Blackberry Farm
COST: $$$$$
About 25 minutes from Knoxville, Blackberry is like a south of the Mason-Dixon Line edition of a Currier & Ives print: ribbons of white fences, a pond stocked with catfish, and houses constructed from Tennessee fieldstone. Set on 4,200 acres in the Great Smoky Mountains, Blackberry’s 51 rooms—spread throughout the main house, three guesthouses, and 20 cottages—are done in a plush Anglo-American idiom, complete with fringed swags and decorative pillows in fancy fabrics. Regulation rockers are soldiered onto the front lawn for the day’s Big Moment: sundown with tumblers of Hirsch 20-year-old bourbon.
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From Travel + Leisure, Sep 2006
“Take in the Great Smoky Mountains from a rocking chair at Blackberry Farm, in Walland, just outside of Knoxville....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Apr 2006
“Opened in 1990, Blackberry is like a south of the Mason Dixon Line edition of a Currier & Ives greeting card. At Christmas, evergreen wreaths decorate the boathouse that projects into a pond stocked with catfish. White fences ribbon the soft hills....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Apr 2005
“Fruit-infused steam and an herbal mask are the focus of a hydrating Blackberry Mist treatment....” MORE>>
From the T+L 500
Sprawling country estate with expansive hiking trails on 4,200 acres in the Great Smoky Mountain foothills.
- Stats:
- 60 rooms; 2 restaurants; 3 bars.
- Competitive Edge:
- Culinary excellence (there is a farmstead on the estate) and plush quarters, in a rugged Appalachian setting.
- Rooms to Book:
- Magnolia, for the best mountain views.
- Don't Miss:
- Roasted Tennessee small chicken in the 1780's barn, which was relocated from Pennsylvania in 2006.
lastArticle = 9/2006 and lastAward = 01/2008
