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Graystone Inn
100 S. Third St., Wilmington
(910) 763-2000

www.graystoneinn.com

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This stately historic landmark, recently named by Our State magazine as one of 21 perfect places to stay in North Carolina, is one of the city's most prestigious inns. Its rich, spacious interior invites guests to enjoy an ambiance of relaxed elegance. Built in 1905–06, Graystone Inn was originally known as The Bridgers Mansion. Extensive renovations restored the home's turn-of-the-century magnificence and added modern-day conveniences. The vast ground floor includes an incredible library paneled in Honduran mahogany furnished with comfortable chairs, a sofa and a game table. Here you can relax in front of the fireplace and enjoy your morning coffee or evening glass of wine. A full cooked breakfast is served each morning in the beautiful formal dining room featuring mahogany dining tables, English floral wallpaper, a fireplace and period antiques. From the great entrance hall, a grand Renaissance-style staircase made of hand-carved oak rises three stories, culminating in the ballroom.

Nine guest rooms offer the visitor varied luxury, including private, en suite baths (several with claw-foot tubs), period antiques, fine pima cotton linens, towels and robes, telephone, WiFi and cable TV. Seven of the guest rooms have fireplaces. Five rooms have king-sized beds and the rest offer queens. Room rates include a full gourmet breakfast, beverage service throughout the day, and evening wine. Outdoors, the garden and terraces are exquisite. Frequently used as a set for motion pictures and television, Graystone Inn is unquestionably one of the most impressive structures in Wilmington. The inn's location is ideal for walking to all downtown attractions and is convenient to the Riverwalk with its popular restaurants and shops. Graystone Inn makes a prestigious venue for first-class weddings, receptions, reunions, birthdays, meetings and other events for up to 150 people. The Graystone Inn is a AAA 4 Diamond property and a member of the prestigious Select Registry, Distinguished Inns of North America. EGF 11-06-07
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Camellia Cottage
$$$ - $$$$
118 S. Fourth St., Wilmington
(910) 763-9171
www.camelliacottage.net

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Standing on a brick-paved street four blocks from the river, Camellia Cottage is a richly appointed, high-peaked Queen Anne shingle home built in 1889. Once the home of prominent Wilmington artist Henry J. MacMillan, it still houses some of his work. In fact, artwork abounds throughout Camellia Cottage, from murals on the wrap-around piazza to hand-painted fireplace tiles. Camellia Cottage offers three spacious guest rooms and one suite, each with its own character. Queen-size, antique-style beds, private baths and gas-fired hearths are standard. Morning coffee is provided. A sumptuous three-course breakfast is served from 8 to 9:30 AM. The parlor is always available to guests. This charming bed and breakfast is within walking distance of many fine restaurants and shops. A short drive will take you to the beaches, Battleship North Carolina, Cameron Art Museum and North Carolina Aquarium. Discounts for long-term stays apply.EGF 11-12-07
 

Clarendon Inn
117 South 2nd St., Wilmington

(910) 343-1990, (888) 343-1992

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Originally built in 1950, Clarendon Inn was once the site of St. Thomas Catholic School and then St .Thomas Catholic Preschool. A few years ago it was renovated into a quaint bed and breakfast in the heart of downtown Wilmington, and it has recently come under new ownership. Each of the inn's 11 guest rooms has its own personality, but all fit within the same down-home, country milieu. The atmosphere is friendly and comfortable while remaining unpretentious. Two rooms have king-size beds, while the others have queens, and some rooms come equipped with extra sleep facilities, including a trundle bed and sofa sleeper. Many rooms have jet tubs, and handicapped bathrooms are available in some rooms. All rooms are equipped with separate heating and air controls, mini refrigerators, microwaves, DVD players, cable TV, coffeemakers, ironing equipment and hairdryers. Business travelers will enjoy WiFi throughout the inn and a business center complete with computers, a small conference table, a fax machine, a copier and a printer. A deluxe continental breakfast may be enjoyed in the lobby or your room, or on a nice day, enjoy your breakfast outside on the front or back porches. The lush patio garden and front veranda provide a quiet outdoor retreat complete with two porch swings, two seating areas and garden fountains. Situated in the middle of Wilmington's historic district, Clarendon Inn's veranda is the perfect location for people-watching or relaxing in a beautiful location.EGF 12-11-07
 

