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Biltmore Estate

Asheville, NC · Western North Carolina

About

George Vanderbilt's 250-room French Renaissance château sits on 8,000 acres just south of Asheville, the largest privately owned home in America and still owned by his descendants. You can wander the limestone halls past the banquet hall's pipe organ and the indoor pool, then spend the afternoon in Frederick Law Olmsted's gardens, the conservatory, and the working winery. Time a visit for spring tulips or the Christmas candlelight tours, and the Blue Ridge ridgelines frame the whole estate from the front lawn.

Highlights

America's largest home (250 rooms)Olmsted-designed formal gardens and conservatoryOn-site winery, the most visited in the U.S.Christmas candlelight evenings

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The Blue Ridge Mountains

The ancient, blue-hazed peaks of the southern Appalachians, threaded by the Blue Ridge Parkway from Shenandoah to the Smokies. Mile-high summits and the highest peak east of the Mississippi, waterfalls you can walk behind, long-range overlooks, and mountain towns like Asheville with the Biltmore at their heart. Go in October for the color, but the haze is blue year-round.