Local Attractions and Links
Before you leave, be sure to:
- Visit unspoiled Marshall, site of several movie sets. Have a coffee at Zuma’s (on us!) and enjoy the old courthouse, the Rock Café, the Depot, etc.
- See a play at Mars Hill’s Southern Appalachian Repertory Theater.
- Ride the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad (reserve the caboose!)
- Raft all along the French Broad River (or watch from the cabin’s back porch). There are several levels of white water.
- Enjoy a relaxing soak in one of the many riverside hot tubs at nearby Hot Springs Spa.
- Hike the Appalachian Trail or one of the hundreds of others winding through the forests.
- Shop for local arts and crafts, quilts, pottery, painting, sculpture at the artists’ own
studios. (There’s a homemade firing kiln that you can actually walk into!)
- Listen to Appalachian music sung (and composed) by musicians who can trace their roots in these hills back 12 generations.
- Pet baby animals, make soap at farms in nearby Spring Creek.
- Visit Asheville, NC (25 min away), a sophisticated small city, on most Top Ten lists of best American cities in which to live and retire.
Local Websites: Town of Marshall and Marshall Blog
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