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Winter Holidays in the Southern Highlands

Asheville North Carolina is a magical place any time of the year - but during the winter holidays it becomes a fairy land of natural beauty, festive lights, and unique and wonderful feasts.

The Whistle Pigs of Riverside Cemetery

Asheville, North Carolina's famous Riverside Cemetery is just two short blocks from The Lion & The Rose Bed & Breakfast.  Established in 1885, it has over 87 acres of beautiful rolling hills and century old trees.  Neighbors and guests can enjoy the cemetery year round - it&

Halloween at the Lion & The Rose

 Halloween      All Hallows Eve    the Night of the Witches ... at The Lion & The Rose Bed & Breakfast

Fall in the Southern Highlands

Fall foliage experts predict that this autumn may be one of the best in recent memory, with vibrant leaf color through early November. 

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Most people think that the poet Robert Frost believed that good fences make good neighbors, since it's a line in his poem "Mending Wall".  However, when you read the poem, you'll see that Frost was ambivalent about the idea.  We are also.

Guests From Knoxville

Steve & Sharon first stayed at The Lion & The Rose Bed & Breakfast in October of 2004.  We developed a special bond with them from the beginning.  Although we don't share many of the obvious things that most friends have in common: age, background, profession; the bond developed anyway.

Heather's Tomatoes

In her spare time, Heather Brannon - the Assistant Innkeeper at The Lion & The Rose, tends a neighborhood vegetable garden.

Bird Nests in Hanging Ferns

Every year at The Lion & the Rose in early summer the hanging ferns on the front porch become nesting sites for birds.

Spring in Asheville

La Primavera! Spring is the most beautiful season here in this plateau centered in the oldest mountain range in the world.

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The Lion and the Rose Bed and Breakfast
276 Montford AveAsheville, NC 28801
(800) 546-6988 • (828) 255-7673
Innkeepers: Jim and Linda Palmer
info@lion-rose.com

Latitude: 35.603859 Longitude: -82.566076
 Asheville Bed and Breakfast