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Asheville

2 Days in Sep
North America

Route Details

We had a free weekend and a great airfare sale came up with several city choices. Asheville wasn’t on our radar but went on a recommendation from a friend who said it would be exactly what we like. It’s 2 hours from both Knoxville and Charlotte; Charlotte was one of the cities that had the deal so we flew in/out of there.

Day 1

  • Asheville brewing company – first stop, great pizza and beer. Although we didn’t get anything, we noticed they had really cool t-shirts and other merchandise.
  • Thirsty Monk – craft beers, planned on having 1 drink and leaving. The atmosphere was so good we ended up having several.
  • SkyBar Asheville – old school elevator takes you up several floors, but there is limited capacity up there so you had to wait until there’s room. Expensive drinks.  Great view of Smoky Mountains.

Day 2

  • Mayfel’s – breakfast. Very local/common café feel, but much better than a crappy diner you might mistake it for.
  • Blue Ridge Parkway – scenic drive through the mountains, plenty of stop off points to take photos. Worth it, drive as much of it as you have patience for. We called it after an hour. It’s almost 500 miles total so you can pick it up from a number of different cities.

The whole town is walkable and we definitely want to go back. Everyone was nice. Beer and food was great, kind of an artsy/hippie town. Definitely has a laid-back feel, much more relaxed than a big city. Awesome being able to see the Smoky Mountains wherever you went.  Check the schedule for The Orange Peel as a lot of good bands play there, see if anyone you like is in town while you’re there.  From talking to locals it seemed like there aren’t a lot of employment opportunities there outside of the food/drink industry. Could just be the people I talked to though.

Year traveled: 2013

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