Azalea Inn Bed & Breakfast

Enjoy the convenience of an in-town location while experiencing an acre of nature, birdhouse collection and a view of Horse Bottom Ridge. A casually elegant, award winning B&B with cottages and complete with a picket fence along the new brick sidewalks in town. Probably the most photographed property in town, located in the heart of Banner Elk behind the Village Shops. Walk to seven restaurants after a day of activities in the High Country!

Azalea Inn is beautifully restored with six bedrooms each with its own private bathroom, some with claw foot tubs, a whirlpool tub, private porch, FP, and ADA facilities. Plus there are three cottages and 2 suites with lodge décor (you'll think you are in a log cabin) FP, kitchens, king beds, and Jacuzzi tubs. All accommodations are for adult couples.

The Azalea Inn Bed & Breakfast is located halfway between Sugar and Beech Mountain Ski areas...

• Grandfather Mountain is about 15 minutes away, but can be seen much sooner.
• The Original Mast General Store - 8 miles
• Foscoe Gem Mine - 10 miles
• Blue Ridge Parkway - about 12 miles
• Boone and Appalachian State University - 17 miles
• Blowing Rock - 23 miles

A hearty home cooked breakfast is served in the dining room and the sun porches. Eat with other guests or your own table for two. Check out our original animal sculptures and other collections in the inn. Read a book by the fireplace in the living room or by the flowers in the backyard gazebo in the summer. Get your daily fortune from our gypsy, Ruthie. Let the innkeepers pamper you, arrange for your local excursions, dining or just leave you alone....as you wish.

Each room has its own unique personality with a comfortable blend of antiques and top quality mattresses that you will love. Every bathroom and bedroom have plenty of space for your things so that you will feel at home. Bedrooms have a lamp on each side of the bed for your reading pleasure. Also, there are books and magazines as well as color TV's in each room.

Frank and Karen work together to prepare their special buffet breakfasts
complete with freshly ground coffee, delicious main courses, Grandma's Oatmeal,
homemade bread, coffee cakes, and fresh seasonal fruit.

Karen's Tearoom

Bring your friends for a leisurely afternoon tea in our charming Bed and Breakfast. We offer a beautiful three tier tray with scones, three kinds of tea sandwiches, and special desserts. This includes a pot of tea of your choice from our interesting selection of high quality loose leaf teas kept warm in one of our colorful cozies. We are taking reservations for afternoon tea. Azalea Inn has the largest selection of loose leaf teas in the area.