Three lodges located on the Blue Ridge Parkway offer travelers cozy alternatives to a night in a hotel. Here’s a quick look at each.
Lodging
The Inn at Yonahlossee
Outdoors and Comfort in Boone, N.C.
This wilderness resort began as a girls’ camp in the 1920s. Developer John Rice initially redesigned it as a tennis center in 1996. The area soon became an equestrian, conference and family getaway.
George Washington Hotel
Jazz Age
Winchester, Va.’s historic George Washington Hotel is ideally located in the city’s historic district, just a block from a pedestrian mall that holds a variety of unique shops and eateries.
The five-story hotel opened in 1924 with 102 guest ro...
Inn at Riverbend
View of the New
The sound of a train whistle, the company of the inn’s dogs and WiFi are all part of the Riverbend experience.
Linda and Lynn Hayes may have found the cure for high blood pressure and other stress-related ailments at their Inn at Riverb...
General Francis Marion Hotel
History on Main Street
Southwest Virginia’s General Francis Marion Hotel, following a major restoration, remembers the romance of the Jazz Age.
Standing tall in a downtown surrounded by great outdoor opportunities, the General Francis Marion Hotel of M...
Hotel Strasburg
A Victorian Valley Stop
This Shenandoah Valley inn was built in 1902 and has been a hostelry since 1915.
When traveling north into the upper Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, plan a stop at the Hotel Strasburg. Owner Carol Rutherford, a native of Illinois...
The Killahevlin Bed & Breakfast
Irish Romance
As snow clouds gather over the Blue Ridge, we pull up a winding drive to an Edwardian mansion.A resident house cat (one of three) escorts us up the stone steps to the front door and our host Tom Conkey.
What we’ve discovered, on the highe...
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