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Articles and News about Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains

Experience the Heart of Songwriting at the 2025 Gatlinburg Songwriters Festival

On August 15 and 16, 2025, the Historic Gatlinburg Inn will host the Gatlinburg Songwriters Festival, an intimate, soul stirring celebration of songcraft in the Great Smoky Mountains. Surrounded by moss clad ridges and postcard perfect mountain views, this boutique...

Barbecue with a View: A Visit to Myron Mixon BBQ in Gatlinburg

Looking for barbecue and a balcony view in downtown Gatlinburg? You don’t have to go far. Just across the Parkway from the Historic Gatlinburg Inn sits Myron Mixon BBQ, a restaurant carrying the name of one of the most well-known figures in the world of competitive...

Blue Moose Burgers & Wings: Gatlinburg’s Newest Must-Try Spot for Burgers, Wings & Good Vibes

If you’ve been walking the Parkway and wondering what that new burger-and-wing joint is next to all the Gatlinburg action, let us save you the suspense: Blue Moose Burgers & Wings is officially open—and it's a winner. This place isn’t just a tourist trap with a...
Winter Fun in the Sky

Winter Fun in the Sky

What is that in the air for February? Is it love? Is it romance? Well, it’s not Superman, so it must be that time of the year when we look for creative ways and activities to show our partner how much they mean to us and take in the wonderful ambiance of winter to...

New Years Eve in Gatlinburg

New Years Eve in Gatlinburg

The science of combustion has more personal and historical significance to mankind than most other forces known to man. Everything we know of and can measure today began with the “Big Bang” when spatial expansion began from a very hot and very dense point, humanity...

Christmas Shopping in Gatlinburg

Christmas Shopping in Gatlinburg

Many of our guests choose the holidays to come to the Smokies not just to relax and get their fill of Christmas Smoky Mountain spirit, but also to find unique, worthwhile gift opportunities for the family they might not get to see this year. Gatlinburg is a treasure...

Gatlinburg Family Dining Choices

Gatlinburg Family Dining Choices

It's very difficult not to notice on your way through Gatlinburg that we have a lot of restaurants in our city - quite a lot - so many, in fact, that our guests often ask us for recommendations as they're not sure which ones to go with or where they might be found at....

The Gatlinburg Sky Lift Is Now Open

The Gatlinburg Sky Lift Is Now Open

One attraction that got hit during the wildfires was our neighbor, the iconic and indispensable Gatlinburg Sky Lift. The Sky Lift is one of only two attractions in Gatlinburg that let you actually climb the mountain aerially to a mountaintop destination, and the only...

The History of the Smoky Mountain National Park

The History of the Smoky Mountain National Park

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...

There is Music at the Gatlinburg Inn

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...