The Fearrington House Inn

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Eight miles south of Chapel Hill, the inn occupies a restored 1920s farmhouse at the center of Fearrington Village, where Belted Galloway cows graze the lawns and folk-art whirligigs turn in the wind. Forbes rates it Four Stars, along with its restaurant, and notes 32 rooms with fresh flowers, Frette linens and a decanter of port left at turndown.