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Moon Asheville & the Great Smoky Mountains
Moon Spotlight Asheville & the Great Smoky Mountains offers focused travel information and the unique perspectives of Travel Writer Jason Frye. In this easy-to-carry guide, you'll find sightseeing highlights, handy maps, and shopping, restaurant, and hotel recommendations. Packed with great ideas and advice from sampling the "Best Craft Beer in America" to climbing to the top of Chimney Rock, Moon Spotlight Asheville & the Great Smoky Mountains is all you'll need for a memorable getaway.
192 pages, Paperback
First published June 7, 2016
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November 12, 2016
I would like to see guidebooks have detailed maps! Asheville has a small, walkable downtown. It would be great to have a map instead of a bunch of addresses!
April 19, 2021
A great refresher of things to do in/around the Asheville area. A lot of this info is found in Frye's other Moon series of the region, so if you've read those, there may not be a ton of new info in here.
Bookmarked:
* North Carolina Arboretum for light hiking/walking and the National Native Azalea collection
* Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center
* Cataloochee
* Chimney Rock State Park
* Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Center
* reminder to eat at: Biscuit Head, Early Girl Eatery, Luella's BBQ (visited on past trips--highly worth it!)
* new places to try: White Duck Taco Shop, Table, Buxton Hall BBQ, Chai Pani, Vivian, Berliner Kindl (in Black Mountain)
Bookmarked:
* North Carolina Arboretum for light hiking/walking and the National Native Azalea collection
* Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center
* Cataloochee
* Chimney Rock State Park
* Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Center
* reminder to eat at: Biscuit Head, Early Girl Eatery, Luella's BBQ (visited on past trips--highly worth it!)
* new places to try: White Duck Taco Shop, Table, Buxton Hall BBQ, Chai Pani, Vivian, Berliner Kindl (in Black Mountain)
July 17, 2018
Surprisingly, I actually did read this book from cover to cover. I feel that's pretty rare with travel books.
This summer I planned a road trip to Asheville, and this was my primary tool that I used while picking out activities and sights to see. Of course, I used sources on the internet and my handy book, but when you're stuck on a plane for seven hours, those tools aren't readily available. This was a nice book that I had stuck in my bag right before I got on the plane, thinking I wouldn't really read it. Well, I did, and I read the entire thing, at that.
It certainly gave me a bunch of ideas to write down and check out when I got home. I definitely feel like reading this book allowed the actual planning process to proceed a lot smoother.
I'll be leaving for my road trip on July 23rd, so I haven't left just yet. If you're interested in my itinerary (I'll be in the city for three days), just message me; I'm pretty proud of it!
This summer I planned a road trip to Asheville, and this was my primary tool that I used while picking out activities and sights to see. Of course, I used sources on the internet and my handy book, but when you're stuck on a plane for seven hours, those tools aren't readily available. This was a nice book that I had stuck in my bag right before I got on the plane, thinking I wouldn't really read it. Well, I did, and I read the entire thing, at that.
It certainly gave me a bunch of ideas to write down and check out when I got home. I definitely feel like reading this book allowed the actual planning process to proceed a lot smoother.
I'll be leaving for my road trip on July 23rd, so I haven't left just yet. If you're interested in my itinerary (I'll be in the city for three days), just message me; I'm pretty proud of it!
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