There are bed and breakfast locations all over the world. I am not talking about an Airbnb, but a true full service bed and breakfast that doesn’t desert you at check-in. Some bed and breakfasts have a winter season and fill up with skiers, snowshoers and snow lovers while others have a summer season and fill up with beach goers who love to bask in the sun. There is also a whole group who serve people all year long in central locations in small towns. The town bed and breakfast serves a purpose to enhance your experience by getting you out of a typical motel stay and into the Main Street immersion. When it’s in a small town, like Banks Bed and Breakfast, we serve a unique niche that you can only get in this specific location.
Often a bed and breakfast is a great way to fully explore small town community life. Banks Bed and Breakfast, located in the historic Banks house, is a short walk across the railroad tracks to Garner, NC’s original downtown. When you stroll down Main Street you get to literally walk where the town history started. There is a historic marker that gives you a brief idea of what the town went through to become the actual town. You can have coffee, sandwiches, tea, sweet baked goods and a beverage in buildings that have been here for over 100 years. You can go down side streets and find a distillery and wine shop and a place to get married called “The Distillery” You can enter one of the older homes on Main Street to buy plants and if you’re a cyclist get your bike tuned up. You can also get a haircut in those old time barber chairs while watching people meander down the street instead of at a strip mall. After some years of almost being forgotten, Main Streets are growing and changing and becoming a place to experience small town life.
Within walking distance of Banks Bed and Breakfast are walking trails and parks. You can catch a live performance taking place in the old Garner High School that has been fully restored, and yes, you can walk there too. Our quaint town even has a local history museum that lets you indulge in a deep dive of our history or just explore the artifacts from our town. Talking about history, Banks Bed and Breakfast has an over 100 year history with the town. The stories it could tell and the changes it has seen as Main Street grew and developed over the years makes it a source of pride for the community. Banks Bed and Breakfast has a library full of original family books, furniture that has survived the test of time, and a rich family history of serving the Garner community. So, for your next stay – whether it’s winter, spring, summer or fall – plan to have it in a town that is unique and experience a small town like no other.
Mary
