Townsend Gateway Inn

Guests lauded the comfy, well-stocked rooms and attentive staff. They valued the clean, spacious rooms and the convenient, quiet location near Cades Cove.

My wife and I stayed at the Inn on our way home to Alabama from West Virginia. I looked up places to stay in Townsend, thru Trip Advisor, and saw that this motel was rated well. I looked online for pricing and then called the Motel to see what rooms and rates were available. We received a better rate from the gentleman we talked to than what we found online, and booked immediately. This was our first stay here, and we'll be back! Rooms were clean, and the small goodie bag received when we arrived, was a nice touch! The young lady we saw when we checked in was very nice and gave us an excellent recommendation for supper! (Trailhead Steak & Trout, btw, AND the restaurant had several gluten-free options!)). This motel is an older, but very nicely refurbished, motel, where you can park right at your room's door! Furnishings were very nice and not your typical motel furniture! Our A/C was a 'split-unit' in the back wall, above the sink/fridge/bathroom area and worked well. The bed was very comfortable, maybe a pillowtop mattress or Tempupedic-type mattress. Although we did not use them, there was a 3-5 ft deep pool, a fire pit area, and an 'ark' playground gym set for the kiddos.

We stayed at the Townsend Gateway Inn for four nights while attending a landscape photo class in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at the peak of the Fall leave season. The Inn looks like an old-fashioned roadside motel in sleepy town but it far exceeded our expectations. It was super clean and comfortable with an excellent bed, bedclothes, and a good shower. It was simple, not at all upscale but we would stay there again on a trip the "quiet side of the Smokies." The friendly hosts (and owners) even provided a goodie bag of snacks.