Lakeside Inn has been selected Garden of the Month by the Lakes and Hills Garden Club of Mount Dora for the 2nd time in two years! This distinction honors the hard work of Dan Sickles,...
Our Friendly Faces
Whether you’re booking a stay in one of our historic rooms, eating in our acclaimed restaurant, or attending a special event or meeting, our goal at Lakeside Inn is to provide the highest quality of...
Legendary Trivia Scavenger Hunt
A visit to the historic 1883 Lakeside Inn is filled with a wide variety of activities such as swimming, guided boat tours, seaplane rides, bird watching, nature walks, shopping and… scavenger hunts!...
An Old Fashioned Christmas at the Inn
Santa’s elves have been busy decorating the historic 1883 Lakeside Inn, and we invite you to join us for all the festivities! Music, charm, and your home away from home await you this holiday...
Halloween at the Lakeside Inn
Halloween at the Lakeside Inn was filled with the smiles and laughter of children when the Inn’s family of employees enjoyed a ghoulishly gleeful party on the Great Lawn. Little and big people alike...
President Calvin Coolidge Visits Lakeside Inn
One of the highlights in Mount Dora’s social history was the visit by former President Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace. The couple arrived by train on January 10, 1930 for a month-long stay and...
Segway Tours
Enjoy a guided, narrated tour of the downtown and lakefront areas of Mount Dora while riding a Segway. Tours run throughout the day and depart from the Segway Station, located about two blocks from...
Premier Boat Tours
An ideal way to experience Lake Dora, the famed Dora Canal and Lake Eustis. Tours depart daily from the Lakeside Inn dock, offering an informative, narrated, approximately two hour trip. Sunset...
Jones Brothers Air & Seaplane Adventures
Enjoy an adventure that you continue to talk about for years to come. Flights depart daily from the Lakeside Inn dock, lasting about 15 minutes in duration. Just enough time to enjoy the thrill of...
An Interesting Discovery
Well, we haven't yet discovered the treasure buried behind one of these walls (ha, ha), but we'll keep looking. We did however discover the piece of wood pictured below. It was a baseboard in room...