Whether you think of it as “the grandest mansion in Tennessee”, an “ideal health and pleasure resort” or “Tennessee’s Biltmore”, Falcon Rest is an interesting world in each every visit is unique and impressive.

In a peaceful country environment, Falcon Manor is just minutes away from downtown McMinnville, between Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville, perfect for a Middle Tennessee vacation built around “the Victorian mansion where history is fun”. An additional reason to stay at the mansion is that all the guest suites are located close enough to Falcon Rest‘s dining, shopping and tour facilities for convenience, and yet, they maintain an atmosphere of privacy and romanticism, quiet and peaceful. Although the antiques and interior decor preserve the 1890 – 1900 characteristics, the suites provide the comfort of all the modern conveniences, a stay here being indeed as restful as the name of Falcon Rest Mansion suggests.

Falcon Gift Shop from falconrest.com

As for the dining options, the Victorian Tea Room offers delightful outings for couples and families, perfect getaway lunches for friends and colleagues, charming setting for bridesmaids luncheons, bridal or baby showers, and birthday parties for young ladies of all ages.

The Victorian Carriage House on the other hand, in its three adjoining dining rooms totaling 2,000 square feet, boasting white marble tiled floors, crystal chandeliers, plaster molding, a sparking fountain and antique grand player piano, awaits to enchant your senses with the taste and flavor of five mouth-watering recipes freshly prepared and imaginatively presented, perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, romance, business, or special times with friends and family.

Falcon Rest Victorian Gift Shop from Falconrest.com

Since such a wonderful time spent in these lovely surroundings can only be immortalized shopping for gifts and souvenirs, the Falcon Rest Victorian Gift Shop is an unique array of 1800′s merchandise inviting visitors to play, laugh and interact. If back in the 1995 it was more of a card shop than a gift shop, due to its limited merchandise, over the years it developed into one of the best gift shops ever seen at a historic mansion. It’s over 3,000 items could have been in the mansion in the 1890s and nothing would have looked more natural and elegant. However, none of these items can be find at Wal-Mart.

From roller coaster music boxes to lithophane nightlights, hundreds of books on the era to Victorian-style decor and clothing, toys, games and candy to authentic replicas of Civil War swords and Old West six-shooters, they are all waiting for the right person to take them home, place them in the right corner, under the light that would show their true value and let them tell their great story of history, beauty and elegance.

Falcon Rest Victorian Gift Shop falconrest.com

There can be no other fulfilling experience as a visit to the Falcon Rest Victorian Gift Shop, as most people consider the place to be a touristic attraction itself, the surrounding region being just additional benefits to what a Falcon Rest tour has to offer. Therefore, make sure you surprise the people you love with these one of a kind gifts and reward yourself for making the brilliant decision to take this vacation.