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Resorts across the American South attract travelers for their unparalleled hospitality and access to the region’s outdoor recreation.
Cassie Wright/Courtesy of Lodge on Little St Simons Island
Properties were classified as city hotel, resort, or safari lodge based on their locations and amenities.
8 Blackberry Mountain and No.
9 Blackberry Farm, both in Walland, Tennessee, remained well-regarded by T+L readers.
Phillip Murdaco/Courtesy of Lodge on Little St Simons Island
I booked my next trip while I was there."
Debuting on the list this year was another Tennessee property: No.
9 on this year’s list of the best U.S. national parks.
Courtesy of The Cloister at Sea Island
In fact, it was the Lodge on Little St. Simons Island that took this year’s No.
That serenity is what led one reader to declare it “heaven on earth.
There is no other place like this.”
Chelsea Lane/Courtesy of The Swag
The island one of Georgia’s Golden Isles, which placed No.
Score: 96.76
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2.
The Cloister at Sea Island, Sea Island, Georgia
WBA Hall of Famehonoree.
Courtesy of The Inn at Willow Grove
Score: 95.02
3.
The Swag, Waynesville, North Carolina
Score: 94.81
4.
The Inn at Willow Grove, Orange, Virginia
Score: 94.50
5.
Courtesy of Old Edwards Inn & Spa
Old Edwards Inn & Spa, Highlands, North Carolina
Score: 93.78
6.
Half-Mile Farm, Highlands, North Carolina
Score: 93.24
7.
The Lodge at Sea Island, St. Simons Island, Georgia
Score: 92.29
8.
Courtesy of Half-Mile Farm
Blackberry Mountain, Walland, Tennessee
Score: 92.17
9.
Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee
Score: 91.70
10.
The Tides Inn, Irvington, Virginia
Score: 91.60
11.
Courtesy of The Lodge at Sea Island
Under Canvas Great Smoky Mountains, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Score: 91.50
12.
Salamander Resort & Spa, Middleburg, Virginia
Score: 90.58
13.
The Fearrington House Inn, Pittsboro, North Carolina
Score: 90.09
14.
The Ingalls/Courtesy of Blackberry Mountain
Primland Resort, Auberge Resorts Collection, Meadows of Dan, Virginia
Score: 90.00
15.
Inn on Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina
Score: 89.49
Courtesy of Blackberry Farm
Courtesy of The Tides Inn
Bailey Made/Courtesy of Under Canvas
Courtesy of Salamander Resort & Spa
Courtesy of Fearrington House Inn
Courtesy of Auberge Resorts Collection
Courtesy of The Biltmore Company
