Day 1: Welcome Aboard! Join us for a fun-filled get-away full of spectacular scenery, holiday cheer and yuletide spirit in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. We will enjoy a delicious buffet dinner at a popular local restaurant before checking into the Doubletree Biltmore Hotel for the next two nights. The hotel is located one block from the entrance to the historic Biltmore Estate.

Day 2: After a full breakfast we depart for the legendary Biltmore Estate, the largest privately-owned home in America. Explore George Vanderbilt’s French chateau style mansion, it’s formal gardens, and the estate’s winery where you will be treated to a wine tasting. A delicious family style luncheon is included at Biltmore’s Deerpark Restaurant. In the afternoon we return to the hotel where you will have time to relax and freshen up before tonight’s special evening. Tonight, by the glow of evening candlelight, we will be part of a special celebration of Christmas at the Biltmore Estate. We begin with a delicious holiday dinner served at the Stable Café, followed by our Candlelight Christmas Evening. Among the mansion’s 250-rooms you will find more than 35 magnificently decorated trees on view, while singing choirs and chamber music will fill the air recreating an elaborate 19^th-century Christmas.

Day 3: After a full breakfast we depart for home taking with us many pleasant memories of a wonderful yuletide celebration get-away to the mountains full of holiday cheer and music! Happy Holidays!

Carney 6:00 AM 7:45 PM