Coasting the Mountains: A Guide to Western North Carolina

Centring on Asheville and trekking out for sixty miles in all directions, this light-hearted, personal guide focuses on all the attractions of the region. Western North Carolina, bordering Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia, attracts five million visitors annually. This region offers the tourist and resident breathtaking natural beauty, charming shops, restaurants, and accommodations that range from rustic to elegant. The authors point out that many books have been written about this area's waterfalls, parks, biking, rafting, and camping in great detail, but this book covers what they liked best about everything.