Blackberry Farm

Ideal for incentive trips, Blac kberry Farm rat es as one of the nation’s most celebrated getaways. Andrew Harper’s Hideaway named it the No. 1 resort in 2009, while Zagat lauded its dining as No. 3 in the US.

In keeping with the serenity of Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains, the 4,200-acre property holds just 63 guest rooms, which include 17 king rooms, 30 junior suites, four cottages, and two houses. Blackberry Farm’s variety of private meeting spaces include several inviting outdoor locations. Private dinners draw on the same talented team serving the new restaurant, The Barn, which features homegrown heirloom produce, artisan cheeses, and free-range organic meat and poultry.

Blackberry Farm’s renowned “Foothills Cuisine” has earned the critics’ highest accolades for more than 30 years. Now, together with proprietor Sam Beall, Blackberry Farm regularly hosts food and wine events on-site, including epicurean tastings and cooking instruction by some of the world’s top chefs.

As if the food weren’t enough, the hotel offers a vast lineup of activities for every taste and interest. Guests pursue some of the best fly-fishing east of the Rockies, trail riding and equestrian instruction, hiking, biking, sporting clays, tennis, and even pampering at a renovated 1800s farmhouse—now a full-service, award-winning Aveda destination spa.