Our visit to the Biltmore
Friday afternoon we made the 3 and a half hour drive to Asheville, NC.
We booked tickets to visit the Biltmore Estate early Saturday morning.
Our tour of the house began at 9:15.
Biltmore was built by George Washington Vanderbilt.
It is an AMAZING estate.
The part that impressed us most was not
the size of the house or estate,
but the feeling of hospitality and warmth
from the staff and the estate itself.
George and his wife Edith were very generous people.
Friday afternoon we made the 3 and a half hour drive to Asheville, NC.
We booked tickets to visit the Biltmore Estate early Saturday morning.
Our tour of the house began at 9:15.
Biltmore was built by George Washington Vanderbilt.It is an AMAZING estate.
The part that impressed us most was not
the size of the house or estate,
but the feeling of hospitality and warmth
from the staff and the estate itself.
George and his wife Edith were very generous people.
We were not allowed to take pictures inside the mansion.
It took us 2 hours and 15 minutes to tour it.
Four floors and the basement,touring a total of 55 rooms plus.
AMAZING, beautiful, huge (yes), but very well thought out.
The home is FILLED with historical treasures.
To name a few favorites:
Rembraint paintings, before he was "known",
Napolean's chess set,
a replica of the banner carried by Christopher Columbus on his travels.
Some of our favorite rooms in the house:
*The Louis XV Room - bedroom with big windows at the front of the house.
*The gymnasium in the basement - dressing rooms were provided to change clothes,
it was not proper to walk through the house in your "work-out clothes".
*The billards room with two pool tables.
*The BEAUTIFUL library - showcasing George's favorite passion - books.
There were more than 10,000 volumes in 8 languages.
*The indoor pool.
LUNCH!
We ate at the Stable Cafe.
You guessed it, this is the estate's old stable with original walls, floors and stalls.
You can see behind our table the old cage
for holding hay and the watering tub (with flowers now).
The tables and benches are in between the various stalls.
GREAT food!! FUN atmosphere.
The Gardens
The South Terrace
The walls of the gardens.
This is a FUNNY picture of the kids pretending to hang off the
edge of the wall going down the steps .
The NOT funny part is, Ammon kept jumping up on top of the walls
to see and the other side of most of the walls was a
drop off of at least 30 feet!
The Walled Garden with a carpet of tulips.
It was a BEAUTIFUL and extremely enlightening visit.
We would highly recommend it to anyone.
6 comments:
When I was reading the book 1776 I think they talked about him building this house. What was the year it was completed? Was this the house where he was the general contractor as well? Tiffany
Okay, what's up with Haleigh not showing her braces. Haleigh every picture you've taken is with tight lips, show us a train track grin. You're so cute! Tiffany
Okay, I'm retarded, I missed the Vanderbilt part of his name. I'm smokin' dope. Disregard my previous comment. Tiffany
What an amazing day. i wish i lived closer so i could go and see it. i was mesmerized by the pictures and everything you talked about inside. Its amazing all the historcial things and places our counrty holds. thanks for sharing. :)
I think Fred needs a new sweater or jacket....
That looks like my kind of trip--what a beautiful house! Maybe we could find the equivalent in our area, made out of adobe and sticks perhaps?
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