Where to Stay for Bikes, Blues & BBQ

Bikes, Blues & BBQ packs Fayetteville harder than the city was built to hold. Rooms inside the rally radius sell out at three times their usual rate and double in noise. Forest Springs is ninety minutes away on a great ride, and silent at night.

The drive

Fayetteville to Eureka Springs is about 90 minutes via US-62, a route most riders end up on at some point during rally week anyway. Twisty in the right places, open in the others. Ride in for the day, ride back for dinner and the sauna.

What we offer that downtown lodging doesn't

• Quiet at night. The kind that fixes a long day on the bike.
• Secure parking on a gated 10-acre property.
• Sauna and cold plunge, exactly what tired shoulders need.
• Fireside deck for the post-ride beer.
• Pet-friendly for the dogs that came along.

How to plan it

Book two or three nights. Day-trip Fayetteville for the rally, base out of Eureka Springs for sleep and recovery. The math works out cheaper than rally-week rates in town once you account for everyone tripling their prices.

Other rally weeks worth doing this way

Bikes, Blues & BBQ in late September. Steel Horse Rally in May (Fort Smith, two hours south). Both work better when you sleep in trees instead of a parking lot.