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in Blowing Rock
by Renee Wright
Mountain Resorts
Named for the magnificent sunsets visible from its Grecian columned veranda, Westglow Spa offers the best of both ends of the pampering spectrum—accommodations in a Victorian mansion furnished in antique luxury combined with an ultra-modern spa, equipped with every amenity and service.
Landscape artist Elliott Daingerfield built the Manor House as a summer home in 1916 and many of his original works, discovered in the attic, along with original furnishings and Daingerfield's 2,500 volume library, grace the mansion today.
Nearby, the state-of-the-art Life Enhancement Center houses a complete fitness facility, glassed-in pool, whirlpools, and sauna. A superior staff administers beauty treatments from massage and body wraps to hair care and pedicures to both spa guests and day visitors.
Healthy lunches are served on a patio overlooking the Blue Ridge, while at night, gourmet meals low in fat, sugar and sodium are served in the formal dining room at the Manor House. No rabbit food at Westglow.
Just seconds from the center of Blowing Rock, Chetola Lodge & Conference Center offers turn-of-the-century elegance and service.
Hound Ears Lodge & Club is a more modern choice, and popular with golfers. Its course is one of the most scenic in the mountains.
Mountain Lodgings
While the area abounds in accommodations suited to every taste and pocketbook, we've a few favorites.
Plan ahead to spend a honeymoon, anniversary or romantic getaway in one of the Pool Suites at the Meadowbrook Inn, centrally located in Blowing Rock. Besides two huge rooms, a fully equipped kitchen, a jacuzzi tub for two, and a working gas fireplace, each suite has a stairway that leads downstairs to its own pool, so private that you can enjoy it au naturel if you wish. Regular rooms and suites are luxurious here as well, with complete pool and spa facilities. When you finally emerge from romantic seclusion, everything in the village of Blowing Rock is just a short stroll away.
Just outside Boone on the road to Banner Elk, the lovingly restored 1875 Lovill House is one of the area's premiere Bed & Breakfasts. Lavish full breakfasts (served promptly at 8:30am) make a great beginning for days spent exploring the mountains, or just lazing in a hammock on the Inn's broad veranda. The Lovill House Inn received the AAA 4-Diamond rating, one of only 5 B&B's so honored in the state.
Julian Price Park, a few miles south on the Blue Ridge Parkway, provides plenty of low-cost campgrounds, with many interpretive programs, but few amenities such as showers.
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