The Aerie Bed & Breakfast

Specialties

Circa 1882, The Aerie Bed & Breakfast, Guest House & Conference Center features nine well-​appointed rooms, each with a private bath with jetted tub &/​or spa shower, modern amenities and tasteful décor that reflect the home’s late-​Victorian heritage. Guests enjoy a gourmet breakfast cooked to order from a choice of 3 entrees served with fruit and breakfast meat, daily social hour with wine & hors doeuvres, complimentary sodas, bottled water, ice, Keurig machine with a wide variety of coffees, teas and cocoas. All rooms also have cable tv & dvd/​vcr players with access to a full movie library and highspeed wireless internet, all free of course.

We have plenty of off-​street parking. Once you park here, there’s no need to drive again! All restaurants, waterfront, and activities are within walking distance, including Tryon Palace, the original colonial governor’s mansion of North Carolina. So call today to reserve your room!

History

Established in 1984.

The Aerie has been a bed and breakfast since 1984. The home was built in 1882 and has been fantasticly upgraded in every way to make The Aerie «Simply the Best» Bed and Breakfast in the region!

Meet the Business Owner

Michael and Marty G.

Business Owner

Meet Your Hosts

The Aerie Bed and Breakfast, Guest House and Conference Center is an elegant North Carolina inn and meeting space that is lovingly cared for and hosted by owner/​innkeepers, Michael and Marty Gunhus. Their efforts have resulted in The Aerie’s recognition by Select Registry for excellence in both service and accommodations and a three diamond rating award by AAA.

Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Michael and Marty Gunhus were high school sweethearts and married soon after college. They stayed in Des Moines and started raising their two sons; Eric lives in New York, and younger son Jeff lives in Maryland with his wife and five children. The grandkids, Marty will tell you, are the real reason behind the move to the East Coast.

Michael and Marty previously lived in Long Beach, California and owned a small bed and breakfast there while also maintaining careers in «more conventional jobs.»