Asheville: The Grove Park Inn & The Biltmore at Night

One thing that was non-negotiable about our trip to Asheville was to visit The Grove Park Inn at sunset. If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I've recently become a little bit obsessed with sunsets... and seeing the sunset over the mountains? Yeah. That had to happen.

We couldn't have planned it better if we tried.

We arrived at The Grove Park Inn just as the sun was sinking down over the mountains. It was gorgeous and of course, sunset pictures never really do the sunset justice. Just trust me. You need to go see the sunset at Grove Park at some point in your life. Worth it.

Back inside, we decided that we wanted to grab a drink and a couple of appetizers before heading to The Biltmore. The hostesses sat us in two super comfy chairs directly in front of the fireplace where our waiter took this fantastic picture.

I'm not sure why I handed the waiter my phone rather than my real camera, but oh well. Still a fantastic picture :)

The evening kept getting better though.

They had hush puppies on the menu and they were the best hush puppies I have ever had. I'm big on dipping my hush puppies into butter but butter was not an option here. Instead... they had warm pimento cheese. Pimento cheese?! Heaven on a plate.

There was also a pretzel roll thing with a beer cheese dip, but I was way too focused on the hush puppies to pay that one much attention. I hear it was good though.

We headed from Grove Park to The Biltmore for our candlelight tour.

I'd love to show you pictures from there but it's illegal or something to take pictures inside. It was killing me not to be able to take pictures somewhere but it gave me plenty of time to listen to my audio set and be freaked out by the indoor pool. Pools don't belong inside a house people, they just don't.

The Biltmore is absolutely gorgeous when it is lit up for Christmas! It's spectacular. I attempted to get a picture at the end of the night, using the back of Patrick's truck as a tripod and well... no. That doesn't quite work, especially when Patrick jumps in the picture without me noticing.

It's also pretty fantastic during the day time, too.

... and you'll see more of that tomorrow because apparently it's Asheville week on the blog.