Guidebook for Asheville
Drinks & Nightlife
It's a great neighborhood spot right around the corner. Great food, beer selection.
45 locals recommend
Creekside Taphouse
8 Beverly RdIt's a great neighborhood spot right around the corner. Great food, beer selection.
Great tasting room with live music year round. Indoor and outdoor areas.
349 locals recommend
Highland Brewing Company
12 Old Charlotte HwyGreat tasting room with live music year round. Indoor and outdoor areas.
I like their beers and an old friend is part-owner. I used to play music there a lot.
48 locals recommend
French Broad Brewery
101 Fairview RdI like their beers and an old friend is part-owner. I used to play music there a lot.
It's a bar with a large outdoor area situated right on the French Broad River. Great setting, very laid back. You can even bring your own food to grill.
64 locals recommend
Bywater
796 Riverside DrIt's a bar with a large outdoor area situated right on the French Broad River. Great setting, very laid back. You can even bring your own food to grill.
A nice downtown watering hole - with surprisingly good food! - and you'll find mostly locals there.
70 locals recommend
Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge
7 Rankin AveA nice downtown watering hole - with surprisingly good food! - and you'll find mostly locals there.
Isis Music Hall
743 Haywood RdGreat food and excellent spot for live music on the westside.
Food Scene
Cafe Azalea
Great brunch on Sunday. Very closeby.
Excellent coffee, pastries in a historic E Asheville building. Very close by.
87 locals recommend
Filo Pastries & Post 70 Indulgence Bar
1155 Tunnel RdExcellent coffee, pastries in a historic E Asheville building. Very close by.
Papa's & Beer
17 Tunnel RdIt's an Asheville-standard. A Mexican joint.
Sunny Point Café
626 Haywood RdBest breakfast on the Westside. At least last time I checked..
Entertainment & Activities
Excellent place to take children. They have many living specimens of native animals, including bears, river otters, and wolves.
295 locals recommend
WNC Nature Center
75 Gashes Creek RdExcellent place to take children. They have many living specimens of native animals, including bears, river otters, and wolves.
Sightseeing
It really would be a shame if you missed this place. You've probably heard of it already.
1485 locals recommend
Biltmore
1 Lodge StIt really would be a shame if you missed this place. You've probably heard of it already.
The North Carolina Arboretum
100 Frederick Law Olmsted WayBeautiful gardens.
Everything Else
Beautiful area to explore up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Head South on the Parkway from here. About a 40 minute drive.
70 locals recommend
Mount Pisgah
Beautiful area to explore up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Head South on the Parkway from here. About a 40 minute drive.
This trail goes from western North Carolina all the way to the coast. But you can get on it from many different spots (anywhere along the Blue Ridge Parkway - 5 minutes away) for a day hike.
6 locals recommend
Mountains-To-Sea Trail
This trail goes from western North Carolina all the way to the coast. But you can get on it from many different spots (anywhere along the Blue Ridge Parkway - 5 minutes away) for a day hike.
Many beautiful waterfalls in this area. Many trails are Easy.
624 locals recommend
Dupont State Forest
Staton RoadMany beautiful waterfalls in this area. Many trails are Easy.
Parks & Nature
College with acres and acres of land around it, much of it pasture and even more of it wooded. There are many trails around and it's 5-minutes down the road.
50 locals recommend
Warren Wilson College
701 Warren Wilson RdCollege with acres and acres of land around it, much of it pasture and even more of it wooded. There are many trails around and it's 5-minutes down the road.
Arts & Culture
The Orange Peel
101 Biltmore AveAsheville's most famous spot for seeing live music.
Near the house and showcases work of local artists.
255 locals recommend
The Folk Art Center (Southern Highland Craft Guild)
382 Blue Ridge PkwyNear the house and showcases work of local artists.
Diana Wortham Theatre
18 Biltmore Ave