I’d rate Cypress House Inn at the top of the scale — and higher if I could! It is one of the few bed and breakfasts around, which the proprietors, Bill and Veda, have run more than 20 years. Clean, cozy and neat as a pin, they’ve taken loving care of every detail. They treated us like family, providing a beautiful breakfast (including a personal breakfast tray for my son the morning he slept in). The inn itself is a beautifully restored 1946 hunting and fishing lodge, with gorgeous pine floors and paneling, and is just a short walk to a gorgeous beach and a few blocks to the Wright Brothers first flight site and museum. They provide beach towels and beach chairs and umbrellas. Bill gave us fun facts on every aspect of the Outer Banks and recommended places to eat and sightsee. We will definitely stay here next time.