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Sleepy Bear Motel

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Seasonal outdoor pool
Exterior
Terrace/patio
Comfort Room, 2 Queen Beds, River View
Reception

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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820 East Pkwy, Gatlinburg, TN, 37738
  • Place, Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Anakeesta
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Wild Bear Falls Indoor Water Park
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Knoxville, TN (TYS-McGhee Tyson)
    ‪68 min drive‬

Room options

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Comfort Room, 2 Queen Beds, River View

Comfort Room, 2 Queen Beds, River View

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(18 reviews)
  • 28 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Comfort Room, 1 King Bed, River View

Comfort Room, 1 King Bed, River View

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(11 reviews)
  • 28 sq m
  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Gatlinburg

With a stay at Sleepy Bear Motel in Gatlinburg, you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies and Anakeesta. .This motel is 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park and 10.9 mi (17.5 km) from Titanic Museum.
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What's nearby

  • Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies - 3 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Anakeesta - 3 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Wild Bear Falls Indoor Water Park - 4 min drive - 2.7 km
  • Gatlinburg SkyPark - 5 min drive - 2.7 km
  • Gatlinburg Convention Center - 5 min drive - 3.0 km

Getting around

  • McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) - 69 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cliff Top Bar & Grill - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Ole Red - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Subway - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Tennessee Cider Company - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪No Way Jose's Cantina - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Sleepy Bear Motel

Motel with free breakfast, near Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies
Sleepy Bear Motel offers 55 accommodations. This Gatlinburg motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 500+ Mbps (good for 6+ people or 10+ devices). Housekeeping is offered once per stay and change of towels can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
Recreational amenities at the motel include a seasonal outdoor pool.
Make yourself at home in one of the 55 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected.
A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is served on weekends from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast is served between 7:30 AM and 10:00 AM on weekends.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 500+ Mbps (good for 6+ people or 10+ devices)

Parking and transport

  • Free secured self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free cooked-to-order breakfast available on weekends 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM

Things to do

  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Seasonal outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (once per stay)

Accessibility

  • No lift

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:30 AM - midnight
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
The seasonal pool will be open from May to August

Sleepy Bear Motel Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 126 out of 168 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 30 out of 168 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 168 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 168 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 168 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Leah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great price!

Great place, great price! Conveniently located right near the main strip of Gatlinburg.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Yohann

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice room, confy bed, very gentle staff. The area is outside on the city so you have to take the trolley.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was quite. The room was clean and the staff was great and friendly. My favorite part was sitting on the balcony listening to and watching the creek. So peaceful, just needed a rocking chair
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sleepy Bear is a great little motel off the parkway in Gatlinburg. Everyone was so friendly, you could get a fresh, hot breakfast, and they'd keep the pool open for a late night swim. It's in a great location, near everything, and you can't beat the rate. The rooms were nice, clean, and had nice toiletries and plenty of towels. Would stay again!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our room was clean and had your basic necessities. Beds were very hard and I would bring your own pillow. We stayed in a 2 queen room and I would say it has enough
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ariel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was great, room looked to be recently remodeled and had basic amenities. Best part was the food across the street and a beautiful balcony overlooking a peaceful stream. 10/10 for the price and location!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Louis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Clean and Reasonable

The room and facilities were clean, the staff was professional, and the free breakfast (with real pancakes, eggs, and bacon cooked to order) was a plus. Nice balcony over a noisy creek. We have paid much more for a room in Gatlinburg that wasn't as nice. We would stay here again. Le Conte Tapas and Grill across the street was excellent, with great service and a real bartender.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

TAMMY

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything was clean. Still some things that need updated. Will stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Jacob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great customer service and breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Megan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The balcony
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Bernard

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Allen

Liked: Staff & service
We got in late & all the nearby stores were closed. So, no food or drinks available. Room was ok. Property was fairly clean but dated. Huge TV in the room; but, apparently, you had to subscribe to ROKU to watch it. They had a free breakfast & it was an actual breakfast. Bacon, eggs, and pancakes cooked to order. I walked in behind a family of four. I didn’t really have time to wait around, so I left without eating. It would have been nice if they had some 'grab & go" options.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Newly renovated rooms and convenient location to entertainment. Fresh breakfast was top notch! We'll be back.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great room for a great price! Just what we were looking for and complimentary made to order breakfast was fantastic!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is our new go to for Gatlinburg. Very convenient to downtown. Older hotel that has been meticulously renovated. Room was spacious and comfortable with new bed, huge(60") TV, overlooking creek. Balcony had good chairs to spend relaxing evening privately watching the creek. Pool was very nice, clean, and refreshing after a day hiking in the Smokies or walking around Gatlinburg. Breakfast was included. Tony cooked made to order breakfast that would have easily been $40 at a restaurant for two. We've stayed a lot of places in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge and this is our new favorite.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lissette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chirag

Travelled with family and small children, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ohh we love our room with scenery. The room was clean and warm. We loved morning breakfast specially made for us as we are vegetarian. Ample amount of parking spaces were available and we used Citi bus which was free and to and fro from hotel to downtown.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My family and i loved our stay here. Its a nice motel. Rooms recently renovated and we had a balcony over looking the river. Breakfast had good options and made to order. We come every year around my birthday and this will be our new go to.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Amy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Close to everything
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Charlton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fantastic Stay!!

The place is fabulous, creek right out the back door. The staff is so so nice and the breakfast is phenominal!!!! The cook is the nicest man also. Will definitely be coming back.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sara

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a perfect spot to stay for a visit to the area. Friendly and clean and everything you would want or need!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Penny

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025