Loft Style independent inns

Elevation Lofts Hotel sits on Broadway Street at the northern edge of downtown Asheville, a loft-style stay within easy walking distance of the city's streets of galleries, breweries and restaurants. Its guests are unusually effusive — a perfect 5-star average across more than a hundred reviews is rare for any property, chain or otherwise. Small, independently run and booked through its own site, it reads as a quiet alternative to Asheville's bigger downtown hotels.