Asheville Amenities

Asheville’s extraordinary setting, within a short drive of 1.5 million acres of mountain wilderness, along with its music, art and cultural offerings, has given rise to a number of enduring descriptions, including “Land of the Sky” and “Paris of the South.” Both of these lines hold truth and fascination and both apply to the open spaces and castle-like architecture of George Vanderbilt’s Biltmore Estate®, which gracefully resides on 8,000 acres in the heart of Asheville’s metropolitan area.  Designed by Richard Morris Hunt and landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted, the 250-room 19th century chateau is the nation’s largest residence, attracting visitors from around the world since its inception.

Developed with care by direct descendants of George Vanderbilt, and within a few minutes drive of Biltmore Estate®, the properties of Biltmore Lake sustain the family’s great belief in conservation and craftsmanship. The community is also in close proximity to downtown Asheville, where area residents and guests can delight in a generous mix of shopping, dining, and entertainment experiences.

Music has long been a part of mountain culture, and the offerings run the gamut from an evening with the Asheville Symphony to guitar-banjo-fiddle jams at a city pub where locally-brewed beers are perpetually on tap. A culinary center for innovative cuisine, downtown is host to countless independent restaurants that conjure and inscribe flavors from around the world.  All of these enticing places to see and visit are set amid Asheville’s historic art deco buildings, which survive from the city’s first golden age from the late 1800s through the roaring 1920s.

The arts & crafts movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century conveyed a style that sought to bridge utility with craftsmanship.  It focused on  artistry rather than mass efficiencies.  Biltmore Lake began and continues with those same principles in mind, giving residents an escape hatch into a world of meticulous quality and connectedness to nature.

Biltmore Park Town Square, situated in South Asheville and just minutes from Biltmore Lake, is a new urbanism mixed-use center that also features a number of topflight destinations, including Regal Biltmore Grande Stadium, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, REI, Brixx Wood Fired Pizza Oven, Asheville’s largest YMCA, Barnes & Noble, and more.

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