With its antique furnishings and mountain memorabilita, the inn reminds many visitors of their grandma's house. Casual and cozy, the Folkestone is filled with old-fashioned charm. Originally a 1920's mountain farmhouse, the Folkestone offers ten guest rooms, all with private baths with claw foot tubs and showers. Upstairs, the inn offers private balconies with vistas of the Great Smoky Mountains, while the downstairs rooms offer an old world charm, with flagstone floors and pressed-tin ceilings.
All rooms have air conditioning, with independent controls.
Breakfast varies from day to day and may include such specialities as eggs benedict, corn fritters, french toast stuffed with bananas and walnuts, apple brown betty or pecan waffles smothered with fried apples. The Folkestone is nestled in a grove of giant Norway Spruces, beside a mountain brook near the Deep Creek entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There is hiking, trout fishing, and horseback riding in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, mountain biking on the famous Tsali trails, fishing on Fontana Lake, sightseeing on the Great Smoky Mountains Scenic Railway and white water rafting on the Natahala River just a 25 minute drive from the inn.