The Inn at Blackberry Farm: A World Class Smoky Mountain Luxury Resort Blackberry Farm

Accolades

Attention to every detail, impeccable service and outstanding cuisine have helped Blackberry Farm earn its pedigree as one of the most celebrated small luxury resorts in the world. While we are honored to receive such recognition from the world's leading authorities on travel and leisure destinations, we take even greater pride in our number-one ranking by our guests in many readers' choice awards.

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  • 2011 Travel + Leisure

    Voted #1 Resort in North America




    Relais & Chateaux

    Member since 1994

  • 2010 Andrew Harper Readers' Choice

    #2  U.S. Hideaway

  • 2009 Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report

    #3 Hideaway in the United States
    #3 Food and Wine Resort in the Country

  • Wine Spectator

    Grand Award since 2006

  • 2005 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards

    #2 in Service in the U.S.
    #2 Overall in the U.S.
    #7 in World’s Best Service

  • 2005 Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report

    Grand Award Winner
    #1 U.S. Resort Hideaway
    #5 U.S. Resort Hotel

  • 2003 & 2004 Zagat Travel Guide

    #1 Small Hotel in the U.S.
    #1 Hotel for Service in the U.S.
    #2 Hotel for Dining in the U.S.

  • Relais & Chateaux

    Grand Chef

    since 2005

  • 2009 Travel + Leisure 500 Best Hotels & Resorts

    Blackberry Farm listed as a “T+L 500” destination in the U.S. (2009)

  • 2008 Conde Nast Traveler

    Gold List

  • 2006 Southern Living Reader’s Choice Awards

    “America’s #1 Country Inn”

  • 2005 Conde Nast Traveler Gold List

    #1 in Service in the U.S. (Perfect 100 Service Score)

  • 2004 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards

    #4 Hotel in the U.S. & Canada

  • 2003 & 2004 Orvis-Endorsed

    Lodge of the Year

  • 2010 Food Network

    America’s Best: Top 10 Destinations with Alton Brown

  • 2009 Conde Nast Traveler

    Gold List

  • 2008 Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report

    #1 Resort in the United States

  • 2006 Travel + Leisure 500 Best Hotels & Resorts

    #1 in Service in the World
    #2 in Cuisine in the World
    #1 Country Hotel – East (2005 & 2006)

  • 2005,2006 & 2007 Zagat Travel Guide

    #2 Small Hotel in the U.S. (2005,2006, & 2007)
    #4 Hotel for Service in the U.S. (2005 & 2006)
    #5 Hotel for Dining in U.S. (2005 & 2006)

  • 2004 Departures Magazine Readers’ Favorites Survey

    #7 Courtry Hotel in the U.S. & Canada

  • 2002 Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards

    #1 in Service in the U.S.
    #3 in Service in the World
    #4 Small Hotel in the U.S.
    #3 in Guest Rooms in the U.S.

  • “Blackberry is not only the first lodge east of the Mississippi to win this award, but the only lodge ever to win it twice.”

    Orvis 2003 & 2004

  • “Meals are paired with the perfect boutique wines. I know why it wins so many culinary awards.”

    Guest Comment, Conde Nast Traveler 2008

  • “One of the Best Hotels in North America”

    Travel & Leisure 2000 Reader's Choice Award

  • “One of the Top-5 Country Inns in North America”

    Gourmet Magazine May 2000

  • “God made this place perfect, and you, the whole staff at Blackberry Farm, improved upon it!”

    Blackberry Farm Guest

  • “this...Eden in the Tennessee foothills could not have been more luxurious.”

    Gourmet Magazine

  • “Blackberry Farm sits on a hillside commanding one of the most spectacular views you're ever going to find.”

    USA Today

  • “An elegant haven braced by legendary hospitality, the inn lives up to its reputation as a Ritz-Carlton in the woods.”

    Country Inns Magazine

  • “From the moment we arrived at the Inn at Blackberry Farm, I felt as though I was visiting a friend's stylish but relaxed country home.”

    Food and Wine Magazine

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