Casa Rio

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Welcome to Casa Rio!

Casa Rio is a beautiful log cabin on the Watauga River in Valle Crucis with 3 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms. You will find custom log beams, columns, and handrails throughout, with hand-crafted branch balustrades. All of the beds are log-hewn. If "mountain elegance" is what you are seeking, and on the river as well, Casa Rio delivers!

Located only a mile from the historic Mast General Store and Valle Crucis Riverfront Park, Casa Rio is also convenient and central to all the High Country offers. Boone is only 5 miles away, Banner Elk is about 9 miles away, and Blowing Rock is only 11 miles away. Snow skiing, snowboarding, snow tubing, and ice skating are also close by, with Sugar Mountain Ski Resort and Appalachian Ski Mountain both about 12 miles distant, and Beech Mountain Ski Resort only 14 miles away. Hawksnest Snow Tubing and Zip Lines is only about 11 miles from the cabin. Grandfather Mountain is less than 15 miles away as well and Tweetsie Railroad is only 10 miles from Casa Rio.  

The main level of Casa Rio features an open floorplan with a dramatic foyer entry boasting high vaulted ceilings and hardwood floors. Immediately on your right are a laundry room and full bathroom. Further inside you find a central, wood-burning fireplace, with dramatic floor-to-ceiling stonework, open on both sides so it can be enjoyed from the dining area and the great room. A banquet-style dining table seats up to 8 guests, however entertaining is easy with the additional counter-height 4-seat table and three bar stools at the center kitchen island. The kitchen has gorgeous granite counters, high-end stainless appliances, and is centered around a gas cooktop with custom stone accents above. The adjacent great room has two leather sofas, positioned conversationally, and offering both a view of the fireplace and the big screen HD Smart TV. 

Also on the main level is the king master suite with an HDTV, a sliding glass door leading to a rear patio, from which you can hear and see the Watauga River, and a generous ensuite master bathroom with slate tile floors, his and hers vanity, a large walk-in closet, an open stone shower, and a circular jetted soaking tub in the center of the bathroom.

Upstairs offers flanking bedrooms, one with a king bed and an HDTV, the other with two twin beds and two twin trundles (sleeps four), as well as an HDTV. A central full bathroom with a tub and shower services both upstairs bedrooms. The open loft has a new slate pool table, an HDTV, and comfy leather furniture.  

Off of the kitchen and great room is an open-air deck with a view of the big backyard and the Watauga River. It features a gas grill, an outdoor dining table, and chairs. Below the main level deck, at ground level, is a covered patio with a hot tub and lounge-style seating, just a step up from the backyard, which slopes gently down to the Watauga River, and features a wood-burning fire pit.

MUST BE AT LEAST 25 YRS OF AGE TO BOOK

CANCELLATION POLICY:
You may cancel within 24 hours of booking and receive a full refund. If you cancel more than 30 days before arrival, you will receive a refund of half the amount paid to date.
Cancellations within 30 days before the arrival date do not receive a refund. But you may recover the entire amount if travel insurance was purchased and the reason for the cancellation was covered.