The Omni Grove Park Inn
A granite lodge, a mountain view and the Pink Lady
★★★★★📍 Sunset Mountain, Asheville, North Carolina$$$$
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The history: the inn was the project of Edwin Wiley Grove, a patent-medicine fortune, and built at remarkable speed in a rustic Arts and Crafts style, furnished with Roycroft pieces that still shape the Main Inn's look. The Pink Lady story has been told for generations, and the hotel embraces it with good humor; Room 545, overlooking the Palm Court, is where guests most often report her. The inn opened on July 12, 1913, after a build of less than a year in which workers camped on the site, and it has grown from 156 rooms to more than 500. Barack Obama stayed during visits in 2008 and 2010, and the inn is home to the National Gingerbread House Competition each holiday season, which returned in 2025 after a pause following the hurricane.
Room craft: book the Main Inn for historic character and proximity to the Palm Court and the Great Hall, and ask about Room 545 if you want the full haunted stay; choose the Sammons or Vanderbilt wings for more space and modern rooms. Reserve spa time well ahead, especially on weekends, and take sunset drinks on the terrace facing the mountains. Dining spans Vue 1913 for brasserie dinners with mountain views, the seasonal Sunset Terrace chophouse, EDISON for North Carolina craft beer and regional food, and the Great Hall Bar for cocktails by the giant fireplaces with live music in the evening; check which outlets are open, since some are seasonal. The spa, opened in 2001, is a stone-and-timber complex built into the mountainside beneath the lawns, and it is the main reason couples choose this inn over a downtown Asheville hotel.
Practicals: on Macon Avenue a short drive from downtown Asheville; a resort service charge applies; Biltmore and the Blue Ridge Parkway are nearby. Fit: a romantic mountain weekend with a ghost, and a Southern haunted road trip between Chattanooga and Savannah.
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Is the Grove Park Inn open after Hurricane Helene?
Yes. The inn closed after the storm in September 2024 and fully reopened to overnight guests in December 2024.
Who is the Pink Lady?
The inn's resident ghost, a gentle figure in a pink gown said to have died in a fall in the Palm Court in the 1920s. She is most often reported near Room 545.
Which wing should I book?
The Main Inn for historic character and the haunted atmosphere, or the Sammons and Vanderbilt wings for larger, more modern rooms. Main Inn rooms are smaller and closer to the Palm Court, so book there if the Pink Lady is the point.
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