Simmons-Bond Inn Bed & Breakfast — Hotel in Toccoa

My wife and I were looking to book a quiet getaway in the mountains over Fourth of July. We searched Tallulah, Clayton, Dillard, and many other surrounding areas online for that perfect and quiet place to stay. We made no headway for a couple of days.

Finally, we discovered the Simmons-Bond Inn Bed & Breakfast in Toccoa, a little more than a stone's throw away from a super-large three story antique store, a history museum, Toccoa Falls, and much more. On the second day, we hopped in the car and were antique shopping in Clayton and Dillard in no time at all.

But the highlight of our stay was the bed & breakfast itself. The owners, Bill and Bella, were lovely and accommodating throughout our stay. We love history and exquisite woodwork from the turn of the century, so we were delighted that they gave us a tour of their Victorian mansion with answers to all our questions.

We stayed on the top floor in the Maria room. The Maria is in the super-quiet back of the house and has its own private corridor with large stellar bathroom. Bella explained that the Maria had been the servants quarters back in the day. We loved the bed, the antiques, and the high ceilings which gave the room a nice airy feel.

Now comes the equally-major highlight -- the breakfasts. My wife and I left our room at about ten-til-eight each morning for our scheduled 8:00 breakfast in the dining room on the main floor. Each morning, the sound of lovely classical music immediately filled out ears and drew us down the beautiful staircase to the smells of the best gourmet breakfast to ever have been created. Bill is a retired air traffic controller, so that experience along with Bella's perfect gourmet wizardry brought us in for the perfect landing both times. Each time, we dined on a different wonderful three course breakfast under perfect lighting, while conversing and drinking in our Victorian and Greek Revival surroundings -- not to mention cranberry juice, orange juice, and gourmet coffee

For a moment in life, I was Jack, and my wife was Rose. After this experience, we truly believe that the heart does go on.

Thank you Bill and Bella for the...

What a terrific experience to stay at the Simmons-Bond B&B in downtown Toccoa, Georgia!||The Simmons-Bond B&B, owned by innkeepers Bill and Bella, was a perfect choice for us to stay for our short, but interesting visit, while seeing the historic sites that make Toccoa a town to remember! ||We arrived from PA by Amtrak at 6:30AM and were met by Bill, who graciously toured us around town, and went above and beyond to help us get a rental car. You cannot ask for a better experience, a better innkeeper, or a better more welcoming place to stay.||After breakfast, we headed to Camp Toccoa, an impressive site known for training paratroopers. After touring Camp Toccoa we headed up Currahee to stand on the rock outcropping that overlooks the entire valley. We had lunch at Linda’s Place at the Rebel, shopped at Cornerstone Antiques & Mountain Cove Pottery, went to the Toccoa Military Museum at the train station and visited Currahee Vineyard and Winery. We concluded the day at the historic Traveler’s Rest site, then Toccoa Falls at the college, Broken Bridge park and at St. Mary’s Church. What an impressive town Toccoa is to visit.||We cannot thank Bill and Bella enough for providing us with a perfect place to stay, for their recommendations on places to visit and for their willingness to ensure two strangers had...

What a terrific experience to stay at the Simmons-Bond B&B in downtown Toccoa, Georgia!||The Simmons-Bond B&B, owned by innkeepers Bill and Bella, was a perfect choice for us to stay for our short, but interesting visit, while seeing the historic sites that make Toccoa a town to remember! ||We arrived from PA by Amtrak at 6:30AM and were met by Bill, who graciously toured us around town, and went above and beyond to help us get a rental car. You cannot ask for a better experience, a better innkeeper, or a better more welcoming place to stay.||After breakfast, we headed to Camp Toccoa, an impressive site known for training paratroopers. After touring Camp Toccoa we headed up Currahee to stand on the rock outcropping that overlooks the entire valley. We had lunch at Linda’s Place at the Rebel, shopped at Cornerstone Antiques & Mountain Cove Pottery, went to the Toccoa Military Museum at the train station and visited Currahee Vineyard and Winery. We concluded the day at the historic Traveler’s Rest site, then Toccoa Falls at the college, Broken Bridge park and at St. Mary’s Church. What an impressive town Toccoa is to visit.||We cannot thank Bill and Bella enough for providing us with a perfect place to stay, for their recommendations on places to visit and for their willingness to ensure two strangers had...