Mountain Brook Cottages
Vacation Rentals

208 Mountain Brook Road
Sylva, North Carolina 28779

(828) 586-4329
Email: michele@mountainbrook.com

Mountain Brook Cottages Website

• Property Type: 12 historic fireplace cabins.
• Accommodations: Each cabin has a living room and kitchen. Some cabins have hide-a-beds. Sleep 2 to 4 adults.
• Amenities: Each cottage has blankets, linens, towels, fully-equipped electric kitchens with utensils, and wood-burning fireplaces. Also, access to a woodland spa and sauna bungalow, a stocked trout pond, a self-guided nature trail, picnic tables, charcoal grills, and a game room with DVD/VCR for your own movies or you can rent movies in the office, pin ball machine, books, board games, and badminton. There are no TVs or phones to distract or disturb you; refresh your spirits with the sounds of nature and the scenic beauty of this mountainside piece of heaven.
• Open: All year.
• Rates: are per night and are subject to change without notice. State and local taxes of 10% as well as a $5.00 landfill charge will be added to your lodging amount. From October through April, a $10.00 firewood charge will be added to your stay. If you will be having more than the indicated number of guests, please let hosts know and they will inform you of any additional charge. Stay 6 nights or more and deduct 10% from your visit.

  Cottages		Vacation Home	Romancers
  1 bdrm, 1 bath 2 adults	2 bdrms, 2 baths 4 adults	2 bdrms, 2 baths 4 adults	1 bdrm, 1 bath, whirlpool 2 adults
  $90.00	$110.00	$130.00	$140.00

• Reservations: Reservations are recommended in advance. Call (828) 586-4329, Email: michele@mountainbrook.com or contact a travel agent.
  Tell your hosts you found them on 1st Traveler's Choice. (www.virtualcities.com)
• Deposit and Payments: 50% or 1 night's deposit, whichever is greater. Reservation will be held for 7 days before deposit must be received. Balance is due upon check-in. Only travelers' checks and cash accepted.
• Cancellation Policy: Cancellation notice must be received at least 30 days prior to scheduled arrival date for refund of deposit, less a 20% administrative charge. With less notice, your deposit will be forfeited.
• Restrictions: Sorry, no pets.
• Special Events on Property: Groups and reunions.
• Recreation and Activities: On-site: stocked trout pond (tackle and bait provided; there is a nominal charge per fish); spa and sauna bungalow available for reservations; game room with VCR/DVD - movies can be rented in the office, books, board games, and badminton; and self-guided nature trail. Nearby: Hiking, white-water rafting, tubing, skiing, hot air ballooning, gem mining, horseback riding, bicycling, and birding.
• Surrounding Attractions and Special Events: Great Smokies National Park, Appalachian Trail, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, Blue Ridge Parkway, Cherokee Reservation (home to Harrah's Casino), Nantahala Gorge, Deep Creek, five nearby ski slopes, Soco Gardens zoo, Biltmore Estate, and waterfalls. Nearby Franklin is known as the "Gem Mining and Quilt Capital of the World."
• Recommended Local Restaurants: Lulu's on Main - 612 W. Main Street (828) 586-8989 and Cafe Rel - Franklin (828) 369-9446.
• Recommended Favorite Recipes: Mountain Brook's Frozen Banana Salad, ... Mountain Brook's Baked Pineapple with Cheese, and Mimi's Pickled Eggs and Beets.
• Recommended Local Best Kept Secrets: Guided tours on the Segway, the newest two-wheeled, self-balancing personal transportation device provided by Mountain Glides in Franklin. "Feels like nothing you've ever experienced, because there's never been anything like it."
• Directions: From the Northeast: Pick up I-40 near Asheville and head toward Waynesville. Take Exit 27 and stay on US 19/23/74 South. Shortly, US 19 will veer toward the right and Maggie Valley, but you'll stay toward the left on 23/74 (Smoky Mountain Expressway), following directions for Sylva. Unless you need groceries, it is not necessary to exit until you come to Exit 81 for Franklin/Atlanta/US 441 South. Exit and follow the long ramp to the light in Dillsboro. Go straight through that intersection and continue south on US 441 towards Franklin. Eight miles from Dillsboro, you'll start up a steep mountain. One mile further, on the right is a motel and a big Mountain Brook sign. Turn right at the sign and drive back 0.2 mile to the office. If office is closed, please use call box.
  From the Northwest: Pick up I-40 at Knoxville and head to Asheville. Follow the directions above.
  From the South: Follow map directions until you intersect with either I-85 or I-285 North. Follow I-85 North toward Greenville, South Carolina until you see an exit for Gainesville towards Clarkesville. This exit veers to the left and is I-985/GA365. Take this exit and stay on I-985/GA365 until it turns into US 441 continuing north. Cross the North Carolina border, and you'll come to the outskirts of Franklin. You will see a Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen, Arby's, and a set of stop lights ahead of you. The first light is for McDonalds on your left. Go to the next light and turn right, taking the US-441 North Bypass around Franklin. Follow directions for Sylva and Cherokee. You'll start up a steep mountain and at the top on the left is a chair lift and a mining attraction called Gold City. One more mile on the downhill side of the mountain on the left is a motel and a big Mountain Brook sign. Turn left at the sign. Drive back .02 mile to the office. If the office is closed, please use the call box.
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