Discover Asheville, The Blue Ridge Mountains And The Great Smoky

Discover Asheville, The Blue Ridge Mountains And The Great Smoky Mountain

Asheville is the perfect base from which to explore on your holiday to the Carolinas. Drive just a few miles outside of town and enter into Americas greatest gift to motoring the spectacular Blue Ridge Parkway. Take in mile after mile of some of the most dramatic views in the United States. Striking scenery unfolds in varied panoramas as you travel along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Superb mountain scenery and a pleasant climate are the Parkways major appeals. Its timeless popularity makes it a must see. The Parkway traverses the highlands of Virginia and North Carolina at an average elevation of 3,000 feet and extends from Shenandoah, Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina. Azaleas, rhododendrons and mountain laurel flower in spring. Autumn bursts brilliantly with reds of sumac, gum and maples with sassafras, tulip trees and hickory contributing their bright yellows to natures canvas. Rhododendrons are ablaze on the Parkway when it is spring time in the mountains.

Reach the top of a mountain near Asheville in about 30 seconds! That is the time it takes to ride the 26-storey...