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🏰 Old Edwards Inn & Spa

Situated in the heart of downtown Highlands, North Carolina, Old Edwards Inn & Spa is a legendary luxury resort known worldwide for its European-style elegance, rustic mountain charm, and world-class hospitality. Spanning multiple historic buildings, guest cottages, and private estates along Main Street, this Relais & Châteaux property offers an unforgettable sanctuary for romantic getaways, wellness retreats, and upscale mountain vacations.

✨ Key Highlights & Amenities

💆‍♀️ The Spa at Old Edwards

An award-winning, European-style luxury spa offering personalized wellness treatments, massage therapies, skin care, therapeutic whirlpool baths, and fireside relaxation lounges.

🛏️ Luxury Accommodations

Guests can choose from historic inn guestrooms, spacious suites with private stone fireplaces, freestanding guest cottages, and lavish multi-bedroom estate homes featuring heated marble bathroom floors and hand-crafted furnishings.

🍽️ Farm-to-Table Dining

Home to Madison’s Restaurant, a premier dining destination featuring inventive farm-to-table cuisine crafted with fresh ingredients harvested directly from the resort's private organic gardens and greenhouses.

⛳ Old Edwards Golf Club

Guests enjoy exclusive playing privileges at a private, championship 18-hole golf course carved directly into the high-elevation cliffs and valleys of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

🏊 Heated Pools & Cabanas

Features multiple outdoor heated mineral pools, whirlpools, and poolside cabana bars nestled amidst lush, beautifully landscaped mountain gardens.

📍 Visitor Information

🗺️ Location

445 Main Street, Highlands, NC 28741

✨ Atmosphere

Historic, luxurious, romantic, and tranquil

🚶 Walking Distance

Steps away from downtown Highlands' boutiques, art galleries, fine dining, and cultural venues