Blackberry Farm | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Blackberry Farm

Sprawling country estate with expansive hiking trails on 4,200 acres in the Great Smoky Mountain foothills.

Score 88.62
Stats 60 rooms; 2 restaurants; 3 bars.
Competitive Edge Culinary excellence (there is a farmstead on the estate) and plush quarters, in a rugged Appalachian setting.
Rooms to Book Magnolia, for the best mountain views.
Don't Miss Roasted Tennessee small chicken in the 1780's barn, which was relocated from Pennsylvania in 2006.
Cost Doubles from $745, including meals.
Contact 1471 West Millers Cove Road
800/273-6004 or 865/984-8166

www.blackberryfarm.com

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“Take in the Great Smoky Mountains from a rocking chair at Blackberry Farm, in Walland, just outside of Knoxville....” MORE»

—Amy Farley
“Drive Coast to Coast” in Travel + Leisure, Sep 2006

“Opened in 1990, Blackberry is like a south of the Mason Dixon Line edition of a Currier & Ives greeting card. At Christmas, evergreen wreaths decorate the boathouse that projects into a pond stocked with catfish. White fences ribbon the soft hills....” MORE»

—Josh Dean
“Andean Highs” in Travel + Leisure, Apr 2006

“Fruit-infused steam and an herbal mask are the focus of a hydrating Blackberry Mist treatment....” MORE»

—Shane Mitchell
“Southern Comforts” in Travel + Leisure, Apr 2005