Prospect Hill Bed & Breakfast Inn

his shingle style Victorian mansion is located on the outskirts of a small rural town (cradle of blue grass music). Renovated just for B&B use, it features huge rooms, all original (handmade) molding, high ceilings, rare stained and flash glass windows, tall hemlocks, a fledgling perennial garden and lots of space to enjoy on three acres.

The innkeepers created an in town Atlanta inn [Inman Park/Little 5 Points] in the 1990s. They welcome all guests and find each person very interesting. The inn was designed for to impart relaxation and TLC. And they challenge you to "just spend some time on our tranquil porches." For those who can't sit still--try this. Skiing and tubing in winter or biking and horseback riding on the Virginia Creeper Trail in fall. Find the first wildflowers along the Appalachian Trail in spring (few tourists/great tranquility/good prices), test your "courage" on the mile-high suspension bridge on Grandfather Mountain this summer.

Shop in Blowing Rock's quaint galleries; explore the history of America's frontier circa 1777 and the origins of the State of Franklin (later named Tennessee). Take in a Play at the Barter Theatre or the Summer Festival at Appalachian State University. Bring your boat or rod for a day on Watauga or Holston Lake. Or your motorcycle to sample the curves of nearby Hwy. 421--not your average straight road! There's lots to do in a low-key mode. Take the time to reconnect in this lovely place between the mountains.

All guest rooms are large. Several (Romance Room level) feature whirlpool tubs and nearly all have gas log fireplaces. There are king or queen beds in each room as well as central heat and air conditioning with individual controls and ceiling fans. Down blankets, Polartec blankets, great mattresses. Yes, rooms have TV (some with VCR), phones, too.

The masculine whopper of a newel post (in walnut) and quarter sawn oak woodwork dominates the public areas whose furnishings are mostly turn-of-the-century oak and Stickley (circa 1997). Two course breakfast includes a large bowl of fruit, juice and such favorites as Dutch Apple Pancake, fruit-filled crepes, Brown Sugar-Oatmeal Pancakes and Baked French Toast. Sorry, no grits, biscuits or country ham. Just genuine Southern hospitality and good coffee!

We are near the intersection of North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. Why not relax? That's what our porch is for. That's what you'll find in the unexplored place we simply call "Rural America".

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES

• Whirlpool tubs- big enough for two. (Room 1, 2)
• Gas log fireplaces - one in the bath, too (Room 1)
• Private staircase to luxury bath (Room 2) plus mountain mural in the separate shower
• Private balcony (great for smokers as this is a no smoking inn) - Room 5
• Hardwood floors
• Close to so many things in an area which are not advertised to the world.
• Down blanket duvets. Polartec blankets. Great (almost firm) mattresses.
• In-room TV, fan, central heat and a/c
• Complimentary snacks, use of robes.
• One indoor Schnauzer dog- Quinn and one back room cat - Tiger Lily