The Omni Grove Park Inn is Asheville's iconic grand resort — a majestic 1913 hotel built of enormous granite boulders in the Arts & Crafts style, set on a mountainside overlooking the city and the Blue Ridge beyond. A National Historic Landmark, it has hosted presidents, celebrities, and writers (F. Scott Fitzgerald among them) for over a century. Today it offers historic and modern rooms, sweeping mountain views, championship golf, acclaimed dining, and its renowned subterranean spa carved into the mountain. Grand, atmospheric, and quintessentially Asheville, it's a destination in itself.
Opened in 1913, The Omni Grove Park Inn is one of the great historic resort hotels of the American South — a massive, rustic-grand structure built from locally quarried granite boulders in the Arts & Crafts (Craftsman) style, with a famous Great Hall anchored by enormous stone fireplaces. Perched on the slope of Sunset Mountain in north Asheville, it commands sweeping views over the city and the Blue Ridge Mountains, and it's earned National Historic Landmark status over its century-plus welcoming presidents, dignitaries, and luminaries (F. Scott Fitzgerald famously stayed for extended periods).
The resort blends its historic character with full modern amenities. Accommodations span the atmospheric original inn and newer wings, many with mountain views. Its crowning amenity is the subterranean Grove Park Inn Spa — a dramatic, cave-like spa built into the mountain, with grottos, waterfall pools, and a renowned wellness experience, regularly ranked among the country's best.
There's also a championship golf course with mountain views, multiple restaurants and lounges, a sports complex, and grand public spaces. The hotel's elaborate seasonal events (including a famous National Gingerbread House Competition at Christmas) are draws in their own right.
Its north-Asheville mountainside location keeps it a touch removed from downtown (a short drive) while delivering the views and the grand-resort atmosphere, and it's a relatively easy drive from the Biltmore and the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Grove Park Inn suits travelers wanting historic grandeur, a destination resort experience, the celebrated spa, and quintessential Asheville character. Booked directly.
Why stay here
- ✓Historic 1913 Arts & Crafts landmark
- ✓Renowned subterranean spa
- ✓Championship golf course
- ✓Sweeping Blue Ridge views
- ✓Multiple restaurants and lounges
- ✓Sports complex
- ✓Concierge
- ✓Valet parking
Good questions
What makes the Grove Park Inn special?+
It's Asheville's iconic historic grand resort — a 1913 Arts & Crafts landmark built of massive granite boulders, on a mountainside with sweeping Blue Ridge views, famous for its subterranean spa, golf, and a century-plus of notable guests. It's a National Historic Landmark.
Tell me about the spa.+
The subterranean Grove Park Inn Spa is a dramatic, cave-like wellness destination built into the mountain, with grottos, waterfall pools, and a renowned experience that regularly ranks among the best spas in the country.
Where is it located?+
On the slope of Sunset Mountain in north Asheville — a short drive from downtown, the Biltmore, and the Blue Ridge Parkway, with grand mountain views from the resort.
