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Where to Stay in West Virginia, From Grand Resorts to Mountain Inns
By Maria Rodriguez | July 15, 2026
AUTHOR BIO: With a day job that requires constant travel, Maria Rodriguez is likely a regular at your favorite restaurant. She’s reviewed restaurants since 2007 in magazines from Spain to Seattle.
Work brings me to West Virginia regularly, usually by car and often with enough driving between stops to make the hotel feel like more than a place to sleep. Over the years, I’ve collected favorites across the state: a restored downtown landmark in Elkins, a German inn above the Potomac, a country resort where three meals still come with the room, and, yes, the Greenbrier in all its cabbage-rose glory. The best hotels here tend to belong to their surroundings, whether that means a ski lift outside the door, a lake below the balcony, or a small town waiting just beyond the lobby. These are the 12 places I’d book again.
Bavarian Inn Resort & Brewing Company, Shepherdstown
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The Bavarian Inn occupies a hillside above the Potomac River, with balconies facing the water and some rooms with a gas fireplace, whirlpool tub, or separate sitting area. The infinity pool shares the view, while Bavarian Brothers Brewing Company makes the beer served at the resort’s brewpub and outdoor beer garden. Dinner can still mean sauerbraten, jägerschnitzel, and spaetzle, giving the place more reason for its Alpine architecture than the name alone.
Best for: Potomac views, German dinners, and beer brewed downstairs
The Blennerhassett Hotel & Spa, Parkersburg
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The Blennerhassett opened in 1889 with gas and electric power, the latter arriving only a year after Parkersburg installed electric streetlights. The hotel grew out of the oil-and-gas wealth of the era, and its public spaces still carry the fireplaces, dark wood, and scale expected of a downtown hotel built for visiting industrialists. Guests can eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the restaurant, book a treatment at the spa, or disappear into the 1889 Club, a speakeasy-style cocktail lounge hidden inside the hotel.
Best for: Parkersburg history with cocktails and a proper hotel lobby
Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Davis
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Canaan Valley Resort pairs a lodge with two-, three-, and four-bedroom cabins, several of them equipped with kitchens and wood-burning fireplaces. Winter brings 26 ski and snowboard trails and a tubing park; once the snow clears, the resort opens an 18-hole course with 65 bunkers and eight water hazards. The Hickory Dining Room has glass walls facing the valley and a fireplace in the center, a useful setup when the weather outside has ruled out another activity.
Best for: Families dividing their time between the slopes and the golf course
Capon Springs and Farms, High View
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Capon Springs still follows the rhythms of an old summer resort: rates include three meals a day, and the same spring water flows through the taps, drinking fountains, swimming pool, and kitchen. Days can involve golf, badminton, croquet, or a Roman-style soaking bath at the Hygeia Bath House & Spa. The buildings and cottages have accumulated over generations rather than arriving as a matching development, which helps explain why families have been returning here for decades.
Best for: Three meals a day and a disconnected vacation
Corduroy Inn and Lodge, Snowshoe
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Corduroy Inn and Lodge sits at 4,848 feet beside the Powder Monkey lift, with ski-in, ski-out access to Snowshoe Basin and the Western Territory. Guest rooms have heated floors, and the hotel provides covered parking, a gym, and storage for skis and bikes. Snowshoe Village is about a five-minute walk away, though three restaurants on the property make staying put a viable decision.
Best for: Skiers who want the lift, dinner, and bed within a few steps
The General Lewis Inn, Lewisburg
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The General Lewis Inn combines an 1834 residence with a hotel built in 1928, creating 23 rooms and suites that do not all look as though they came from the same catalog. The owners preserved the old floors, fireplaces, brick, and collected furnishings while updating the bathrooms and beds for people who prefer history without historical plumbing. The restaurant cooks from scratch with ingredients from nearby farms and gardens, and the Thistle Lounge opens every evening beside the fire.
Best for: An old inn, a good bar, and a weekend on foot in Lewisburg
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
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The Greenbrier has more than 700 rooms on 11,000 acres, with Dorothy Draper’s cabbage roses, stripes, and bright lacquer making restraint seem like a failure of nerve. The resort contains four golf courses, a 40,000-square-foot mineral spa, 20 restaurants and lounges, a casino, bowling, falconry, fishing, tennis, and enough shops to require their own collection. Beneath it all sits the former congressional bunker, built during the Cold War and now open for 90-minute tours through the chambers meant to house the federal government.
Best for: The full Greenbrier spectacle, including the bunker beneath it
Hillbrook Inn & Spa, Charles Town
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Hillbrook Inn sits five miles outside Charles Town, with rooms spread among the main house and several cottages on the property. The Serenity Suite occupies the floor above the Gatehouse Spa and comes with a two-person sauna, soaking tub, and walk-in shower with twin showerheads. Dinner is served in the manor house and requires advance reservations.
Best for: A couples’ weekend built around dinner, a soaking tub, and nowhere else to be
Hotel Morgan, Morgantown
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Hotel Morgan opened in 1925 with red satin upholstery, crystal chandeliers, and a ballroom that hosted much of Morgantown’s social life. Its restoration kept the 1920s premise while rebuilding the 81 rooms and two suites with custom wardrobes, retro refrigerators, chaise lounges, and larger bathrooms. West Virginia University and High Street are steps away, while Anvil + Ax handles coffee, cocktails, and shareable plates inside the hotel.
Best for: WVU weekends that do not require a car after check-in
Oglebay Resort, Wheeling
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Oglebay covers more than 2,000 acres outside Wheeling, with 250 lodge rooms and a collection of cottages ranging from one-bedroom cabins to houses built for reunions and golf groups. The property has four golf courses, including layouts by Arnold Palmer and Robert Trent Jones Sr., along with the Good Zoo, a spa, pools, mini golf, museums, and boats for the lake. Many lodge rooms have private balconies, while larger cottages may include kitchens, fireplaces, and patios—the details that matter once the entire family has agreed to share a vacation.
Best for: Multigenerational trips with competing ideas about how to spend a morning
Stonewall Resort, Roanoke
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Stonewall Resort sits beside Stonewall Jackson Lake within a 1,900-acre state park, with lodge rooms, cottages, and two-, three-, and four-bedroom lake houses. The larger accommodations have full kitchens, fireplaces, and furnished outdoor areas, while the marina rents pontoons and two-person CraigCats. Guests can also play the Arnold Palmer course, use kayaks and paddleboards, or take the 100-passenger Little Sorrel onto the lake—including a taco cruise on Tuesdays.
Best for: Bringing a group to the lake without bringing a boat
Tygart Hotel, Elkins
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The six-story Tygart Hotel was built in 1906 and reopened in 2024 after a renovation rescued one of the oldest surviving buildings in downtown Elkins. Its 56 rooms use local artwork and references to the region rather than filling the place with generic lodge décor. Oxley House serves cocktails and Appalachian-influenced dishes on the first floor, and the hotel sits close to the shops, restaurants, and scenic-train departures that give visitors a reason to stay downtown.
Best for: Downtown Elkins before a train ride into the mountains
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