We’ve developed our special event, themed, holiday and weekday packages to fit your getaway budget and vacation needs. Choose a Midweek Getaway, a romantic Best-of-the-Inn holiday, touring the Blue Ridge Parkway vacation or our shoppers’ delight package featuring the Trillium Gallery. In November we are offering a FREE choose and cut Christmas Tree 2-day package
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Climbing Mount Mitchell Motorcycle Ride
Want to see the views from the highest peak east of the Mississippi? You don’t have to hike. Soaring to a dizzying 6,684 ft. above sea level, Mt. Mitchell invites you to ride to its peak and take in the view. When you ride to the top of this mighty peak, you get to see
Visit the Switzerland Inn – Food & Venom
Visit the Switzerland Inn – amazing food, beer, wine & Diamondback Venom! Whether you are dying of thirst after rounding the last curve on the Diamondback Route or your belly-button is touching your backbone from a long ride on the parkway, stop at the Switzerland Inn for delicious, fresh-prepared food, icy cold beer…or if you are
Ride Over for Bluegrass and BBQ
Join us in the cool Blue Ridge Mountains for the Spruce Pine BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival. It will be held in Downtown Spruce Pine, North Carolina on July 20 & 21, 2012. The event features a BBQ competition, a wings contest, public tastings, live bluegrass, a cornhole tournament, championship clogging teams, craft vendors, BBQ equipment
Escape The Summer Heat
North Carolina mountain communities like Spruce Pine and Little Switzerland are a welcome retreat from the everyday summer sizzle. At Switzerland Inn (at the peak of 226A) it is typically 10 degrees cooler than the neighboring valley communities and the humidity fades away as the elevation climbs. The twisting climb up NC 266 or NC
Triumph Car VIN #1 Arrives in Little Switzerland
The very first Triumph car to roll off the assembly line will be on display at the Switzerland Inn in Little Switzerland this weekend. VIN #1 is one of 40 vintage Triumphs that will be displayed on the Inn’s front lawn beginning at 9:00 am on Friday, June 22. It is not unusual for the
Route 80 and Route 226A
The scenery and excellent road conditions of the Blue Ridge Parkway are no secret. However, there are two routes to be explored off the Parkway in Western North Carolina. Not many travelers know about this hidden treasure, but its curves and scenery are too nice to be kept a secret. NC 80 leads to the
Blue Ridge Parkway Destinations
In western NC’s High Country region, Linville Caverns is an ideal destination for visitors of all ages. Located on US 221 between Linville and Marion, just 4 miles south of the Parkway-Exit Parkway at Milepost 317.4. Turn left on US 221 toward Linville Falls and Marion. The beauty, the splendor and wonders nature created inside
2012 Toe River Studio Tour
The 2012 Toe River Studio Tour will be June 8 – 10, 2012. The tour hours are Friday 12-4, Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 10-6. Art lovers create their own tours, travel at their own pace, and stop for lunch on their own schedule. A TRAC Studio Guide shows the locations of the studios and galleries
Ride For a Vet
May 26, 2012 Burnsville, North Carolina Sponsored by Mt. Mitchell Marine Corp League 1266 The ride starts at the Town Square in Burnsville with registration beginning at 10:00 am. The ride begins at 12:00 pm as the first wave of the Memorial Day Parade. The ride fee is $20.00 for the rider and $10.00 for
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