The North Carolina Mountains Travel Guide

The majestic peaks, meadows, balds, and valleys of the Appalachian, Blue Ridge, and Great Smoky Mountains epitomize the western corner of North Carolina. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, national forests, handmade-crafts centers, Asheville's eclectic and sophisticated pleasures, the astonishing Biltmore Estate, and the Blue Ridge Parkway are the area's main draws, providing prime opportunities for shopping, skiing, hiking, bicycling, camping, fishing, canoeing, and just taking in the views.

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The North Carolina Mountains Hotels

Around the mountains, at least in the larger cities and towns such as Asheville, Hendersonville, and Boone, you can find the usual chain motels and hotels...read more

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The North Carolina Mountains Restaurants

You can still get traditional mountain food, served family-style, at inns around the region. Increasingly, though, mountain cooks are offering more sophisticated...read more

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The North Carolina Mountains Experiences

  • Literary Mountain Lions

    They may not be able to go home again, but many famous writers have made their homes in the North Carolina Mountains. The one most closely associated... Read more

  • Top Reasons to Go to The North Carolina Mountains

    Biltmore Estate: The 250-room Biltmore House, modeled after the great Renaissance châteaus of the Loire Valley in France, is the largest... Read more

  • Exotic Aliens

    The North Carolina mountains have been victims of many alien predators. Hundreds of exotic, nonnative plants and some animals have been introduced... Read more

  • Biltmore Boasts

    The Biltmore Estate is North Carolina's leading tourist attraction and boasts many superlatives. Biltmore Estate:... Read more

  • Carolina Arts & Crafts

    A century ago, as young George Vanderbilt prepared to build a retreat in then-bucolic Asheville, he and an architect traveled the French countryside... Read more

  • Mountain Brews

    Microbreweries have replaced moonshine stills in the North Carolina mountains. At last count, there were at least seven microbreweries in the... Read more

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