Hospitality - Sylva, North Carolina, United States
The Balsam Mountain Inn was opened in 1908 as the grand, 100-room Balsam Mountain Springs Hotel, built to serve the highest railroad station in the eastern United States. Located in the North Carolina mountains just off the Blue Ridge Parkway and not far from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the historic inn welcomes guests with fifty cheerful rooms, rocker-filled porches, a warm library and gracious dining.