Cabin was great! Bit of a treacherous driveway/ drive up to the cabin but we made it work!

Absolutely amazing cabin. Fully equipped with all the essentials. Close to stores, but far enough away that it's peaceful and serene. Love the views from the porch and sitting in the egg chairs, drinking coffee and watching the sun rise over the mountains was the best!

The views from the porch are awesome, Communication with the host was good and they even checked during our stay to make sure everything was ok. The cabin was exactly what we needed for a quick get away. This is a perfect cabin for 2 people.

The Good The view from the porch was quite nice and the decor inside the cabin was adorable, all in on the bear theme in a cute way. Wears Valley turned out to be a more interesting place than we thought and the Wears Valley entrance to the Smokies took us on a nice drive through Cades Cove. Definitely an area we would return to in the fall. Agent was excellent to deal with, communicative and even restocking the empty propane tank in short notice when it was overlooked. The Bad We rented the cabin for three nights, Thurs-Sun and brought our dog, as the cabin was pet friendly. We ultimately left a day early for two reasons, any one reason and it wouldn't have been much of an issue to stay. First, while the cabin is pet friendly there is not really anywhere outside around the cabin, or up and down the road, for your dog to comfortably do it's business. Hillside, rocks, and gravel surround the cabin while poison ivy and Virginia creeper grow thick in any flat area a dog could go. It was rough walking the dog for extended periods so she could find a place to relieve herself. The second issue was the bed, it was the loudest, creakiest bed we'd ever slept in. Move even a tiny bit and the whole thing made incredible noise, made for pretty rough sleep. Any one of these issues, no worries, but both together were enough for us to make the 4hr drive home a day early. The bed is an issue that can be remedies but the outdoor situation for your dog not so much. A third, mostly minor complaint is the toilet brush being at face level while on the toilet, that was weird and an easy fix. Overall it was a cute experience that could have been a bit better but was generally fine. The cabin is cute, the host was great, if not for either of the two issues pointed out earlier would gladly give a 4-4.5 star but as is, 3.5 stars.