Explore Asheville
The City of Asheville:
A city of 75,000, Asheville offers a unique atmosphere in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Things to do around Asheville:
- Downtown: wide variety of arts, theater, music, dance, food, people
- Blue Ridge Parkway: Your new favorite scenic drive
- Folk Arts Center: Beautiful Appalachian arts and crafts
- Music: The Orange Peel, Grey Eagle, Civic Center
- Dance: contra, salsa, swing
- Theater: Fine Arts Theater, Asheville Community Theater, Diana Wortham Theater
- Art: Asheville Art Museum, Asheville Area Arts Council
- Food: Such unique flavors and moods, very vegetarian and vegan friendly, cuisines of wide variety of cultures, lots of options downtown
- Outdoors: hike, bike, kayak, climb, cave, raft, backpack, canoe, ski
- National Parks and Forests: Appalachian Trail, Great Smoky Mtns, Pisgah, Cherokee, Nantahala National Forests
- Great Smoky Mountain Railway: old time train through the Great Smoky Mountains
- Cherokee Indian Reservation: Learn about the Cherokee culture
- Biltmore House: America's largest home
- Grove Park Inn: Home of National Gingerbread competition
Other sites around Asheville:
Last edited by droyer@unca.edu on September 28, 2011
Contact Information
248 University Hall, CPO 1360
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804
Office: 828.232.5037
Fax: 828.251.6492
Email: studyabroad@unca.edu