Asheville Area independent inns

Set on Royal Pines Drive in Arden, just south of Asheville, this 1847 manor has been welcoming guests long enough to have earned its creaks and its quiet. Rooms are unfussy rather than staged given over to comfort, each with its own private bath, and mornings begin with a breakfast included in the rate. With only twenty reviews to its name and a 4.8 rating, it reads as the kind of small house where the innkeeper still knows who's at the table.

Listed at a French Broad Lane address in Fletcher, just south of Asheville, DreamCatcher Hotels appears in Google's records not as a guesthouse but as a consultancy and service establishment. Its handful of reviews are glowing ed 5 stars across three ed but say little about rooms, breakfast, or beds. Travelers looking for a place to sleep should confirm directly via the company's website before planning a stay.