Asheville NC Area Information & Activities
The Asheville, NC area was recently named a must-see destination by Frommer’s and flaunts an eclectic culinary scene, a thriving arts community, a spirited and revitalized downtown. Asheville, NC features numerous historic and architectural attractions and diverse outdoor activities to partake in.
Asheville, NC's restaurants have everything from four-star cuisine to down-home cooking while many are local farm to table restaurants.
Asheville, NC has been lauded as a choice arts destination by the New York Times, Southern Living, Travel + Leisure and American Style Magazine. While the local live music scene is phenomenal for a city of its size.
As the outdoor playground of the Southeast, Asheville, NC’s visitors engage in whitewater rafting, mountain biking, hiking and experiencing the highest peaks in the entire Eastern U.S.
Asheville, NC holds a diverse mix of Art Deco, Beaux Arts and Neoclassical styles and is the perfect scenery for the city. Downtown Asheville, NC features more Art Deco architecture than any other southeastern city besides that of Miami Beach. Basilica of St. Lawrence which was completed in 1909, is one of Asheville, NC's architectural treasures. Designed by Rafael Gustavino and Richard Sharpe Smith, renowned architects of the Biltmore House, this Catholic church has the largest freestanding elliptical dome in the country. The Grove Arcade is one of Western North Carolina's most historic buildings and is now converted into a modern shopping arcade.
Just a quick drive from Lake Lure....take a day trip to see Asheville, NC’s beauties.
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