Folkestone Inn Bed and Breakfast Bryson City, North Carolina Hidden in a grove of Norway Spruces, beside a mountain brook near Deep Creek at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Contact Info | Email this page to a Friend | Check Room Availability  | Additional Pages... Guest Rooms/Rates 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

You'll discover our inn down a dusty lane, just slightly off the beaten path. Originally a mountain farmhouse, the Folkestone Inn has been a bed and breakfast inn for the past three decades. Its innkeepers have thoughtfully preserved the warmth and character of the homeplace, where each guest is made to feel like an old friend returning home.

Step 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. The inn offers three floors of guest rooms to choose from each with a distinct personality - from upstairs rooms with private balconies and mountain vistas, to romantic ground floor rooms with flagstone floors and low pressed-tin ceilings. The Old Stone Floor | The Farmhouse Floor | The Treetop Floor

Parlor

Reference Library

Each of our 10 comfortably furnished guest rooms has a private bath where you can relax in a antique claw foot tub or enjoy a hot shower before breakfast. All are tastefully decorated with period furnishings and mountain memorabilia and offer independently-controlled central air conditioning.

Library & Guest Room

A Spectacular Appalachian Setting Bryson City is just 60 miles west of Asheville on US-74 at the southern edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Nestled in a picturesque valley between the National Park and the Nantahala National Forest, Bryson City is the perfect setting for a mountain getaway - a quiet country town on the banks of a swift mountain river, surrounded by lush forests, rolling pastures and rugged mountain peaks. Swain County is a recreational paradise. Just a few steps from the Folkestone, there's hiking, waterfalls, trout fishing and horseback riding at Deep Creek (pictured) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There's mountain biking on the famous Tsali trails, fishing on Fontana Lake, sightseeing on the Great Smoky Mountains Scenic Railroad and whitewater rafting on the Nantahala River just 25 minutes from the Folkestone.

At the Folkestone Inn, you'll find parlors and porches to gather with other guests. You'll find privacy for reading - or writing - your book. And before you know it, you'll find that carefree Smoky Mountain state of mind.

Porch View

Deck

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. Our's is the wildest, most unspoiled and least populated area of western North Carolina. Yet, surrounding this quiet little mountain town, there's a wealth of things to do, most within an hour's drive. Please review our list to the right.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 1/4 mile Biltmore House and Gardens - 65 miles Blue Ridge Parkway - 14 miles Cade's Cove - 67 miles Cherokee Indian Reservation - 10 miles Clingman's Dome - 36 miles Fontana Dam - 35 miles Great Smoky Mountains Railroad - 2 miles Harrah's Cherokee Casino - 13 miles Nantahala White Water - 15 miles Oconaluftee Indian Village - 10 miles Tsali Mountain Bike Trails - 12 miles Gatlinburg - 46 miles Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest - 45 miles Unto These Hills Outdoor Drama - 10 miles

Folkestone Inn Bed and Breakfast is a member of the following associations:
   Professional Association of Innkeepers International (PAII)

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