spruce forest artisan village

Enjoyed touring through all of the buildings. Artisans and staff were all very nice! Our favorite shop was the woodcarver's, beautiful and unique items!

The village is o.k. but do not eat at the restaurant in the village. The food is way over priced and not fit for dogs! I had ordered a tuna sandwich, thinking that it's hard to screw that up. I was completely wrong. There was maybe 1% of tuna and the rest was mayo. The tuna (and I use this word lightly) was literally running out of my sandwich. I was not able to eat any of it. The interesting part was the waitress didn't even ask me if there was something wrong with my sandwich, as if she already knew it was terrible. Do not waste your time and money to eat in this place. Burger King would have been much better!

for the most part it was closed for the season, but I walked through there and just enjoyed the aura of the place, like a step back in time

Beautifully set among a large grove of trees and beside a gently meandering stream that flows beneath a picturesque stone bridge, this little village of artists and craftspeople is a delightful stop while traveling or a destination in itself. With a wonderful restaurant, Penn Alps, located just across the parking lot, my family and I could easily make this a destination for a day trip, even though we live about 3 1/2 hours away. The Yoder home is a wonderful, educational step back in time, lovingly recreated by many Yoder descendants with attention to detail and authentic materials. Most of the individual artists' cabins are open at any given time and we found almost all the artists to be engaging, friendly, and eager to share and talk about their craft. There was one artist who seemed a bit "temperamental," but maybe we just got him on a bad day. Or maybe it is his artistic temperament. Regardless, his work was beautiful. Although we didn't buy anything, being on the first day of a 10-day vacation, we never felt pressured to do so and we found most of the pieces we saw to be rather fairly priced, in line with what we have experienced at other artisan locations. Had it not been the first day of our trip, we could have purchased many things. This is not a flea market by any means, either in quality or price. Great visit for families or couples. We've visited a couple of times over the years while traveling and always look forward to making our way back.

This is a nice little place with small individual cabins for each artisan. Unfortunately, not all of them are open at the same time and many times only 3 or 4 are open. And they are not cheap.

All the artisans are in old log cabins, or old one room school buildings. They are all very friendly and willing to discuss their craft. Cool place to visit.

I found things very pricey, with not enough products to entice you into buying something. Nothing really impressed me. It reminded me of the few lone craftsman that show up at the larger flea markets. Everybody just walks by. But take my review with a grain of salt. Apparently, 99% of the visitors love this place. It does nothing for this old biker, and I imagine it won't be very entertaining for the average hubby either. Once you get past the metal shop, it's all over for me.

It is very nice to walk around the forest from cabin to cabin and visit the artists. There is a wood shop, carving shop, old cabin tour and several others. Stop in when you dine at Penn Alps as it is right across the parking lot.

Walk thru this small wooded area with log cabins moved to the site for artisan's to show you and sell you their wares. Skip Penn Alps Restaurant that is right there by this area. It's nothing special. Talk with craftsman over pottery, iron work, glass work, soap making, etc. It was a nice visit.

Several different craft houses to visit. All of which had beautiful workmanship. A great place to get presents or just to get yourself a present!

We enjoy our visit each year to see familiar faces and some new. You learn some history about the area and you get to see artisians at work. You can even do a little shopping for those hard to buy for family and friends. Nice place to be underneath the trees.

Been here several times. I've taken people, and people have taken me. The best time to go is during warmer weather on the weekends (whenever all the people in each of the log cabins is there, so you can see what they do). Very interesting, relaxing, and fun to watch other visitors enjoy themselves too.

The recreation if the Yoder Home in Switzerland was excellent. The tour guide was very informative. All of the wood was reclaimed from churches and homes built in the 1700's. the artists village was also very good.

Spruce Artisan village was a nice memorial day getaway. Not much to do probably because there weren't too many artists in the camp maybe because the weather wasn't warm enough. But it was nice to watch studio potters, weavers and ironsmiths work at their creations in an idyllic setting of a natural forest. Great views as well but nothing much to do around Grantsville other than that.

It's really fun to see and talk to the crafts people at their work, and walking around in a beautiful setting, sometimes complete with music. The dining experience in the cabin is unforgettable. Our favorite place to take visitors.