Our stay at this perfectly located inn for visiting in the Asheville area offered an accompanying 2 day pass to the Biltmore Estate. The Inn was not only beautifully decorated and cared for throughout; but was absolutely full of holiday spirit with the well chosen Christmas decorations and wonderful areas in which to sit about and enjoy conversation and refreshment. The only drawback was that our room had an incredibly small bath with shower. Nonetheless the in room fireside area, exquisite bed linens, and television made up for this singular drawback which has kept me from awarding an excellent rating 5 stars!

THis place offers a great location and close to Biltmore and Downtown. The staff was friendly and were very helpful. We stayed in Carriage house in back of the Inn. Very cozy and everyday 2 kitties came to see me. :-)

Had breakfast in the main house and drinks and snacks in the evenings. We will be back soon.
House and grounds were beautifully decorated for Christmas

From my experiences in traveling it seems typical that hotels use photoshop and wide angled lenses when shooting pictures of their establishment. Although the photos on their website are nice, the place in real life is breathtaking. We were surprised to find that our room was larger than it appeared in the photos and that it looked nicer. We were also pleased to see that no description of amenities offered or services offered on their website even came close to what all they really offered, everything was better! Drew and the rest of his staff treated us like old friends and had great "insider/local" tips for us. Our experience at the Cedar Crest hotel was great from start to finish.

Check-in was pleasant and we were graciously shown throughout the property and informed of all the free things we would receive during our stay... a multi-course breakfast every morning (which was great by the way), GOOD coffee and teas, desserts, wine, and wireless internet (I am sure there is more, but that is all I am recalling at this time.) After being shown around the property we were escorted to our room by Drew to find a very tastefully decorated accommodation. The room was both spotlessly clean and quiet. The Inn was sold out while we were there and yet we never heard any noises while in our room (a problem with many old inns.)

I could go on and on about this place but the bottom line is you must go and see for yourself. We without question will book a room again there when and if we find ourselves back in the awesome and hip city of Asheville.

Ohh and I should mention that their location is probably as good as it gets in Asheville. They are a straight shot to downtown (probably a mile or less.) They are a hop skip and a jump to the Biltmore and Village area. They are also extremely close to the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway and a few turns away from the Rivers Arts District which is weird but worth a visit.

We stayed 2 nights in the cottage and felt like it was our home away from home. Excellent friendly staff, gorgeous home, inviting fire and always some wine or desserts to top it off. We love historic homes so we were thankful for the efforts to preserve the details of this home. Larger than most of the B&B's, it gives you the privacy with all the benefits of a B&B. Breakfast was always yummy with great service. Loved the "rainbow" discount. Thank you for the hospitality!!