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Grovewood Village
A beautiful complex made up of several buildings that house wonderful art and masterful crafts, furniture, jewelry and other gift items. There is also a museum that explains the story of the property, former staff and businesses that once existed. It includes some of the original artifacts like looms that were used to weave fabric for the Vanderbilt's. There are pieces from the Roycroft Craftsman too. In the back is a long fantastic building where the fabric of years ago was washed and dyed. The original equipment is still present and left as was. The last building holds a nice little antique car collection. The gentleman working explained many details of the vehicles and building. The collection of buildings are fronted by a sculpture garden with foot paths. On the opposite end is a restaurant. There are only 2 small parking lots - one behind the restaurant for its guests and one in front of the other building adjacent to the sculpture gardens. Visiting this "village" was one of the most enjoyable relaxing spots we visited in Asheville. We highly recommend a stop here.
The Buffalo History Museum Resource Center
Nice display of the worlds fair. Too bad its not open more often. Wish they would put some period pieces in the center jewelry cases rather than leaving them empty. Di
Amber Cove Cruise Port
A great place to visit easily from your docked cruise ship.
Simply grab your swim gear and walk down the pier. You only need to show your cruise card to clear back to your ship. There are many free beach chairs to use by the pools. ( umbrellas are for rent a and staff will bring them to your chairs and set up). There is a nice splash pool for little kids too. You can easily walk back to your ship for lunch and drinks and a break from the sun or to drop off any purchases you made from the many stores located in this port area. There are free public bathrooms, a restaurant, swim up bar and pool lounge chair service for those wishing to purchase food or drinks all in the pool area. Enjoy the upbeat music and sunshine. They offer many extra to purchase too, like pool floats, regular and fish massages. You can add on zip lining or a waterslide pass too (which looked like fun). If you venture out of the shop side, opposite the aqua area there is a small beach to relax at if you prefer. This was an easy, relaxing day in the sun . We really enjoyed this day in port.
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Simply grab your swim gear and walk down the pier. You only need to show your cruise card to clear back to your ship. There are many free beach chairs to use by the pools. ( umbrellas are for rent a and staff will bring them to your chairs and set up). There is a nice splash pool for little kids too. You can easily walk back to your ship for lunch and drinks and a break from the sun or to drop off any purchases you made from the many stores located in this port area. There are free public bathrooms, a restaurant, swim up bar and pool lounge chair service for those wishing to purchase food or drinks all in the pool area. Enjoy the upbeat music and sunshine. They offer many extra to purchase too, like pool floats, regular and fish massages. You can add on zip lining or a waterslide pass too (which looked like fun). If you venture out of the shop side, opposite the aqua area there is a small beach to relax at if you prefer. This was an easy, relaxing day in the sun . We really enjoyed this day in port.
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