Dragonfly Inn
$$
1914 Market St., Wilmington
(910) 762-7025, (866) 762-7025

"Comfortable, naturally" is the motto of this casual-style bed and breakfast. With its over-sized chairs, natural decor and homemade goodies, Dragonfly Inn is indeed a home away from home. In all the bedrooms, guests will find fleece robes and slippers, aromatherapy candles and homemade scented soaps, lotions and shampoos in the bathroom. The Spirit of the Sea room has a TV, CD player, phone and king-sized bed. A fireplace with gas logs adds a touch of romance. The private bath continues the ocean theme with a seashell wreath and ocean pictures. A two-bedroom suite includes the Spirit of the Forest and the Spirit of the Earth rooms, however, each room can be rented separately. The Forest Room includes a TV, CD player and queen-sized bed. The adjoining private bath with claw-foot tub and shower leads to the suite's private tree-top balcony. The Spirit of the Earth room, with Native-American decor, features a king-sized bed, gas fireplace, CD player, TV and phone. The welcoming foyer, with a dragonfly stained-glass door, leads to the living room, decorated with comfortable furniture. A reclining chair that heats up and vibrates waits to sooth weary bodies after hours of shopping and touring. There are also books, games, a TV/VCR and DVD player, a gas fireplace and an antique piano. A full breakfast is served to guests in the dining room. The sitting area on the second floor offers refreshments and snacks. Hot coffee is brought to your door every morning, and homemade desserts are available in the evenings. Inquire about senior, military and student discounts.EGF 04-24-08
 

Front Street Inn
$$$-$$$$
215 S. Front St., Wilmington

(910) 762-6442, (800) 336-8184
www.frontstreetinn.com

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Front Street Inn greets guests with a natural, understated ambiance and Bohemian charm. The Inn features original art, hand-painted 14-foot high walls, maple floors and exposed brick. The 12 rooms and suites are named and decorated according to their inspirations, such as Claude Monet, Pearl S. Buck, Rudyard Kipling and Georgia O'Keeffe. They are beautifully appointed with every amenity a traveler would love, including private baths, waffle-weave robes, hand-milled soap, fresh flowers, wet bars, TVs, CD/DVD players, dataports and wireless high-speed Internet access. Some suites have large spa tubs, multi-jet showers and fireplaces; the Hemingway Suite also has a private balcony. The European breakfast, served buffet-style all morning, offers a variety of healthful (or sinful) selections. Always you'll find coffee, fresh fruit, cold cuts, cheese, croissants, biscotti and muffins. Room service is available. The Sol y Sombra Bar, with its famous handmade cork bar, offers juices, waters, sodas, beer, wine, champagne and snacks. The game room and fitness area in the lower level are wonderful for small groups, family gatherings or informal business meetings. Polly and Richard Salinetti, along with their staff, will assist you with anything from restaurant reservations to special requests (how about hand-dipped chocolate strawberries, in-house massage, flowers or champagne?) They also offer spa and romance packages. The Inn occupies the renovated Salvation Army building, the first in the Carolinas, built in 1923. It is up the hill from Chandler's Wharf and the Riverwalk with picturesque views from the second-floor balconies. Convenient off-street parking is provided. Children 13 years and older are welcome, and pets are accommodated on a very limited basis.EGF 11-16-07
 

Hoge-Wood House Bed and Breakfast
$$$
407 S. Third St., Wilmington

(910) 762-5299
www.hogewoodhouse.com

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You'll find a unique mixture of Southern charm and Polynesian hospitality at the Hoge-Wood House. The bed and breakfast offers three upstairs guest rooms with private bathrooms. Each room has cable TV, DVD, telephone and high-speed wireless Internet. There is also a refrigerator stocked with beverages and snacks. The Hoge-Wood House is exceedingly casual and comfortable. You'll find fresh flowers and art throughout, and the downstairs parlor is cozy and inviting. The library, with its ceiling-high bookshelves, is ideal for relaxing with a good book or listening to music. It offers DVDs, puzzles and an extensive collection of CDs, long-play records and seven-inch reel-to-reel tapes for your enjoyment. The inn's affable proprietors, Page and Larry Tootoo (pronounced toe-toe), emphasize flexibility in their service. Page is a Registered Nurse who can easily accommodate special dietary needs. Full country breakfasts are served on seasonal ceramic and china dinnerware with silverware on a classic library table. (Tip: Larry makes a great pecan waffle and shrimp & grits, and Page makes homemade syrups and jams.) Coffee lovers will appreciate the Kona coffee brewed daily. Guest rooms are named for the Tootoo's children. Katherine's room offers a king-sized oak mission-style bed, while Leilani's room features a queen-sized cherry sleigh bed and a Jacuzzi. Joshua and Gabriel's room offers a queen-sized bed in a whimsical setting. Bicycles, fishing poles and a six-person deckside hot tub are available for guest use. The Hoge-Wood House is within walking distance of all downtown attractions and is one of the few bed and breakfast inns in Wilmington that offers off-street parking.EGF 04-24-08
 

