Asheville Where to Stay Guide

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The Red Rocker Inn has been voted as the BEST Bed and Breakfast in Asheville, Black Mountain and all of Western North Carolina! Readers of Southern Living Magazine have voted the Red Rocker as one of the three best inns of the South the past three years. Enjoy one of our 17 comfortable and elegant guest rooms and dine with ambience and charm in our restaurant. Choose from our many signature entrees and be sure to save room for one of our ten decadent homemade desserts. Add a Biltmore package or other special to your room for an even more memorable visit.

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Intimate and Romantic - The 1900 Inn on Montford invites you to be our guest and discover bed and breakfast comfort and hospitality with a warmth and graciousness that is reminiscent of Biltmore's Gilded Age. The Inn has been lovingly and thoughtfully restored to create the inviting ambience of past splendor and elegance. The residence was designed in 1900 by Richard Sharp Smith, Supervising Architect for Biltmore House. Today it is an elegant AAA Four Diamond Bed and Breakfast furnished with English and American antiques dating from 1670 to 1910. All of our exquisite rooms have private ensuite baths, king size beds, and fireplaces. All bathrooms have showers. Four bathrooms have whirlpool baths and one a clawfoot tub. Griffin Cottage, our new carriage house has three deluxe accommodations: the William Morris room and the Rossetti suite on the ground floor and the 1300 sq ft Cloisters as the entire second floor. Tumbled marble is used throughout for the floors and shower walls. All have separate showers with steam baths and two person whirlpools. The living room in the Cloisters features hand-carved paneling. All of Griffin Cottage is "children and pet friendly" with enclosed back gardens... read more

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This resort, built in 1913 on the side of Sunset Mountain at an elevation of 3,100 feet, is one of the oldest and most famous in the South. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it's a favorite year-round destination, providing old-world charm and panoramic views of the city's skyline and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Its great-hall lobby is flanked by 14-foot fireplaces; comfortably padded chairs and sofas create a feeling of coziness despite the size of the 120-foot-long room. Twenty-eight of the guest rooms are oversize and contain extras such as whirlpools. The resort has hosted some famous names, including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald stayed at the hotel while his wife, Zelda, spent her nights in a sanitarium nearby, hence the hotel's "romantic" getaway package called the Great Gatsby.

Horizons Restaurant, featuring an innovative but classic cuisine, is the finest in the area. Guests can also dine in the moderately priced Blue Ridge Dining Room, which has a legendary outdoor dining veranda. The Carolina Cafe also overlooks the mountains. Elaine's has reopened as a...

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Indulge yourself at one of the most distinctive, fully restored Homes in Asheville. This Historic, Award Winning 1905 Grand Colonial Revival home will engulf you in it's warmth as you step into it's Architectural Charm and Grace in the midst of eight beautifully appointed rooms. Awaken each morning to fresh brewed coffee and tempting smells of our Home Made 3 Course Gourmet Breakfast. Relax on the Verandas while viewing Goddess Diana in the beautiful gardens. Private Baths with Jacuzzi tubs, Steam Shower, Romantic and Spa/ Massage packages available. 800/894-2955

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Romance is encouraged every moment at Richmond Hill Inn, offering the finest Asheville accommodation. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Inn features luxurious, well-appointed rooms. The Croquet Cottages feature 8 deluxe queen rooms, the Garden Pavillion boasts 15 suites and rooms. You'll Enjoy the serenity and beauty of Victorian gardens with waterfalls, a mountain brook, and spectacular flower displays.

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This hostel in West Asheville is named after two gold fish, Bon Paul and Sharky. It is a perfect getaway for backpackers or groups that prefer to share rooms. All rooms are co-ed dormitories with air-conditioning and 15 bunk-beds. Standard rate is $21 for a bunk bed for a night and discounts if you are a group of 6 or more people. One Private room that sleeps two is also available, as is an only female dorm. It also offers lockers and short term luggage storage. In addition, the hostel has a full kitchen, back deck, cookouts, fireplace, board games and free outdoor dog kennels. There are plenty of adventure trails near the hostel, so you can rent a bike and explore the country side of Asheville.

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This is Asheville's leading motor hotel, lying directly off I-240, 1 mile from downtown. The Crowne Plaza chain took over this former Holiday Inn resort and completed a $4-million renovation. Standard double rooms have comfortable beds and such extras as refrigerators. There are tennis courts and an 9-hole golf course nearby. The restaurant, popular with families, serves typically American fare.

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Stay in the heart of the mountains you came to see in this elegantly, rustic lodge, only yards from the Blue Ridge Parkway and 10 miles from downtown Asheville. Enjoy the spectacular mountain views, the crackling fireplace, the scrumptious breakfast, hiking trails and most of all the gracious hospitality of host Doug & Jodee Sellers. You'll know you've found a truly special place. 10 guest rooms, $125-$185, whirlpool tubs, free wireless Internet, Direct TV, gourmet breakfast & afternoon refreshments included.

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With a beautiful courtyard, a stunning water fountain and raised colorful flowerbeds, Doubletree Hotel Biltmore is worthy of a loud applause. Feel like a king when they welcome you with delicious chocolate chip cookies on checking into the hotel. Holding meetings and banquets becomes an easy task at Doubletree Hotel Biltmore thanks to the well-equipped room with stages and loudspeakers. Feast upon the yummy food at T.G.I Friday's and then burn off the calories in the fitness center-all in the hotel premises itself. With rooms decorated in creams, light greens and subtle reds and ergonomic furniture, staying here will be a treat to yourself.

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Surround yourself in Victorian elegance, romance and history. Relax in the casual elegance of our one hundred year old Victorian home, enjoy one of many movies we have to offer in your own DVD player in the privacy of your own room, or pull up a cozy rocker on our wrap-around 'gingerbread' porch. All guest rooms with private bath, TV, and DVD Player.

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