By Adam Goodheart The quiet splendor and patchwork history of the popular national park offer lessons in how humanity can coexist with nature.Surely ...
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By Adam Goodheart The quiet splendor and patchwork history of the popular national park offer lessons in how humanity can coexist with nature.Surely these are, if nothing else, the most perfectly named mountains in the world. "Great Smoky Mountains": The words conjure fog drifting off a breathing canopy of trees, mist rising above a waterfall, the soft warmth of southern air. Perhaps, as well, the tang of barbecue chased down with moonshine whiskey. But whoever may have coined that poetic phrase, his identity, or hers, is lost to history. Some say it harks back to the Cherokee word for blue—sh...
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8/16/09 - 8 days prior to start. All hotel reservations are confirmed with exception of possible 9/2 stay someplace on the way back to south Jersey. ...
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8/16/09 - 8 days prior to start. All hotel reservations are confirmed with exception of possible 9/2 stay someplace on the way back to south Jersey. Biltmore Estate tickets also reserved for Day 5, but Monticello, Dixie Stampede, Cherokee and caves are weather dependent at this time. Possible activities and restaurants are just grouped within the date ranges by areas we are staying. However, may only do some as National Park hiking/outdoor views time will be maxiimized. 9/03/09 - post-trip view! I'm filling out what we actually did and when per the schedule function on the trip plan. Items tha...
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We spent a long weekend in Asheville visiting some friends of ours from Korea (they're now living in Japan). It was an interesting mix of his college ...
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We spent a long weekend in Asheville visiting some friends of ours from Korea (they're now living in Japan). It was an interesting mix of his college friends, her college friends...and then us. The 'mutual' friends. Bill and Sarah did the lodging legwork for this one (it was, after all, THEIR trip) and booked a great cabin on the outskirts of the town (I can't bring myself to call it a city...). We brought along a list of good ideas from our previous visit here - along with the only guidebook we were able to find in a conventional book store: The Underground Asheville Guidebook. Asheville is s...
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Intimate and Romantic, The 1900 Inn on Montford invites you to be our guest and discover bed and breakfast comfort
and hospitality with a warmth and graciousness that is reminiscent of Biltmore's Gilded Age.The Inn has been lovingly and ...
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Imagine youself staying at the guesthouse of the world renowned Biltmore Estate in Asheville and indulging yourself in its opulence.
There is no other house in the United States like the George Vanderbilt 1895 estate and the same can ...
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The Sleep Inn West Asheville offers standard, no frills accommodations in western North Carolina's mountains. Guests will be able to
reach downtown Asheville in approximately six miles, the Biltmore Estates in about seven miles, and the University of North ...
Our stay in Mt Vue was great. If you're looking for pretentious frills and ammenities, move on. If you're looking for a clean, quiet, comfortable ...More
We chose this hotel b/c it was one of the more affordable places to stay within a very short distance to downtown, less than 1 min drive. All hotels ...More
Value Place offers affordable weekly stays for fully furnished studios with a full kitchen. Although many guests decide to stay with us for months, ... More
Shaded by huge maple and oak trees, this early 1900s home in the Grove Park area of town is like a home away from home. One of the first homes built ... More
To the John Walters House Bed and Breakfast, a red brick 1888 Italianate Mansion. Step back 120 years into Colorado's past, and enjoy the Victorian ... More
Check in is 10-1 and 5-10. Now offering Hostel sponsored community dinners and potlucks every Friday and Saturday. Free weekend continental everyday ... More
Luxurious appartment in center of Amsterdam perfectly located across the Vondelpark, right by the Leidseplein and near the important museums. - ... More
Located at the south end of Copacabana beach, near Ipanema, the Rio de Janeiro Guesthouse is a 1400 square meter (15,000 sq ft) penthouse with 6 ... More
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