The Chalet Inn

Specialties

The Chalet Inn is the closest B&B and Boutique Hotel to the main entrance of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Southern terminus of the Blue Ridge Parkway. AAA 3-​diamond lodging in the center of Western North Carolina.

The Chalet Inn includes two buildings constructed in traditional Alpine style and nestled in a 22 acre private forest. Chalet Inn, a romantic Smokey Mountain Bed and Breakfast decorated with European ambience, offers guests Jacuzzi and/​or fireplace suites, large or economy rooms all with private balconies and baths and a full, hot breakfast. Chalet Suites is a modern Smoky Mountain Boutique Hotel offering self-​contained jacuzzi and fireplace suites with private entrances and upscale amenities including AppleTV with NetFlix and Internet Radio. Breakfast is enjoyed in the privacy of your room.

Both buildings have picturesque views of the mountains or brook running down the mountain to the pond. Prices range from $ 96 to $ 200 per night, breakfast included.

History

Established in 1993.

George and Hanneke first talked about opening a Bed and Breakfast in the Spring of 1985, shortly after they met in the Netherlands, where Hanneke was born and George, a US Army Officer, was stationed with a NATO Headquarters. After George’s retirement, they sought practical experience in the Hospitality business and began searching for the perfect location. George knew it had to be in Western North Carolina (having fallen in love with the area in 1979, on his way from Fort Bragg, NC to Command and General Staff College in Kansas). George first managed a restaurant with TPI Restaurants Inc.; then both George and Hanneke spent a season with High Hampton Inn & Country Club.

In the Fall of 1990, they found and purchased the property they had been searching for. Three years and a great deal of sweat equity later, George and Hanneke felt they created a touch of Europe in North Carolina, and began sharing it with others. In 2010 they built and opened their Boutique Hotel, Chalet Suites.

Meet the Business Owner

George and Hanneke W.

Business Owner

With all the moves associated with military service George was never able to be an active member of the community he lived in, and vowed this would change when he retired. George and Hanneke are members of the Jackson and Swain County Chambers of Commerce, Cashiers Chamber of Commerce as well as a founding member of the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce. Hanneke was elected by the members of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce to their Board of Directors and served two terms — the maximum allowed. George was selected as Swain County’s representative to the Publicity Committee of Smoky Mountain Host, the regional tourism agency, and has been appointed by the Jackson County Commissioners to the County’s Travel and Tourism Board of Directors for three terms, where he has served as Chairman of the Marketing Committee. George has also served as Alternate Foreperson and Foreperson of the County’s Grand Jury.