Historic Biltmore Village

This is a typical tourist trap. I didn’t really see any shops that were anything special. I did like the building facades. I enjoyed strolling around for an hour.

Biltmore Village was conceived by a visionary millionaire, designed by world-​renowned architects and home to humble estate workers, Biltmore Village was created as a counterpart to Biltmore Estate. It was a planned community for estate workers as well as an independent community all its own.
It has evolved and changed in the years since. Today, it is hard to classify the village. It’s a bustling, contemporary shopping destination — home to both national retail outlets and one-​of-​a-​kind independent shops. It’s the perfect night out for foodies and friends. It’s a must see site for history buffs and architecture aficionados.
It is, in short, a destination unlike any other.
That’s being said Biltmore Village is quaint brick stone roads to walk around on and it’s filled with tourists.
The parking is tight and confusing it surly does not help that 80% of the cars driving around here have license plates from other states.
There are a bunch of hotels around here where a lot of people stay that visit the Biltmore Estate, i feel sorry for everybody that try’s to sleep here, the train is going by all night, back and forth honking constantly .
Biltmore Village has a bunch of restaurants for every taste or wallet from Ruth chris to Macdonalds (that has literally Golden Arches here and as I ve been told a grand piano inside.) I just hope the visitors don’t think this is the actual Asheville itself and go to the city and experience the food there.
The plenty of stores have gifts and crafts you can take home from WNC and there is a couple of banks a church and a Starbucks.
I live here and drive by or through every other day to see it you need about one hour or so, I for sure would not stay here because of the noise it’s ok to see it once and then concentrate on the beautiful mountains