Located on Main Street Highlands, in the heart of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, this historic 31-room inn, locally referred to as the Crown Jewel of Highlands, offers our guests the gracious Southern mountain hospitality of yesteryear amidst the everyday convenience of the modern traveler.

As you step into the warm, welcoming lobby you will step back into history of times long ago. A time when Highlands began to acquire its upscale resort reputation, a role that Highlands Inn was an integral part. Each season the horse-drawn carriages of wealthy southerners, mostly from the coastal lowlands, journeyed the 4180' elevation through the Blue Ridge to Highlands to escape the heat of summer.

The Inn has maintained its exterior and interior personality through the past 126 years. An annex was added to the Inn in the 1970s and renovations to the Inn took place in 1989. During the renovation, the Inn's decor was researched and restored in a country manner. Guests appreciate our antique furnishings, colonial paints, wall coverings and stenciling by master artists.