Hummingbirds' Mountain Retreat | Hot Tub, Game Room, Home Office & Mountain Views! Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Is Hummingbirds' Mountain Retreat | Hot Tub, Game Room, Home Office & Mountain Views! pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

Q: Where is Hummingbirds' Mountain Retreat | Hot Tub, Game Room, Home Office & Mountain Views! located?

Situated in the mountains, this holiday home is within 9 miles (15 km) of Waterfall Park, Catawba River and Mountain Gateway Museum. Arrowhead Monument and Old Fort Railroad Museum are also within 9 miles (15 km).

About the area

Located in Old Fort, this holiday home is in a rural area and in the mountains. Mountain Gateway Museum and Old Fort Railroad Museum are cultural highlights, and some of the area's attractions include The Merry Wine Market and Chimney Rock Gemstone Mine. Chimney Rock Adventure Golf and Ten Thousand Villages are also worth visiting. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.

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10/10 Excellent

Teri H.

4 Jan 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great New Years

We had a wonderful time and we loved our rental house!

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carl W.

28 Apr 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Crooked Creek

Beautiful home well kept and furnished. Great kitchen as well. Very much enjoyed the stay

Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

13 Aug 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent

Everything we hoped for in a relaxing get away

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Eileen R., Nashville TN

9 Jun 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great girls weekend

Loved our rental. Very clean, open and secluded. Looked just like the pictures. Especially loved the open and big kitchen with a lovely pantry. Also very close to black mt. and Asheville.

Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Regina B.

10 Jun 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Smoky Mountain Vacation

This was the perfect place for our group of friends (including children and dogs) to spend a weekend in the Smoky Mountains. There was plenty of space for each of us to have some privacy, but also hang out together! The rental process was smooth and questions were answered quickly. The views were incredible!

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

ELIZABETH H.

7 Apr 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

spring break Vacation

The Hummingbird was an excellent choice for our family. Location was awesome to all the amenities: Chimney Rock, Black Mountain, Old Fort, and Ashville! We didn't waste a minute! Weather was great! The house had everything and more and pics online don't do it justice it's better!!!!!!! The perfect stay for a family!

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matt C.

27 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing property worth an even more amazing view

The pictures don’t do it Justice. Full view of The tallest mountain east of the Mississippi, Mount Mitchell. Great property, peace and quiet. Great mountain community! Wonderful.

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bennie J., Rocky Mount NC

9 Jun 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful view. Great home. A little tough to access

It's a beautiful home with lots of amenities, games, ping pong table. View is outstanding! I would not try to negotiate the extremely steep and twisty road to the house in bad weather...

Stayed 6 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ash K.

9 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location atop a mountain

Online description and photos don’t do the property justice. Much better in real life. Great internet, water pressure and fully equipped. Had an issue that was resolved quickly - very responsive property management agency. Great location for hiking. House is atop a steep gravel driveway that was easy to get up with my AWD minivan!

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Ann W.

14 Apr 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Disliked: Check-in, location

Disappointing experience with Greybeard

We were given the wrong directions on our check in package. Someone was at the house we were given directions to and she had the directions to the house we actually rented. When we did get to the correct house, we didn't have the correct code to enter the house, ended up having to call the number to get the correct code. We have rented from Greybeard before but this was a bad experience for us. We are 80 & 83 years old and were not expecting the location to be so high up in the mountain. We are from the area, but had not visited Gateway Mountain before this trip and were disappointed in the location of the house we rented. Quite frankly I don't know how emergency fire trucks or medical vehicles could reach someone in trouble or if there was a fire in that house....

Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul D.

12 Jan 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

new years family retreat

In a word, Magical. The placement of the homes on the tops of these mountain peaks each with a unique view of the mountains is tremendous. The roads are not for the faint of heart, they are fine, go slow, for many they might push ones constitutions. We loved it, just enough challenge driving the roads to make your realize you're not in Kansas anymore. The home is huge, and layed out perfectly for our family needs. The kitchen is a joy to cook in, we were all very happy!

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lee B.

16 Jul 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Privacy yet 5-miles to town and I40

Beautiful home with 50+ mile views that has everything but a pool table. The luxury neighborhood homes have separation like a 10-20 acre parcel development. Very comfortable furniture and beds with a kitchen fit for a Chef. Rear deck views are endless and equipped with a nice gas grill and small fire pit table for roasting marshmallows while enjoying the views, fireflies and occasional sighting of Yogi and BooBoo. 5-miles to I40 and 20-40 minute access to Asheville and the Blue Ridge Park. We will definitely visit again.

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Barb H., Atlanta, GA

1 Jul 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful and Relaxing

Our family including dogs, enjoyed 6 days in this spacious home with wonderful views. We hiked in both the Lake Lure and Old Fort areas and enjoyed shopping and sampling the restaurants and breweries in Black Mountain and Asheville. Don't miss Hillman Brewery in Old Fort and Que Sera in Black Mountain. The house is located in a community with security gate, but is quite remote and roads are quite steep. Management company was very responsive and provided good customer service. The only suggestion I might make is it would have been nice to have a dining table outside on the upper deck to enjoy the gorgeous view while eating. Nice property!

Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Paula B.

5 Jun 2024

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Love the location needed a little maintenance

What a wonderful location. We would return simply because of that. The house was spacious with wonderful games for the kids. The only problem we had was it was not clean. It appeared like the house had sat empty for quite a while and wasn’t checked before we checked it. Some of floors were dusty and dirty. There were a few dead bugs laying about. One of the basement bedrooms had something that look like a dark drink spilled on the wall The view from the deck was beautiful and peaceful. However, the deck was full of cobwebs, and had plants growing out from in between the boards. A few of the dishes were dirty. But I think that might have been because the top dishwasher didn’t work, and maybe the cleaning staff didn’t realized it before the dishes were placed back into the cupboards. I’m sure I could’ve asked the management team to send a cleaner out to clean the house a little better however, we were enjoying our time and didn’t want to be interrupted by a cleaner. I do feel like if you’re going to pay that much for a house. It should be very clean when you check in And well-maintained. My daughter did get to see a bear. It came right up to the window on the bottom deck. Glad the door was shut and locked.

Stayed 6 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Allen K.

21 Nov 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

View was beautiful. Would love to come back in spring time.

Very relaxing.

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

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