okay so we continue our daytime
destinations today with a part two of
our trip to Asheville North Carolina
yesterday we checked out the city's
creative side with talented glassblowing
artists and incredibly unique and
delicious food yeah today we're taking
you to an unforgettable place full of
history beauty and so much more it is
day two of our trip to Asheville North
Carolina and today we visit a place that
is a definite must-see yes we are here
at the Biltmore we're going to get an
audio tour we're going to get a rooftop
tour we're gonna check out the beautiful
gardens and we're gonna talk about the
Chihuly exhibit
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known as America's largest home the
Biltmore House took six years to build
the finished home contains over four
acres of floor space including 35
bedrooms
43 bathrooms and 65 fireplaces it is
elegant charming and magnificent we
started our Biltmore experience with the
audio guide for Biltmore curators and
host share stories about the home in its
history the tour perfectly captures the
feeling of each room getting lost in a
book from the collection in the library
or sitting down for dinner in the
beautiful banquet hall with its dramatic
size and medieval design everything
about the banquet hall was intended to
take your breath away imagine seeing
this room for the first time at dinner
fires are crackling in the huge triple
fireplace below the Vanderbilt family
crest the great oak table which can seat
dozens of people is dressed with fresh
flow it's a 90-minute experience where
you will learn about the Vanderbilts
their guests and architecture design and
artwork you'll find in each room
next it was on to the rooftop tour where
you can enjoy amazing views from
rooftops and balconies while getting a
closer look at the design and
construction of the Biltmore house when
this house was built it was built by the
architect Richard Morris hunt and
Landscape Architect Frederick Law
Olmsted with George Vanderbilt who was
the owner of the house and they designed
this whole area they built a rail spur
right up to the front of the house so
all the materials the limestone the
brick the steel could all be brought up
right to the front of the house and
constructed right here on site this tour
gives insight into the intricacies of
the outside of the home and how work got
done for example the gargoyles and other
features were carved in place by using
scaffolding and ladders they're afraid
if they carved him on the ground and
with the primitive cranes they had they
might get damaged the sights on this
tour aren't only beautiful but they
really show how much property George
Vanderbilt loved he owned a hundred and
twenty-five thousand acres of land so
when he looked out and saw the mountains
in the distance he owned everything he
saw it took about a week by horseback to
ride the perimeter of his property
after seeing landscape from the rooftop
we decided to take a walk down to the
gardens so right now we are at what they
call the walled garden yes and like
everything here at Biltmore it's not
very small in fact it we want to go for
a walk through the gardens it's a 2.5
mile walk you ready I'd say Biltmore's
lush landscape is a living tribute to
America's foremost Landscape Architect
Frederick Law Olmstead vibrant flowers
fill the many gardens at the estate and
with changing seasons freeze different
blooms more reason to visit at all times
of the year during our visit we had the
opportunity to see the first art
exhibition in Biltmore's historic
gardens Chihuly of Biltmore showcases
breathtaking large-scale glass
sculptures in an equally breathtaking
setting
the creations are captivating especially
when presented with Biltmore's designed
landscapes a relaxing way to extend your
Biltmore experience is an antler Hill
village and winery we stopped by to do a
wine tasting if you are a white wine
lover
I recommend the Biltmore Estate white
blue I call it the trifecta of blends
because it really contains all three of
the very popular white wine grapes 7
Yong Blanc Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay
it's a good summer separate that's a
great summer sipper absolutely we also
tried out their Biltmore reserve
Chardonnay this is the wine that caused
me to really fall in love with white
wine I was mostly a red wine drinker
until I had this one the winery has
great options for red wine lovers as
well their Biltmore Estate red blend has
three varieties of grapes G of AC Merlot
and Zinfandel this might be a red but it
has a very broad appeal and for those
who love dry red wines this is our
Biltmore Estate Cabernet Sauvignon this
is a beautiful Cabernet especially for
the price I love this wine two years ago
this vintage actually won a double gold
medal for us and achieved the highest
point score at that time that we had
ever gotten our trip to the winery was
complete with a glass of champagne
filled with natural wonders in
architectural treasures and whether you
want a view art or make it yourself
try creative and delicious cuisine or
see an unforgettable house Asheville is
a trip he wants
and if you want to learn more about the
Biltmore plan your trip you can visit
their website built more calm and just
this summer until October is that to
hooli glass exhibit which is beautiful
it was amazing unbelievable and to plan
your visit to Asheville to see
everything the city offers and learn
about the summer of glass you can go to
summer of glass calm