Asheville, NORTH CAROLINA (NC), USA
Asheville bed and breakfast accommodation near famous Biltmore Estate
Asheville bed and breakfast visitors are amazed at the tremendous number of beautiful art deco buildings in the city and the historic districts with its old buildings. The foremost among them is the lavish Biltmore Estate, which claims to be the largest privately owned home in America. It attracts over a million visitors a year (some private home!) and there are several Asheville B&B, lodge and inn stays that cater for visitors who are in Asheville specifically to see Biltmore Estate. There is a great deal of art deco architecture in Asheville including the city hall, the Battery Park Hotel, the Neo-Gothic Jackson Building and the Grove Arcade. Not many people know why there are so many beautiful buildings remaining in Asheville while similar buildings all over the US were ripped down. The reason was the Great Depression. Recovery for Asheville between the 1930’s right up until the `1980’s was slow because the city owed so much money, which it elected to repay over 50 years. During this period of financial stagnation, most of the buildings in the downtown district remained unchanged, resulting in one of the most magnificent and comprehensive collections of Art Deco architecture in the country.
Today Asheville bed and breakfast businesses cater to people who are interested in the architecture of the city and also many people associated with the faculty and students of the educational facilities in the city, of which there are many. People also visit the city for its musical culture and make use of the B&B, lodge and inn accommodation available. They listen to the Asheville Symphony and the Asheville Lyric Opera. There are seasonal festivals and numerous nightclubs and performance venues. It has a strong busking community and outdoor festivals such as Shindig on the Green with its bluegrass bands, dance teams and informal jam sessions. Make your bed and breakfast reservations in good time if you plan to attend a festival. Many people come to Asheville to reinvent their lives there or to retire. In 2007 it was named one of the top seven places to live in the United States by Frommer’s Cities Ranked and Rated, #23 of 200 metro areas for business and careers by Forbes, and best place to live in the country by Relocate-America. It was also named one of the world’s top 12 must-see destinations for 2007 by Frommer’s travel guides. So many Asheville bed and breakfast, lodge and inn visitors are in town out of pure curiosity.
