FOLKESTONE INN, Bryson City

The Folkestone Inn offers ten guest rooms, each with a private bathroom with a clawfoot tub and shower. Rooms feature individual heat and AC controls. There are no TVs in the Inn or rooms. Upstairs rooms include private balconies; main floor rooms offer porches or private decks. Room 7 (Boats & Paddles) has a king bed and a private balcony overlooking the side yard. Room 8 (Lights & Shadows) features a queen bed and a private balcony overlooking the front lawn. Room 9 (Tunnels & Trestles) has a queen bed and a private balcony overlooking the front lawn. Room 10 (Wrens & Warblers) includes a king bed and a private balcony overlooking the side lawn. Room 1 (Backroads & Overlooks) has a queen bed and a covered porch overlooking the side yard. Room 2 (Stems & Petals) features a queen bed and a covered porch overlooking the side yard. Room 3 (Carson Farmhouse) includes a king bed, a private porch with access to the side yard, and a sitting area. Room 6 (Tracks & Trails) features a queen bed with a view of the bird feeder and pasture. Rooms have bathrobes, a hair dryer, herbal soap, shampoo, and homemade bath salts. Some rooms include a Celeste fireplace. Some rooms are on the basement floor with low, pressed-tin ceilings and flagstone floors.

Breakfast includes dark organic coffee with homemade sweet breads and fresh fruit, followed by specialties such as sweet potato hash with poached eggs, sausage and candied bacon, lemon soufflé pancakes with warm blueberry compote, and omelets with fresh herbs and vegetables from the organic garden. The Inn sources ingredients locally and responsibly. To-go breakfast is available with advance notice; coffee is ready at 7:30 am, and breakfast is served at 9:00 am unless otherwise notified. Guests can enjoy a picnic lunch or a full meal prepared to grill at their leisure at the picnic area on the creek in front of the inn. Guests can enjoy a pizza and salad as a to-go service with specific pick-up times. The Inn offers specials including an elegant fruit and cheese platter with locally-made chocolates.

Guests enjoy seating areas around the grounds, especially the swing and hammock. The front porch is a spot for socializing or reading. The Folkestone Inn is located a quarter mile from the Deep Creek recreational area in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Guests can visit the Oconaluftee Visitor Center, the Mountain Farm Museum, and Mingus Mill. Day trips include Cades Cove, Newfound Gap, and Clingmans Dome. Activities include hiking, trout fishing, and exploring the Blue Ridge Parkway and Cherohala Skyway. Guests can elevate their golf game at two 18-hole mountain courses - Smoky Mountain Country Club and Sequoyah National. Tsali Cycles in town is a place to rent bikes or get trail advice.

The Folkestone Inn is located two miles north of Bryson City, just off West Deep Creek Road, and 100 km from Asheville Regional. Bryson City is located in the western end of North Carolina at the southern edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Landmarks nearby include the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (3 km), Tom Branch Falls (2 km), and Indian Creek Falls (3 km).

The Inn features a wide front porch, parlor, dining room, library, and game room. Guests can read about the collaboration with Swain County High School students, who built chicken coop "The Deviled Egg Inn," and Adirondack chairs for the fire pit. Homemade bath salts for each room are made with natural ingredients. Homemade laundry detergent is used for all linens and towels. All non-toxic plant-based cleaners are used for common areas, rooms, and bathrooms. Non-toxic natural weed killer is used for the grounds.