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Zelda Dearest
Asheville, North Carolina, United States · Lark Hotels · Accessible Luxury
An adaptive-reuse project by developer Hatteras Sky turned several turn-of-the-century mansions above Biltmore Avenue in Asheville's South Slope into this 20-room love letter to Zelda Fitzgerald, the Jazz Age painter, writer and socialite. Rooms come with Art Deco interiors, soaking tubs and private libraries, and the parlor bar is named Wine & Roses. Opened 8 October 2023 and managed by Lark Hotels, the hotel won Forbes' Best Design Hotel Asheville award in 2024.
- 20 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: South Slope
About Zelda Dearest
- The 20-room Asheville hotel occupies restored turn-of-the-century mansions, several individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- It opened on 8 October 2023 as a tribute to writer and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald and won Forbes Best Design Hotel Asheville in 2024.
History
Zelda Dearest is an intimate 20-room boutique hotel in Asheville's South Slope neighborhood, perched on a knoll above Biltmore Avenue between Lexington and Biltmore avenues. It occupies several thoughtfully restored turn-of-the-century mansions — historic homes preserved through an adaptive-reuse project that developer Hatteras Sky broke ground on in January 2022, with several of the buildings recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.
Opened on October 8, 2023, the hotel is an artful homage to Zelda Fitzgerald, the Jazz Age socialite, artist and muse, with bold Art Deco-inspired interiors, bespoke furnishings, soaking tubs and private libraries in select rooms, and a parlor bar called Wine & Roses. Managed by Lark Hotels and debuting the Fitzgerald Estate portfolio, it was named Asheville's Best Design Hotel by Forbes in 2024.
Restaurants and bars
- Wine & Roses — Bar · Bar
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