Whether you know it or not, one of the main reasons people come to the Smokies and Gatlinburg is for the history and culture our little section of Appalachia has built for itself. We say “know it or not” because it’s either a conscious decision to want to visit for that reason or a subconscious…
Please meet Fish, one of our favorite guests who from time to time comes to visit us in Gatlinburg. While staying at the Gatlinburg Inn he sits on the front patio and entertains you, our guests. He comes to town several times a year, call our front desk and they will let you know his…
February is the season of romance in the Smokies! Well yeah, that’s true everywhere in the country for one big, heart-shaped reason coming up middle of the month, right? But everywhere else in the country doesn’t have the crisp, cool air coming down from Mt. LeConte, snow-covered peaks in almost every direction around you, solemn…
Before Dollywood (and the amusement parks that property was before it was Dollywood), our big mountain family fun draw was Ober Gatlinburg in, you guessed it, Gatlinburg. Ober’s been an iconic fixture of Sevier County’s highlands since the days when color television was considered a luxury and one of the biggest reasons it remains even…
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, has long been one of the great centers of Appalachian culture with their legacy of arts and crafts here in the Smoky Mountains. Not only do we have one of the biggest arts and crafts communities in the country, but we celebrate that heritage and its continued economy with events such as the…
The Gatlinburg Inn, Gatlinburg’s most historic downtown hotel renovations are almost complete. Since we had announced our renovation plans in a previous blog post, we’ve had quite a few questions about how long the renovations were planned to go on for. At this moment, we are expecting the renovations to be completed by early June and…
