Wife was a bridesmaid in a wedding held down the road at Four Points Farm* last weekend in October. Stayed 4 nights in what had to be THE PEAK of fall foliage in the area. Beautiful. I mean...STUNNING. Of course that brought bigger-than-normal crowds to Gatlinburg, but that’s part of the deal with the season. We rolled with it.
*(if you are looking for a place near Four Points...you can’t get much closer).
PROS: Cute, private and well appointed cabin surrounded by nature. The title says it all...the falls put us to sleep every night and joined us for coffee every morning. Hot tub, wrap around covered deck, massive windows...all the good stuff of a mountain get-away. Oh, and communications with the Aunt Bugs’ office? It’s like they were in the car with us coming and going. And for those who don’t necessarily need a lot of stairs in their lives, this place is all pretty much on the same level as the driveway. An extra bathroom and billiard room/wet bar is all that’s upstairs In a neat loft area with floor-to-ceiling windows all around (& if it’s only you and your partner, you can make points by giving her her own private bathroom downstairs, and you take the one upstairs...just a thought).
CONS: Not a lot here. But a couple things in the “not great” category:
- driveway up to the property is steep. 4WD highly recommended if the ground is wet and leaves are on the ground. 4WD was helpful a few times when we had to get up and over the top of the driveway after a rain.
- there were a few things left unaddressed by the cleaning crew. Not awful - and to be accurate, this could be turned into a PRO...as the manager gave us a heads-up before we got there that the cleaners would likely be returning to grab a few items left behind earlier in the day (as I said above...communications with the office and their responsiveness was second to none).
That’s it. Overall, great place for a long weekend for a couple, couple traveling with a dog, and/or a or small family with a kid or two (could turn the loft upstairs into a sleeping area with an air mattress if desired).