Reynolds Mansion Bed and Breakfast Inn

09/01/2026

Labor Day weekend is five days out, and all three Carriage House suites are still open — All That Jazz, Elephant Walk, and Blue Hydrangea. That's the dog-friendly side of the property, so the whole family comes.

Three mornings of Paul's four-course breakfast. Afternoons on the grounds with the Blue Ridge in the distance. A hammock under the magnolia that nobody's in a hurry to leave.

The Claudette Room in the main house has the full weekend open as well.

Call (828) 258-1111 or reserve online — link in the comments.

08/27/2026

History Story: The couple over the mantel aren't Reynoldses. They're Helen and Fred Faber, and every innkeeper who's run this house since owes them something.

They bought the property in 1977, moved in around 1980, and spent a year putting it right. In 1981 they opened it as an inn, well before "bed and breakfast" meant anything to most travelers. Weekends were leisure guests. Weekdays were traveling salesmen, back when catalogs ran on deposits and a rep drove a route each week to collect.

They had themselves painted with the staircase behind them. Now they look out over the room where we serve breakfast, which feels about right.

08/19/2026

Two chairs under the big tree, waiting on cooler evenings. August up here brings the first cool snap — and on the high ridges along the Blue Ridge Parkway just a few minutes from here, the first whispers of fall color.

08/14/2026

Coffee tastes better with a view of treetops. The Elephant Walk suite in our Carriage House has a private porch just for slow mornings and you can bring fido, too.

08/11/2026

We hired a new landscaping and tree pruning crew for the Carriage House grounds this week. 🌳🐾

Their credentials?
Climbs 30 feet in seconds: 10/10
Garden trimming efficiency: 8/10
Manners around the breakfast porch: Needs work.

Turns out the secret is out—even the Asheville wildlife knows where to find the best trees, mountain views, and morning smells.

Complimentary gourmet breakfast? Included.

Complimentary morning bear safari? Apparently also on the menu.

Book your stay (from the safe comfort of our porches!): www.thereynoldsmansion.com ✨

08/07/2026

Be still my beating whisk 🥄! A perfect 100 on our health inspection, for the seventh year running. The four-course breakfast will proceed as scheduled.

08/06/2026

When do the leaves change in Asheville? The honest answer: for five to six weeks straight — if you know how elevation works.

Our new elevation-by-elevation guide covers when the high country turns, when the Parkway peaks, and the smartest weeks to book:

Fall color in the Asheville mountains runs five weeks, from late September to early November, depending on elevation. Here is how to time it — from the innkeepers watching it arrive.

08/05/2026

100+ years of this that you can experience today: Golden hour hits different when you’re surrounded by history and mountain horizons. 🥂✨

07/15/2026

Bear Safari: These guests heard that we sometimes have bears come through the property. Mirlin told them about the bear that had lived under the porch for a couple of months last year and they wanted to see where this was. This is me (Paul) showing them all the garden locations where we have had bears in the garden and the access hatch under the….

06/23/2026

Take a week and explore like a local: A full week in the mountains means you can do things properly — and still have days with nothing on the agenda but the hammock.

Drive to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, the tallest peak east of the Mississippi.

Take the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad through river gorges to Dillsboro and back.

Save a day for Chimney Rock — the road just reopened, reservations required. Spend an afternoon in Black Mountain or Weaverville, twenty minutes either direction.

What guests tell us after a full week here: they didn't run out of things to do, they ran out of days.

See our suggested itineraries here: https://thereynoldsmansion.com/explore-asheville/