The Top Hotels around Smoky Mountain National Park
There’s more to the Smoky Mountains than black bears and hiking trails: you’ll also find genteel former mansions turned hotels and chic farm stays with world-renowned food and surprisingly good vineyards. Here’s your Appalachian getaway guide.
1471 W Millers Cove Rd, Walland, TN 37886, USA
With 4,200 secluded acres of hillocks, ponds, and gardens at the foot of the Tennessee Smoky Mountains, this award-winning resort, a member of the prestigious Relais & Château brand, is awash in genteel luxury, from its splendid spa to...
1500 Pinnacles Way, Newport, TN 37821, USA
Set on 200 forested acres, this romantic bed-and-breakfast is a secluded retreat just 30 miles from the bustling tourist towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Accommodations at Christopher Place are intended for couples rather than families: Nine...
11 Boston Way, Asheville, NC 28803, USA
The Blue Ridge Mountains stand in for the Black Forest at Grand Bohemian Hotel, a 104-room luxury property inspired by old-world Bavarian hunting lodges, complete with stag-antler chandeliers, rich velvet and brocade textiles, and a popular mascot...
1 Antler Hill Rd, Asheville, NC 28803, USA
On a hilltop perch overlooking 8,000 acres of grounds designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, the Inn on Biltmore Estate’s 210 rooms and suites evoke traditional 19th-century manor houses, with dark mahogany beds and...
100 Reynolds Heights, Asheville, NC 28804, USA
There are only a handful of pre-Civil War brick homes left in western North Carolina; Reynolds Mansion is one of them. Built in 1847, the Colonial Revival house can be found on the National Registry of Historic Places and appears much as it was...
