Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Dirty Dancing Festival this Weekend
Monday, September 6, 2010
Eco-Friendly Fall Adventures
Smart Tours
Many local tour operations have taken steps toward sustainability. Fueled by biodiesel, historical tour LaZoom blends comedy, music and colorful theatrics for guests of all ages. Relax, guilt-free, on a bicycle-drawn rickshaw as you cruise downtown, the River Arts District or historic Montford using only muscle power. Consider a Segway tour, rechargeable electric scooters that traverse downtown Asheville, Biltmore and the North Carolina Arboretum.
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Fall Hiking Tips
Asheville’s reputation for natural beauty outdoes itself each year with the passionate colors of autumn. Taking a hike on the mountain trails immerses you in that autumn palette of deep reds, blazing yellows and deepening greens against the open blue sky.
ChiWalking is an Asheville-based company with national reach that promotes injury-free fitness walking to all ages. ChiWalking incorporates movement principles of t'ai chi with walking to create a more fluid, energetic and healthy way to walk and hike. The goal is to make walking an exercise in building a vibrant body, mind and spirit.
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Parkway’s 75th Anniversary Festival
Asheville Area Fall Color Report
Fall Color Forecast
Happy September! If you’re as excited as we are about fall, you might be wondering when and where the fall color will be the best and brightest this leaf season. The tourism office is working with biologists and fall foliage experts around Western North Carolina for our weekly color reports, starting September 15.
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