Chestnut Street Inn

Colonial Revival Bed & Breakfast, circa 1905

"Griffin Award" winner for excellence in historic preservation

Voted best B&B in Western North Carolina
by the readers of the "Asheville Citizen-Times"

Designated by Asheville's Quality Forward organization as a Treasured Tree Preserve, in honor of the home's magnificent maple, dogwood, and holly trees.

Welcome to the Chestnut Street Inn, a premier Asheville, NC Bed and Breakfast located in the city's Chestnut Hill National Historic District. This grand Colonial Revival home is an architectural delight featuring such interesting accents as the original staircase with a "courting bench", ornate mantles, high ceilings and large outdoor porches. Throughout the Inn, you will find an interesting blend of eclectic furnishings and local artists' creations.

Not Simply Lodging
Chestnut Street Inn is a bed and breakfast in Asheville, NC that caters to those looking for an experience - not simply lodging. The inn is a grand Colonial Revival home located in the Chestnut Hill National Historic district that, along with the innkeepers, offers the relaxed and laid-back atmosphere that has made Asheville famous. Guests are welcomed to share in a wonderful three-course breakfast, award winning chocolates from Asheville's The Chocolate Fetish®, and the comfort of relaxing on the front porch.

An Architectural Delight
The house itself is an architectural delight with some of the area's finest interior woodwork. The high ceilings, ornate mantles, and other architectural details, transport you back in time when life had an elegance and a relaxed quality seldom enjoyed today. The Inn is decorated with local art pieces chosen to enhance the wonderful architecture, not overpower it. You will find no doilies in this Award-winning Inn.

Beautiful Porches
The large porches are a beautiful accent to the mellow old red brick of the exterior. Guests can relax with a good book, retreat to the jumbo rockers, or play table games with other guests.

One of the Closest Inns to Downtown Restaurants and Shopping
The Chestnut Street Inn is located in close proximity to many of North Carolina's most wonderful attractions and activities. A 1/4-mile walk takes you downtown for antiquing, sightseeing, visiting art galleries, and fine dining. By car, the Biltmore Estate is 3 miles - the Blue Ridge Parkway, Folk Art Center, hiking trails, fishing, boating, shopping malls, etc. are all 15 minutes or less.

At the Chestnut Street Inn, a North Carolina Bed and Breakfast Inn, we eat with all of our senses. Breakfast is not a detour from your travels; it's a stop along the way. Although you'll find us in Asheville, NC, we find inspiration for our three-course breakfast menus from all corners of the United States.

Each time you visit as a guest of The Chestnut Street Inn your palate will be delighted by the new recipes & menus we regularly create to pamper you each morning with a Healthy but sinfully delicious twist to our Candle Light Southern Gourmet Breakfast. Each item served is homemade at The Chestnut Street Inn ~ you will find no boxed mixes here! While we offer an early coffee start at 7:30 a.m. with a rich, smooth, full bodied, fresh ground organic Sumatra Coffee, breakfast is more leisurely presented.

Many of our guests are here for Honeymoons, Anniversaries, Holiday or the much needed getaway to rest and relax, and do not want to rise too early. You may seat for breakfast any time between 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. for a full three course Gourmet Breakfast. We are happy to offer alternatives to our guests who are Vegan, Vegetarian, Lactose or Gluten Intolerant, or Diabetic. Please let use know when you make your reservation so we will be prepared for your special needs, including requests for Almond or Soy milk, Soy sausage, Turkey bacon, etc.

Whether we are serving our famous Spinach or Hawaiian Omelets, our Vegetable or Three Cheese Frittata, Pancakes with Fresh Home Made Berry Sauce or Pumpkin Waffles with Orange Walnut Butter and Nutmeg Syrup or French Toast with home made Apple Chutney they are all proven crowd pleasers. Our menus consist of a medley of colors, aromas and flavors to please your senses as we start your 3-course Breakfast by serving you one of our many delicious home made breakfast breads, followed by a fresh fruit dish and then the main entree which is always accompanied by the highest quality breakfast meat. Each afternoon we present homemade cookies, outrageous brownies and desserts fresh from our kitchen for you to enjoy with a steaming cup of tea, soda or reverse-osmosis water while you sit and reflect on your afternoon of exploring all that Asheville has to offer!

We welcome you to travel to the Chestnut Street Inn and experience the relaxed and laid-back atmosphere of our luxurious Asheville, NC accommodations. Enjoy the individual personality of your room or suite, all with private baths, fine bath amenities, air conditioning, satellite TV, XM radio and wireless Internet access. Some of the rooms in our North Carolina bed and breakfast indulge you further with Jacuzzi tubs, comfortable sitting areas and gas fireplaces with original mantles and hearths. Before you turn in, perhaps you would like to relax on one of the beautiful porches and enjoy an evening under the stars. Then climb into bed and enjoy a great night's sleep that comes so effortlessly in the mountains.

Chestnut Street Inn is The Perfect Destination For Any Season

An Asheville, North Carolina vacation offers an astonishing variety of activites and attractions and a stay at the Chestnut Street Inn will put you in an ideal location to experience them all! The Inn is an easy walk to the city's downtown area where you can enjoy shopping, dining, and the Asheville Urban Trail - a historic walking tour that makes a 1.7 mile loop of downtown and tells the fascinating story of Asheville, NC interpreted through art. Chestnut Street is also just 3 miles away from the famous Biltmore Estate, an 8,000 acre estate featuring 250 rooms filled with art and antiques, beautiful gardens, a winery and much more. After a day spent exploring the area, return to the Inn and to the cozy elegance of your accommodations. In the morning you will awaken to a delicious 3-course breakfast; what a wonderful way to start a new day of adventures!

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Main Attractions

Asheville Historic Trolley Tours
Asheville's Urban Trail
Biltmore Estate and Winery
Gray Line Tours of Asheville
Grove Park Inn
Grove Arcade
The Asheville Tourists (ask us about tickets)
Thomas Wolfe Memorial

A "Taste" of Asheville

The Chestnut Street Inn, our Asheville lodging, is a premier North Carolina bed and breakfast.

Whether you are planning a romantic getaway or an exciting mountain adventure, we invite you to come and experience the same kind of relaxed and laid-back atmosphere that has made our city famous.  The Inn is located within walking distance from downtown Asheville, just 2.5 miles from the famous Biltmore Estate, and is in close proximity to the wide variety of outdoor activities offered by the Blue Ridge Mountains.

From I-40 or I-26 take I-240 to Asheville.
Exit onto Charlotte Street (Exit 5B) and go north (away from downtown) two blocks, then turn left on East Chestnut Street. The Inn is located on your right two blocks down, on the corner of Washington Road and East Chestnut Street. Parking is in the rear.