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Definitely stay there! We had dinner there last month and checked out one of the rooms (I asked for a room that had been most recently renovated) and they are a nice size and clean (i'm very picky!)...of course see if you can get a higher up room with a view.
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Love, Love The Grove Park Inn. We've stayed there for a long Easter weekend. Our room turned out to be The Pink Ladies Room. We had no idea until my husband opened a magazine on the desk in the room. The staff made it fun for the kids. They were a little frightened, but it made the stay more memorable. I would stay at Grove Park again.
We've also stayed at The Inn at Biltmore Estate on another long Easter weekend. While it is beautiful, we much preferred Grove Park.
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Stayed at Grove Park Inn about 9 years ago and had a great time. Neat fireplace and the view is spectacular. I understand Omni has done a lot of upgrades since. I had plans for couple nights next weekend to play in a tennis tournament but had to cancel. I was to use my timeshare for stay. DM if you want a 50% off room as I can transfer Grove Park stay, needs to use by 12/31.
Have been twice. Once before Omni took over and the second time about 2 months ago (now Omni).
Spa is the best thing. If you can make it M-Thurs the spa costs are significantly less. Any spa treatment allows you access to the full spa for the entire day. This is worth it in itself. It's very relaxing and the mineral pools with underwater music are awesome. If you're feeling crazy jump in the cold tube. I know the mens side has it, not sure about the women's. You can order lunch down there(it's built into the mountain below the resort) or leave and come back later. It's not cheap, nothing is cheap there.
The Inn- The views are outstanding, you could spend the entire day just looking around at the history and different stores, etc.. Grove Park is massive inside, you really don't understand how large it is until you walk around.
Our latest stay was somewhat disappointing. They switched our room to an "upgraded room" which was basically a conference room suite they converted to a "room". It was not what we paid for. After I asked to be placed back in the room we chose when booking I was told "enjoy your upgraded room, you're only here one night". Great, thanks...Fortunately we really weren't in the room much so it wasn't a big deal.
Food-there are several restaurants now. The new one (forget the name) takes up a huge amount of space and has a killer indoor/outdoor rustic open area with fireplaces, etc.. All of the food everywhere at Grove Park is very expensive, but it is very good. It has to be good seeing that you are in Asheville.
Breakfast Buffet-This was in the Blue Ridge room and was outstanding. I added it to our room during booking and what a surprise! There were several entire rooms full of food. Anything you can think of was available and everything we ate was very fresh. Even the bloody mary bar had like 5 or 6 different types of handmade mixers.
We will go back but will probably either stay somewhere else or eat somewhere else. They make it hard not to leave but it adds up quickly especially with a spa package for two added in. As I mentioned above if you can make it during the week you will save a lot of money on the spa alone. You can see the price differences on their website under the spa pricing brochure.
Some of the ground floor rooms are inexpensive, but you don't get any good view. So, your room view can really vary by price. The outdoor cafe does have awesome views for the am and mid day.
There is also an inn on the grounds of the Biltmore Estate that is supposed to be really nice as well. The Biltmore has the option of some planned outdoor activites mountain biking, horse riding, canoeing or Kayaking on the river.
The Spa rocks. My wife and I hit it frequently. There is nothing more relaxing then a day underground there. No cell phones just pure relaxation. We really like it in December when they have the Ginger Bread house competion. We feel it is worth every penny.
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, but it made the stay more memorable. I would stay at Grove Park again.