Rosehill Inn Bed & Breakfast
$$-$$$$
114 S. Third St., Wilmington 
(910) 815-0250, (800) 815-0250

 

At the elegant Rosehill Inn, you can step into the past while still enjoying all of today's modern amenities. Located in the heart of Wilmington's downtown Historic District, this faithfully restored classic Greek Revival home, built in 1848, provides a luxurious yet comfortable getaway. The inn is tastefully adorned with oriental rugs, beautiful fireplaces with hand-detailed mantles and period antiques. It features a magnificent pulpit staircase with quarter-sawn white oak banisters, original inlaid oak floors and egg and dart moldings. While appearing quite formal, this first-class bed and breakfast inn is genuinely warm and welcoming, as are its hosts, Tricia, Bob and Sean.

Each of the six quiet guest rooms has a private ensuite bath, fireplace (non-working), period writing desk, cable TV, wireless Internet and spa bathrobes. Decorated in deep, rich colors, these rooms provide an unforgettable visual experience. The Heritage Room boasts a New Orleans–style iron gate bed. The spacious Wedgwood Room, with its country setting and king-sized bed, is bright and cheery, decorated in a yellow and blue color scheme. The Regency Room features an elaborate iron bed and bathroom with inviting whirlpool tub. The Carolina and Tea Rose rooms have bay windows with cozy sitting areas. Early morning coffee and tea service start your day, followed by a full breakfast served in the spacious dining room, which boasts an impressive 17-foot dining table and crystal chandelier. Breakfast includes such delights as baked apple-peach French toast, banana-pecan pancakes, "Governor's" egg casserole, country sausages and a colorful fresh fruit plate. The home's large wraparound porch is ideal for reading or relaxing. The Rosehill Inn's convenient location, only three blocks from the Cape Fear River, is a short romantic stroll to popular gourmet restaurants, charming shops and the Riverwalk. According to Southern Living magazine, "This is no ordinary B&B; a stay at the Rosehill Inn is an experience not soon to be forgotten."EGF 04-24-08
 

Tranquility Inn
$$-$$$$

119 N. Sixth St., Wilmington
(910) 251-7600, (866) 308-NCBB (6222)
www.tranquilityinn.com

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At the corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets in Historic Downtown Wilmington, in a serene neighborhood surrounded by other beautiful old homes, Tranquility Inn sits amidst a bounty of azaleas, camellias, jasmine and live oaks. Your host, Leann Zaar, will greet you and be happy to start your relaxing stay by showing you to your room. The inn has three unique rooms and one special two-room suite, all with private bathrooms, wireless Internet service and access to porches where you can relax and enjoy the garden. The common areas of the inn are decorated in keeping with a 122-year-old home.  

The concept is total health and relaxation, and pampering and pure indulgence are the norm. In-room spa services are available upon request and include massage, facials, manicures, pedicures and more. A very special Oriental medical therapy clinic is one block away for those who desire something out of the ordinary.   

Breakfasts are special, delicious, surprisingly healthy and, most of all, relaxed. Come in your pajamas if you like, as long as you are comfortable. Have special plans? Packages for weekends are custom made according to your needs. When you make your reservations, just tell Leann your idea for a get-away weekend and she'll make the arrangements for tours, dinner-dance river rides, reservations at area restaurants — whatever you want your perfect package to be. Tranquility Inn is within walking distance of all of downtown Wilmington's shopping, dining and events. You can relax, refresh and rejuvenate at Tranquility Inn.EGF 04-24-08
 

The Verandas
$$$$
202 Nun St., Wilmington

(910) 251-2212
www.verandas.com

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A five-time AAA Four Diamond award-winning bed and breakfast, The Verandas is magnificently appointed with antiques and high-quality American, French and English reproduction furniture, original artwork and creative lighting. Owners Chuck Pennington and Dennis Madsen worked magic to restore the burned-out mansion, which was built in 1854 by shipbuilder Benjamin Beery, and the result is a stunning inn with the look and feel of a luxurious European boutique hotel.

