Or skip ahead to the lively River Arts District, where more than 180 working studios are housed in former factories and historic buildings along the French Broad River. Among bits of imparted history, guides often mention what compelled Ruth and Ira’s annual visits: Black Mountain College, an experimental school with a short life and a long legacy in nearby Black Mountain.įor more literal views of the college’s creative sweep, visit the Asheville Art Museum, whose Black Mountain College Collection includes works by Elaine de Kooning, Ken Noland, Ray Johnson, and others in Ruth and Ira’s catalog, and the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, an exhibit space and resource center downtown. Zany though it is, this comedy-show-on-wheels is good for more than laughs. Stay elsewhere, if you like, but come to dine or enjoy a sunset cocktail and you’ll understand its enduring appeal.įrame your stay with a city tour aboard a purple LaZoom bus. With their unerring taste, they booked a room at the The Omni Grove Park Inn, as famous for the notables in the guest book as for the grand stone structure and majestic mountain views. Ruth and Ira, the older couple in Nicholas Sparks’ story, honeymooned in Asheville.
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