The Best Boutique Hotels in Asheville, North Carolina

An essential stop on your road trip in the Deep South, romantic Asheville is a hotspot for architecture, food and outdoorsy pursuits. It’s also home to some charming boutique hotels. Here’s our pick of the best Asheville hotels – bookable with Culture Trip.
Asheville, North Carolina, sitting between the Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge Mountains, is a vibrant city. Here, you can start the day by strolling past elegant Beaux-Arts mansions, spend the afternoon hiking part of the Appalachian Trail and end it by soaking up the Southern hospitality at a farm-to-table restaurant or exclusive supper club. It’s an underrated breather on your way to America’s more shouted-about stops in the South.

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Apartment

Downtown Asheville is the place to find hipster-concept restaurants, cold-brew coffee specialists and craft breweries (one of its nicknames is Beer City USA). It’s also where you’ll find the Windsor Boutique Hotel, a striking, canopied restored structure with plush, maximalist interiors set against exposed brick and unpolished wood floors softened by thick rugs and jazzy throw pillows. Elsewhere at this Asheville boutique hotel, a bijou urban spa is on hand for aromatherapy massages and post-hike foot scrubs.
The Beaucatcher, a Boutique Motel
Boutique Hotel

“Boutique” and “motel” might sound like an oxymoron, but the Beaucatcher nails the concept. Rooms are rather basic at this motel in Asheville, with greige bedspreads, clashing red curtains and graphic-print carpets, but on the communal front, it has a sunny courtyard with a firepit and barbecue, locally sourced toiletries and coffee, and a cute bar with a focus on local beers. Set just off Tunnel Road, a five-minute drive from the city center, this is a no-frills, good-times spot that has everything you need for a short stay.
Princess Anne Hotel
Inn

This distinctive 1920s inn has lashings of character and nostalgic American charm. Rooms are simple but polished, with pretty wooden furniture and foam mattresses, while the suites have kitchenettes with Nespresso machines. It’s also a local brunch spot – with an in-house chef – meaning that the inclusive breakfast is top quality. Surrounded by tree-lined avenues and huge houses with distinctive white verandas in historic Chestnut Hill, this boutique hotel in Asheville is only a 25-minute walk from downtown, a foodie haven.
Haywood Park Hotel and Atrium
Hotel

As one of the most romantic hotels in Asheville, Haywood Park is the couples’ choice thanks to its sumptuous modern rooms in duck-egg blue and pale gold, chic plant-filled lobby and decadent restaurants – a ritzy French bistro and a daiquiri-blitzing Cuban joint, to be exact. Right in sought-after downtown, it’s the perfect option if you’re interested in digging into the city center, whether for shopping, craft-beer tasting or restaurant-hopping your way around this sociable quarter.
Hotel Indigo Asheville Downtown
Boutique Hotel, Chain Hotel

Hotel Indigo is the no-frills, no-fuss base for a younger crowd who wants all of the amenities – valet parking, a 24-hour snack bar, a gym – but isn’t bothered about excessive opulence. Spend the night in smart rooms with bright feature walls and mini-fridges. From here, you can head out on easy-reach hikes by day and into the grid of downtown bars by night (you’re right on the edge of it). Accessible rooms with wider doorways, roll-in showers and TTY facilities for guests with hearing loss make it a warm welcome for all.
Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville, Autograph Collection
Chain Hotel, Boutique Hotel

One of Asheville’s key sights is the Historic Biltmore Village, one of the best places to stay in Asheville is set around a whimsical château-style mansion built in the late 19th century. Across the street is the Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville, a similarly faux-historical hotel, this time aping a Tudor hunting lodge – but done with great charm, style and coziness. Here, you can tuck into a hearty steak amid the logs and antlers of the Red Stag Grill or stop by the upmarket Poseidon Spa for a neuromuscular massage or custom facial.
The Omni Grove Park Inn
Resort, Inn, Spa Hotel

On the outskirts of town, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Omni Grove Park Inn is a country-clubby retreat for pool lounging (both indoor and outdoor), peak-view wine-tasting dinners and sunset hikes through the landscape. It’s home to an 18-hole golf course and a luxurious spa – voted one of the best in the country – which takes full advantage of the rugged surroundings with mineral baths, a cavernous grotto pool and fire-lit outdoor lounges perfect for relaxing.
The Foundry Hotel Asheville, Curio Collection by Hilton
Boutique Hotel, Chain Hotel

A reimagined steel foundry of boxy, red-brick buildings and vast industrial windows, this sharply designed number lies on the edge of downtown. Style hunters sit out on the lantern-lit terraces and sip nightcaps underneath exposed lightbulbs in the lounge, with every glossy black edge and charcoal accent chair tailored around the handsome bones of the building. Don’t miss the chance to try Appalachian soul food – short ribs, fried catfish, grits – at Benne on Eagle, the on-site restaurant.
Looking for something a little more indulgent? Read our guide to Asheville’s most luxurious lodgings – bookable on Culture Trip.
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