Mr & Mrs Smith

Blackberry Farm

Smoky Mountains, United States

Gorgeous views, a patchwork of picket-fenced fields, sylvanian countryside, and a model home-on-the-farm feel– all the ingredients are there for a textbook rustic retreat, but Blackberry Farm ratchets the luxury up a notch with smart contemporary decor, bend-over-backwards staff and its own Lexus fleet – it’s back to nature with added bliss.

Need to know

• Rooms 59.
• Rates Double rooms from $845.00, excluding tax at 33.25 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency ($845) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include the 'Full American' meal plan of three meals a day and snacks from the pantry.
• Facilities Fitness room, spa, library, tennis courts, croquet lawn, hiking trails, DVD library, free WiFi throughout. All rooms have CD players; Singing Brook suites and Hill Cottages have minibars and flatscreen TVs – Singing Brook Cottages have DVD players.
• Poolside Atop the hill, not far from the main house, Blackberry Farm’s smallish pool is surrounded by loungers and flowers, with views of the Smoky Mountains stretching into the horizon.
• Check-out 1pm. Check-in is officially 4pm, but guests are welcome to arrive at the farm at any time.
• Children The farm’s a dream-come-true for outdoorsy young uns. Over-10s are welcome at any point; under-10s during ‘family time’ – 15 June to Labor Day, the Thanksgiving Holiday, Christmas (15–29 December), Easter, and Memorial Day. More...
• Also There’s a two-night minimum stay, except in September and November, when it’s three nights, and Thanksgiving, when there’s a four-night minimum.

Food and drink at Blackberry Farm

• Hotel restaurant Fine dining is on offer in the Barn, reconstructed 18th-century Amish building centred on an open kitchen. The Main House is cosier and less formal. Made from the farm’s own produce, ‘Foothills Cuisine’ is more nouvelle than traditional Southern.
• Dress code Southern-belle style for ladies, jackets for gents if you’re eating in the Barn. The Main House has a more casual, less ‘vacationing CEO’ sartorial vibe.
• Top table The Barn’s booths are elegant and intimate, but you can take a meal anywhere you wish on Blackberry Farm – we like lazy lakeside lunches at the boathouse and early evening barbecues at the Yallarhammer pavilion by the trout pond.
• Last orders The Barn’s last dinner reservation is at 9pm – ditto the Main House, but there are snack-filled pantries throughout the farm available for the pilfering throughout the night. You can get a drink at the Dogwood bar between 4.30pm and 11pm.
• Room service The in-room dining menu covers everything from standard Stateside snack fodder such as popcorn and milk and cookies, to full gourmet meals.
• Hotel bar Tucked away in the Main House, the wood-panelled Dogwood Bar is a tea room by day, and a traditional cocktail spot by night, with a huge range of signature drinks and a passion for artisanal bourbons.

Blackberry Farm 1471 West Millers Cove Road, Walland, Tennessee, Smoky Mountains, Blount / Tennessee 37886