The perfect stay to come back to after a long day hiking and driving! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The stay is an apartment below the home with its own separate entrances at the front driveway and the rear garden (which has beautiful relaxing morning views of mountains as well has a few squirrels and birds). Fully stocked kitchen with tons of stainless steel pots, nonstick pans, a coffee machine, kettle, and even a waffle press! Adjacent to the kitchen is a spacious bathroom with a walk-in shower. Plenty of hot water for cold winter days! Living room/dining room is very gezellig and decorated nicely with film, theater posters and neat clay masks 🎭 . The bedroom has a massaging and reclining ergonomic bed which was a welcomed surprise !
Rob has kept the Airbnb apartment very clean and organized and is a very responsive host and answered all of our questions! He even left us delicious dark chocolate (which were great for s’mores !) and a bottle of Cabernet wine!
Location is almost equidistant from from Asheville downtown and the Blue Ridge Parkway through a scenic winding road overlooking the city. Perhaps ten minutes to either end if you drive the speed limit 35 mph. Amazing home base for those wanting to explore the blue ridge parkway trails with the convenience of coming back to Asheville. Would have love to have brought inline skates or a bicycle with how close it was to the parkway.
Please note: the main road to the stay is shared with cyclists and even bears so drive cautiously! I was lucky enough to see the cutest sleuth of bears crossing the road in daytime. Most drivers up here drive cautiously and courteously except for a few Moto GP 🏍 cosplayers. As tempting as it might be to drive spiritedly here, it is a residential area with tons of hidden driveways and wildlife!
Also keep in mind that the temperature at the top of this mountain stay will be slightly cooler than the weather forecast for the city. Was surprised to find ice on my windshield one morning! The provided two electric radiating heaters was plenty to stay warm during winter and simply letting a draft in would be enough to keep the place cool during the summer
The driveway to the stay is uphill with an electric gated fence but as a flat-lander driving a 4 cylinder 2 L car with three pedals, it was fairly easy to get up the driveway to the AirBnB with the help of the handbrake. It was relatively dry during our stay thankfully and we saw no ice or snow.