Gilmore Girls Fans, Now Is the Time to Plan Your Visit to the Real-Life Stars Hollow
glamour.comfans, the return of chilly temperatures and changing leaves doesn’t just signal a change in seasons. Rather, it means it’s time to start rewatching the idyllic fall show.
Whether you’re an autumn like Richard Gilmore or smell snow each winter like Lorelai, you may be dreaming up a visit to Stars Hollow, the charming small town where the show takes place.
Unfortunately, you won’t find Stars Hollow on a map—most of the show was actually filmed on a set at Warner Bros. in Burbank, California—but there is a real-life version of the Independence Inn, where Lorelai works at the beginning of the show.Not only does the Mayflower Inn & Spa, part of the Auberge Resorts Collection, in Washington, Connecticut, have a Gilmore Girls–esque allure, but it’s also said to have been the inspiration for the Independence Inn after show Amy Sherman-Palladino in 1999.
the show’s key set costumer, and Rachel Kamerman, a production designer for seasons four through six, both recount Sherman-Palladino speaking of the Mayflower and Washington while working on set in the early 2000s.“Amy’s love of New England and that small-town magic was really important,” Kamerman tells .
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