While the dollar is weak and the market is down, invest your pounds or euros in an executive home located in a cultural oasis in the Appalachian foothills of eastern Pennsylvania, USA. Enjoy cool enriching summers and quiet, mild, intimate winters on the edge of Amish country and within 2-3 hours of Philadelphia, New York City and Baltimore.

This deluxe 5-bedroom, 3-story 2006 home, with elevator, spares no amenities and offers privacy within a tree-covered artistic community of 1,600 denizens, an old Chautauqua on the verge of rediscovery by the outside world. Many residents volunteer to provide world-class classical and jazz music (recently by Midori and John Pizzarelli), theater, Broadway shows, lectures, and a juried annual outdoor art show. Enjoy parks, canoeing and swimming, tennis, ice and roller skating, bicycle and mountain hiking trails, playgrounds, a busy tabernacle, community library, a large “Hall of Philosophy,” a gallery, and a historical museum.

Small businesses include a computer center, country inn, old-time ice-cream parlor, French linen shop, four restaurants, and more, all within short walk past quaint historic cottages, some dating back to the 19th century.

Meet interesting neighbors from all walks of life—artists, musicians, writers, doctors, lawyers, teachers, chefs, professors, bankers, and more—at meetings of the community movers and shakers. Good schools, markets, colleges, retirement homes, and a university medical center lie within a half hour’s drive, mostly though farmlands. You won’t believe a place like this exists.

The home includes a cook's kitchen with granite countertops, two ovens and wine cave, oversized two-car garage, elevator to three floors, 19-m porch, large rear deck, back-up electrical generator and high speed internet capability. Offered by BROWNSTONE REAL ESTATE COMPANY.