GEORGIA, USA — A new survey from Travel + Leisure ranked the top 15 favorite resorts in the South -- and the Peach State made the list five times.
According to the survey, the hotels were classified as resort hotels, city hotels, inns or safari lodges and rated based on rooms/facilities, location, service, food and value.
In Georgia, The Lodge at Sea Island on St. Simons Island and The Lodge on Little St. Simons Island made the list at #3 and #4, respectively.
The Cloister at Sea Island ranked #5 on the list, and The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee, in Greensboro, made the list at #6.
Additionally, a metro Atlanta resort, Barnsley Resort in Adairsville, Georgia, took the #12 spot on the list.
Check out the full top 15 resort list below:
- Blackberry Farm: Walland, Tennessee
- Blackberry Mountain: Walland, Tennessee
- The Lodge at Sea Island: St. Simons Island, Georgia
- The Lodge on Little St. Simons Island: Little St. Simons Island, Georgia
- The Cloister at Sea Island: Sea Island, Georgia
- The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee: Greensboro, Georgia
- Old Edwards Inn & Spa: Highlands, North Carolina
- Williamsburg Inn: Williamsburg, Virginia
- The Tides Inn: Irvington, Virginia
- Keswick Hall: Charlottesville, Virginia
- The Inn on Biltmore Estate: Asheville, North Carolina
- Barnsley Resort: Adairsville, Georgia
- High Hampton: Cashiers, North Carolina
- Pinehurst Resort: Pinehurst, North Carolina
- The Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, Autograph Collection: Point Clear, Alabama
For an in-depth look at the resorts' rankings, click here.
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