Hotels in Asheville
The famed Biltmore Estate sets the tone here and it feels like every hotel and B&B in town is striving to achieve similiar levels of elegance—which ain't a bad thing! Prices can get high, especially during Leaf Peeping season, but come at the right time and you can have a wonderfully civilized stay in some of the finest lodgings in the United States. Here are our picks for some of the best of the best (with affordable choices thrown in, as well).
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Aloft Asheville Downtown
High style doesn't have to come at a high price. That's the lesson this chic hotel teaches; it's often significantly less expensive than others in its category and in this neighborhood. And its a darn fun place to stay: the ultra-colorful lobby looks like something out of a Jetson's…$$Downtown - B&B
Biltmore Village Inn
In 2013, the Biltmore Village Inn's chef, John Marino, won Asheville's hotly contested "Cajun Cook-Off", just the first clue that those who stay here start off the day right. The breakfasts served at the Biltmore Village are, without hyperbole, over-the-top decadent. But that…$$$Very close to the Biltmore Estate - B&B
Cedar Crest Inn
Not to get too hifalutin' but if you've ever studied philosophy you know the concept of the "Platonic Ideal". Plato felt that human beings have an idea in their minds of the perfect form each object takes so that they're able to recognize that object in real life. So they imagine,…$$Near the Biltmore Estate - Hotel
Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville
An exquisite mirage, the Grand Bohemian, with its picture-perfect Tudor-style architecture, was built to look old but actually completed construction just in 2009 (a gas station stood here before). That means guests have an experience that’s in keeping with…$$$Next to the Biltmore Estate - Hotel
Homewood Suites by Hilton Asheville–Tunnel Road
Apartment-sized suites, with usable kitchenettes, are the draw here, making this hotel the pick of many families. Not that everybody uses that kitchenette. The Homewood includes both a complimentary breakfast and dinner with the room rate—the latter comes with wine and beer!—an…$Off the highway - Hotel
Inn on Biltmore Estate
When George Washington Vanderbilt II decided to build the largest private residence in the United States, he employed the finest designers—Louis Comfort Tiffany for the lamps, Frederick Law Olmstead for the landscaping, and Richard Morris Hunt (the man who made the pedestal for the…$$$Biltmore Estate - Hotel
The Omni Grove Park Inn
A masterpiece of American Craftsman style architecture (for those who can't picture that, it looks very much like the grandest of the U.S. National Park Lodges), the Grove Park Inn celebrated its 100th birthday in 2013. And what a century it' s been! Some 10 U.S. Presidents stayed…$$$North Asheville - B&B
The Reynolds Mansion
Asheville has a wealth of stately homes, many of which have been transformed into chi chi B&B's. Located in Reynolds Village and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Reynolds Mansion is one of the finest, and an example of perfectly…$$In Reynolds Village
