Southern Cross Guest Ranch

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The ranch location is very good. Only an hour from Atlanta, yet a world away. A peaceful charming location, with Madison only a short drive away offering small town Southern charm. Lovely room, very clean, comfortable & stylishly decorated. With great view overlooking horse paddock. The pool area was nice, and the games room offered a good selection of activities. It was lovely to have access to the horses in the paddock & to also see them in the stables area.
  : Having previously stayed on a number of wonderful guest ranches in Arizona & Texas, this was our first time on a Southern ranch. We were looking forward to experiencing some typical Southern hospitality. Sadly this wasnt the case. We found the overall atmosphere to be cold & not particularly genuine or welcoming. We were on the bed & breakfast plan, and the bell rang for breakfast at 8am sharp. And guests were expected down at that time. On our first morning we didnt make it down until 8.20, and the hot food offerings were cold by then. So the next morning we made it down dead on 8am hopeful for a hotter breakfast. But even then the hot food was already cooling. Fine if you like cold food.We didnt ride because wed ridden a lot a few weeks prior on a ranch in Arizona, but we did enjoy watching the other guests get ready for a ride & saw them start off for the ride. It all looked very suitable for beginner riders. But intermediate or experienced riders might find the slow pace of everything frustrating.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: young couple

Wonderful
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Different! We usually stay in a motel in the motorway. This was beautiful countryside surrounded by horses
  : Bit dated in the apartment

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Good
Traveller Type: young couple
  : I like that it was quiet.
  : I thought the advertising for the bedrooms on booking.com pics were different than what I was expecting. There were cats hanging outside of the cafeteria building which was a total turn off for me. Don’t care for animals where I have to potentially eat.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : I like that it was quiet.
  : I thought the advertising for the bedrooms on booking.com pics were different than what I was expecting. There were cats hanging outside of the cafeteria building which was a total turn off for me. Dont care for animals where I have to potentially eat.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: young couple
  : The ranch location is very good. Only an hour from Atlanta, yet a world away. A peaceful charming location, with Madison only a short drive away offering small town Southern charm. Lovely room, very clean, comfortable & stylishly decorated. With great view overlooking horse paddock. The pool area was nice, and the games room offered a good selection of activities. It was lovely to have access to the horses in the paddock & to also see them in the stables area.
  : Having previously stayed on a number of wonderful guest ranches in Arizona & Texas, this was our first time on a Southern ranch. We were looking forward to experiencing some typical Southern hospitality. Sadly this wasn’t the case. We found the overall atmosphere to be cold & not particularly genuine or welcoming. We were on the bed & breakfast plan, and the bell rang for breakfast at 8am sharp. And guests were expected down at that time. On our first morning we didn’t make it down until 8.20, and the hot food offerings were cold by then. So the next morning we made it down dead on 8am hopeful for a hotter breakfast. But even then the hot food was already cooling. Fine if you like cold food.We didn’t ride because we’d ridden a lot a few weeks prior on a ranch in Arizona, but we did enjoy watching the other guests get ready for a ride & saw them start off for the ride. It all looked very suitable for beginner riders. But intermediate or experienced riders might find the slow pace of everything frustrating.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : Location was wonderful, quiet, safe, ranch with horses, nature all around, trees, flowers,
  : Breakfast should be better