Guidebook for Asheville
Sightseeing
Places to go in Asheville that you can't go to anywhere else!
Perfect for a good drive and incredible views or to get to some fun hiking spots.
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Blue Ridge Parkway
Blue Ridge ParkwayPerfect for a good drive and incredible views or to get to some fun hiking spots.
Perfect if you have kiddos or just love animals! It's a rehab center and safe place for animals to stay long-term as well as an educational place to learn about NC native animals and their habitats..
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WNC Nature Center
75 Gashes Creek RdPerfect if you have kiddos or just love animals! It's a rehab center and safe place for animals to stay long-term as well as an educational place to learn about NC native animals and their habitats..
Arts & Culture
Local art, both contemporary and old timer Appalachian crafts.
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The Folk Art Center (Southern Highland Craft Guild)
382 Blue Ridge PkwyLocal art, both contemporary and old timer Appalachian crafts.
Interactive science museum for kids if it rains.
Also for kids, go tot the Nature Center!
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Asheville Museum of Science
43 Patton AveInteractive science museum for kids if it rains.
Also for kids, go tot the Nature Center!
Have a look at local artists at work, buy handmade goodies, sign up for glassblowing classes, go skateboarding, get a good local brew or coffee, check out some amazing graffiti art, walk along the French Broad River.
River Arts District
Have a look at local artists at work, buy handmade goodies, sign up for glassblowing classes, go skateboarding, get a good local brew or coffee, check out some amazing graffiti art, walk along the French Broad River.
perfect for looking at artwork from the Appallachians. Not folksy at all, there's some super high end and fantastic work here. They often have open houses where you can see work being made. Deifinitely worth a stop-in if you like handmade things.
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The Folk Art Center (Southern Highland Craft Guild)
382 Blue Ridge Pkwyperfect for looking at artwork from the Appallachians. Not folksy at all, there's some super high end and fantastic work here. They often have open houses where you can see work being made. Deifinitely worth a stop-in if you like handmade things.
This place is amazing. You can walk around and see native plants, but they also have great exhibitions, so look it up and see what they have going on while you're here. It is right next to the Bent Creek Experimental Forest which has great hiking and is a perfect spot for any mushroom hunters.
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INorth Carolina Arboretum
100 Frederick Law Olmsted WayThis place is amazing. You can walk around and see native plants, but they also have great exhibitions, so look it up and see what they have going on while you're here. It is right next to the Bent Creek Experimental Forest which has great hiking and is a perfect spot for any mushroom hunters.
Shopping
Handmade one of a kind and limited edition jewelry from local jewelers and artists around the country. Amazing work!
Mora Jewelry
9 W Walnut StHandmade one of a kind and limited edition jewelry from local jewelers and artists around the country. Amazing work!
A great spot to get a gift handmade in Asheville. Also fun to just looks. High end crafts and handmade furniture.
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Grovewood Gallery
111 Grovewood RdA great spot to get a gift handmade in Asheville. Also fun to just looks. High end crafts and handmade furniture.
Food scene
Delicious french food right down the road from where you're staying! Relaxed vibe. French fries come with almost everything and they are sooooo good!
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Rendezvous
184 New Haw Creek RdDelicious french food right down the road from where you're staying! Relaxed vibe. French fries come with almost everything and they are sooooo good!
Yummy Farm to Table foodie restaurant--a local favorite fro brunch on the weekend or dinners.
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The Bull and Beggar
37 Paynes WayYummy Farm to Table foodie restaurant--a local favorite fro brunch on the weekend or dinners.
Not your normal tacos! Affordable and delicious! Sit outside by the river and relax.
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White Duck Taco Shop
388 Riverside DrNot your normal tacos! Affordable and delicious! Sit outside by the river and relax.
A re-newed old downtown favorite! get some awesome brunch food here.
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The Med Asheville
57 College StA re-newed old downtown favorite! get some awesome brunch food here.
A local fave, not over-run by tourists. Foodie farm to table. Yum!
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Copper Crown
1011 Tunnel RdA local fave, not over-run by tourists. Foodie farm to table. Yum!
A TRUE local place. It is DELICIOUS. Great for breakfasts or dinners. The bartender and owner know their wines! it's super laid back. Sit at the bar and enjoy!
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Filo Pastries & Post 70 Indulgence Bar
1155 Tunnel RdA TRUE local place. It is DELICIOUS. Great for breakfasts or dinners. The bartender and owner know their wines! it's super laid back. Sit at the bar and enjoy!
OWL Bakery North Asheville
Homemade goodness.
I just went here and man-o-man was it delicious. Great wines, amazing food! Right next to the Grove Park, so make sure to go in the giant hotel and have a look, cuz it's super cool! Also next to Grovewood Gallery which is full of high end handmade furniture, pottery, jewelry, adn glass.
ELDR Restaurant
I just went here and man-o-man was it delicious. Great wines, amazing food! Right next to the Grove Park, so make sure to go in the giant hotel and have a look, cuz it's super cool! Also next to Grovewood Gallery which is full of high end handmade furniture, pottery, jewelry, adn glass.
Hiking
Great hiking spot. Easy enough for the whole family. Views are some of the best around!
Craggy Gardens
Great hiking spot. Easy enough for the whole family. Views are some of the best around!
Max Patch Loop Trailhead
Great hiking, great views
A huge place with lots of trails. Easy to moderate. Great for mushroom hunting, too! In the summer, you can swim in Lake Powhatan and you can fish from the dock.
Bent Creek Experimental Forest
A huge place with lots of trails. Easy to moderate. Great for mushroom hunting, too! In the summer, you can swim in Lake Powhatan and you can fish from the dock.
You can hop on this trail at lots of different places along the Blue Ridge parkway.
Mountains-to-Sea Trail
You can hop on this trail at lots of different places along the Blue Ridge parkway.