5 Best Hotels in Asheville, North Carolina

This massive resort has hosted 10 U.S. presidents, from Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama, and with grand views of downtown and the Blue Ridge Mountains, a challenging golf course, and a variety of dining options, it's easy to see why. Its restaurants include Edison (Southern comfort food) and Vue 1913 (contemporary American and French). The inn's spa is built into the sloping mountainside, with glass ceilings filling the serene chambers with natural light. Rooms are furnished with oak antiques in the Arts and Crafts style, and the lobby fireplaces are as big as the restored Model T car that sits next to one of them. 

This newer luxury hotel has an enviable central location overlooking Pritchard Park. The renovated bank building includes a rooftop bar, a coffee shop, and a restaurant, The Exchange, that draws from Appalachian farms and purveyors. A basement bar, the Draftsman, has two bowling lanes, Skee-Ball, and a stage for live music. Rooms vary from small to generous, and all feature design-forward touches like herringbone tine, marble vanities, and leather and brick accents. Eight rooms on the fourth floor feature balconies overlooking the park.

With a distinctively modern facade, this polished hotel has a prime central location just north of Pack Square, within walking distance of most downtown restaurants, bars, galleries, and shops. Guest rooms feature sleek decor accented with local art. There's tasty tapas-style dining at the rooftop bar Capella on 9.

As close as you can get to the main gate of the Biltmore Estate and steps from all the best local shops and restaurants, this Tudor-style lodging is designed to blend in beautifully with the architecture of Biltmore Village. Its interior recalls a hunting lodge, with animal heads on the walls, sculptures of deer (the hotel's restaurant is called the Red Stag Grill), and an open-sided fireplace.

Many visitors to the Biltmore Estate long to stay overnight; if you're one of them, your wish is granted at this posh property perched on a nearby hilltop. Although it's clearly a modern construction, the seven-story hotel echoes the look of the main house, with limestone and copper exteriors and a French-manor-house-inspired interior.