The Chalet Inn Dillsboro / Bryson City, North Carolina Not just a room...an experience: a Romantic Mountain B & B Inn where the Blue Ridge Mountains meet the Great Smokies. Contact Info | Email this page to a Friend | Click to see a map  | Visit our Web Site Additional Pages... Introduction Guest Rooms/Rates A Typical Stay Breakfast Special Packages How to Find Us Our Favorite Recipes Reservation Request Form   Availability Search: See which rooms are available during your stay. Check in: Check out: Powered by Webervations Clear search results Rooms Available from  to  Learn more about these rooms These are our base rates - certain discounts and/or charges may apply

George and Hanneke Ware first talked about opening a Bed and Breakfast in the Spring of 1985, shortly after they met in the Netherlands, where Hanneke was born and George, a US Army Officer, was stationed with a NATO Headquarters.

After George's retirement, they sought practical experience in the Hospitality business and began searching for the perfect location. George knew it had to be in Western North Carolina (having fallen in love with the area in 1979, on his way from Fort Bragg, NC to Command and General Staff College in Kansas). George first managed a restaurant with TPI Restaurants Inc.; then both George and Hanneke spent a season with High Hampton Inn & Country Club. In the Fall of 1990, they found and purchased the property they had been searching for. Three years and a great deal of sweat equity later, George and Hanneke felt they created a touch of Europe in North Carolina, and began sharing it with others. They even commissioned an award-winning German artistic-blacksmith to create an Aussenhangenschild (a wrought iron sign, originating in the Middle Ages in Europe and still found today on many Gasthäuser (Bed and Breakfasts) in Germany's older towns and cities) to hang on the front corner of The Chalet Inn.

With all the moves associated with military service George was never able to be an active member of the community he lived in, and vowed this would change when he retired. George and Hanneke are members of the Jackson County and Swain County Chambers of Commerce. Hanneke was elected by the members of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce to their Board of Directors for two terms. George was selected as Swain County's representative to the Publicity Committee of Smoky Mountain Host, the regional tourism agency, and he has twice been appointed by the Jackson County commissioners to the County's Travel and Tourism Board of Directors, where he has served as Chairman of the Marketing Committee. George and another board member did the research for and developed the map of activities, hikes, waterfalls, etc. that is the center piece of the County's brochure. So don't hesitate to ask for information or suggestions, he will be happy to prepare a custom sketch map based on your desires for your day's activities.

Innkeepers, George and Hanneke are always ready with information, directions, or suggestions of things to do, yet perceptive enough to know when you want to be by yourself and just enjoy each other.

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