Folkestone Inn Bed & Breakfast

tep into the Folkestone and step back in time. With its antique furnishings and mountain memorabilia, the inn reminds many visitors of their grandma's house. Casual and cozy, the Folkestone is filled with old-fashioned charm. Originally a 1920's mountain farmhouse, the Folkestone offers ten guest rooms, all with private baths with claw foot tubs and showers. Upstairs, the inn offers private balconies with vistas of the Great Smoky Mountains, while the downstairs rooms offer an olde world charm, with flagstone floors and pressed-tin ceilings. All rooms have air conditioning, with independent controls.

Breakfast varies from day to day, and may include such specialties as eggs benedict, corn fritters, French toast stuffed with bananas and walnuts, apple brown betty or pecan waffles smothered with fried apples.

The Folkestone is nestled in a grove of giant Norway Spruces, beside a mountain brook near the Deep Creek entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The inn is just two miles north of Bryson City, a sleepy little mountain community (pop. 1,200) which offers peace and quiet amid a wealth of natural scenery and outdoor activities.

There's hiking, trout fishing and horseback riding in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, mountain biking on the famous Tsali trails, fishing on Fontana Lake, sightseeing on the Great Smoky Mountains Scenic Railway and white water rafting on the Nantahala River just a 25 minute drive from the Inn. There's an 18-hole mountain golf course nearby, and the Biltmore Estate and Winery is just a little over an hour away, in nearby Asheville.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES

• Located in a quiet, rural neighborhood in a valley at the foot of the Smokies.
• Each guest room has a private bath with an old-fashioned claw-foor tub with shower.
• A bountiful breakfast, something different each morning.
• Good restaurants nearby.
• A great location to enjoy day trips throughout Western North Carolina and East Tennessee.