Five Smoky Mountain Shopping Destinations for Unique Gifts and Inspired Wares
On any given day in the towns around the beautiful Smoky Mountains, visitors and locals are enjoying the vistas, the sites, the sounds, the attractions of the area and the shopping! That’s right, Sevier County is known as much for its shopping opportunities – from unique local shops to international designer outlets – as it […]
Smoky Mountain Dinner Theater Fun with Dolly Parton’s Stampede, a Family Feud and Pirates
Among the fabulous fun in the Great Smoky Mountains towns of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg: dinner theaters. Singing, dancing, pirates, fights, comedy, and live animals of all sorts including buffalo, long-horn cows, piglets and horses. All while you and your family enjoy marvelous, tasty southern, home-cookin’-style meals. Dinner theaters are some of the most family […]
Smoky Mountain Summer Festivals
With summer just around the corner, it’s time to break out the BBQ and a few good tunes. Luckily, if you’re planning a visit to Sevierville, Gatlinburg, or Pigeon Forge in late May you have a chance to do just that at one of TWO amazing festivals. Read on to learn all about Sevierville’s Bloomin’ […]
8 Reasons to Visit Gatlinburg: See the Odd, Set Records and Play at Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
The Great Smoky Mountains offer beauty, nature, cabins with ridiculous views, hiking, food, fun and the weird, strange, challenging and odd. What? Yes, that’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Gatlinburg’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not! has eight fun, and sometimes heart-stopping, and super weird adventures. Ripley’s history began more than a hundred years ago with […]
Get Crafty in The Glades Arts and Crafts Community
Get back to the roots of the people who have lived in The Great Smoky Mountains by going to Gatlinburg’s Arts & Crafts Community to watch artisans or make something yourself – a keepsake from your Tennessee vacation – during one of the “Hands On” events. “Carvers, weavers, watercolor artists, casters, soap makers, potters, wood […]
Kid Friendly Restaurants in the Smokies
You’re on a family vacation and enjoying the exciting attractions in Pigeon Forge. There’s so much to see and do in the Smoky Mountains, and there’s an adventure for kids and adults alike. When hanger hits hard, you want to find a place to eat fast. Some little ones (and adults, too!) may be picky […]
The 8 Best Family Waterfall Hikes in the Smoky Mountains
Are you looking for a waterfall hike? The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a popular vacation getaway for good reason. We have beautiful mountain peaks, many of the highest in the eastern US. We’re also home to more than 2900 miles of flowing streams. Flowing streams means plenty of waterfalls! Ask any visitor to […]
4 Reasons to Zip Through the Smokies at Legacy Mountain Ziplines
Want to see the Great Smoky Mountains from a different angle while having a heart-pumping thrill of a good time while you’re on your Tennessee vacation? Head to Legacy Mountain Ziplines for miles of fast and exciting fun. Four reasons to zip through the mountains at Legacy: Unique and fun way to see the Smoky […]
8 Tips to Have Your Best Trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is truly a gem of the National Park System. Located within less than a full day’s drive of much of the population, it’s no surprise it is the most visited national park in the country. More than 11.4 million visitors came to the Smokies in 2018 alone! When […]
8 Local Favorite Lunch Spots in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge
What’s for lunch? On vacation – you probably start talking about lunch (dinner as it is called in the South) while you are having breakfast or out on an early walk in the Great Smoky Mountains during your Tennessee trip. Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge have unique, fun and tasty options for this meal, whatever you call […]