The 8,500-square-foot home has a fascinating history as well. At various times it was a military hospital, apartment house, hotel, lodge hall, a refuge for vagrants, boarding house, warehouse and a convent. Four large verandas give guests choice views of the charming gardens, historic neighborhood, downtown Wilmington and tree-lined streets. Spacious, tastefully decorated common areas invite guests to linger over complimentary wine in the evening, perhaps while listening to music played on a restored melodeon, or reading one of the intriguing coffee-table books. With a nod to modern travelers' needs, wireless Internet access is available throughout.

Each of the eight large corner guest rooms is different in character, and every one has a top-of-the-line mattress, hand-ironed sheets and cases, luxurious robes, candies and many extra special touches. Private, marble-floored bathrooms have soaking tubs, showers, custom-made soaps, lotions and shampoo. TVs with cable are discreetly hidden. Rooms also have telephones, individual climate controls and writing areas. In the morning, French-pressed coffee and the same tea served at the White House accompany a homemade, four-course gourmet breakfast, which is served on the patio, or in the formal dining room with its exquisite crystal chandelier.

After ten years of hosting celebrities and the public, The Verandas continues to receive awards and accolades. Besides the AAA Four Diamond, they were recently awarded the People's Choice Award and "The Best Place to Get on With Your Life!" by Travellady Magazine. The Verandas is also a member of the exclusive Select Registry. 

The Verandas stands within walking distance of the Riverwalk, Chandler's Wharf, fine restaurants and theaters, so don't think it's a place just for out-of-town visitors, tourists and corporate travelers. The Verandas is a place to consider when you're planning a special celebration, or when you just want to escape from the world for a couple of days. Chuck and Dennis are gracious, accommodating hosts who will do everything possible to ensure a relaxing, enjoyable retreat.EGF 04-24-08
 

C. W. Worth House
$$$-$$$$
412 S. Third St., Wilmington 

(910) 762-8562, (800) 340-8559
www.worthhouse.com

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If you're looking for just the right place for a romantic interlude with your favorite person, or somewhere to escape after the pressures of the work week, your hosts at the C. W. Worth House guarantee to provide a relaxing atmosphere for a memorable getaway. Here you can enjoy peace and tranquility and have plenty of space to do, or not do, whatever you choose.

Built in 1893, the C. W. Worth House is a unique example of nineteenth-century English Queen Anne style and sixteenth-century French chateaux. This turreted house features a wide front veranda and elegant interior, which includes the original paneled foyer, antiques, a formal parlor with a Victorian-era pump organ and a comfortable study. A television/VCR is available in the study and in the third-floor sitting room. The seven guest rooms are spacious, and beds include four-poster king and antique queen-size. Each guest room has a private bath, sitting area, ceiling fan, desk and telephone. Ask about the Azalea Room with its separate sitting room or the Hibiscus Room with its whirlpool bath and sitting area nestled in the corner turret. The entire house has central air conditioning.

A full gourmet breakfast, served in the formal dining room, includes special blend coffee, tea, juice, muffins and fresh fruit as a first course. The entree may be eggs Florentine, artichoke/mushroom quiche or a baked banana-pecan pancake. A convenience for guests is a refrigerator on each floor, stocked with beverages and snacks. Outside, beautiful gardens highlighted with shade trees and brick walkways, a goldfish pond and a relaxing waterfall invite guests to linger a while. The C. W. Worth House is a nonsmoking inn. Children age 12 and older are welcome. Gift certificates, specials and packages are available.

When in Wilmington on business, you will find all the conveniences needed at C. W. Worth House and a safe, quiet environment as well. Corporate rates are available Sunday through Thursday. Fax and copier services are offered in addition to high-speed wireless Internet access throughout the inn. A desktop computer with Internet access is located in the third-floor sitting room. EGF 04-08-08

 

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