TAKE AN ECO-VILLAGE VACATION

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September/October 1982
 
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Over the course of this season, we discovered that Eco-Village visitors really appreciated being able — on the trip to the World's Fair — to enjoy some of the region's beautiful scenery without having to drive themselves. So, since our area is so rich in sights that are well worth visiting, we've decided to offer our guests a few other holiday packages next year.

For example, you'll be able to combine a two-day camping "discovery" of the Eco-Village (complete with Show-Hows) and a tour, by chartered bus, to any one of the following:

Cades Cove/Gadinburg, Tennessee . On this jaunt, you'll enjoy a drive to beautiful Smoky Mountain National Park. There, in a lovely waterfall-bedecked valley, you'll find pioneer homesteads and churches at a site where 100 families lived in isolation for a century . . . and where the old-fashioned homestead techniques and crafts they developed are still demonstrated each summer. And after lunch there'll be time for a short trip to the area's most famous resort city — Gatlinburg, Tennessee — for sightseeing and shopping.

Biltmore House/Chimney Rock . As a young man, George Vanderbilt — the railroad heir — decided to build a mansion in the region he called "the most beautiful place in the world" . . . and in 1883 his project was begun near Asheville, North Carolina. Today, the stately and imposing chateau — situated on 12,000 acres — is the world's largest private home . . . comprising 255 rooms, a number of which are open to the public, furnished with antiques and art treasures. Surrounding this incredible structure are 17 acres of formal gardens containing (among other plantings) more than 5,000 roses, which bloom from May through October. After a visit to the awe-inspiring mansion, you'll continue to Chimney Rock . . . an area of spectacular vistas, nature trails, unique rock formations, caves, and one of the highest waterfalls in eastern America.

Grandfather Mountain/Linville Caverns . The region's native Americans believed this peak (whose rock formations date back a billion years and are some of the oldest in the world) resembled the profile of an old man lying on his back. At its top, a mile-high swinging bridge connects it to its mate, Grandmother Mountain, and offers a 100-mile view to those who cross it.

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