My sister in law and I just spent a few days in the beautiful Gatlinburg area and had a completely wonderful time. I have been to the area several times now at different times of the year and a visit in the warm and lovely summer made a completely different and beautiful experience. I wanted a nice hotel for our girlfriends getaway and found a completely lovely and very reasonably priced location at the Pigeon River Inn. The hotel was clean and spacious and our room was lovely and roomy. It’s located on the main road in Pigeon Forge and only a few minutes drive to lots of activities and I recommend it to everyone. Breakfast was included in the hotel price and it was fresh and wonderful every morning. We drove right into the parking lot from the main road and carried in all our luggage and other goodies and got unpacked and settled in.
We had lots of great choices for restaurants in Pigeon Forge and in nearby Gatlinburg but we had both been to The Apple Barn before and agreed it would be a good start for the first night on our little vacation. After a wonderful and delicious dinner at the restaurant located in Sevierville we headed back to our comfy hotel and got a great night’s sleep before we headed to Gatlinburg the next day. Many of the things we wanted to were offered to us in our packet of goodies provided to us from Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. There were several things we wanted to do but one was the beautiful Aquarium of the Smokies. The aquarium took us a couple of hours to see and then it was time for another meal. We tried to go to The Peddler where we had been before but they we not open for lunch. Someone at The Peddler suggested we go to their other restaurant The Park Grill which was just about a block away and open for lunch. The food was wonderful and we appreciated the suggestion!
The next day we set aside for Dollywood and we thought it would take several hours. Neither of us was interested in rides but we thought there would be enough to do with all the shows and we were right. You can check out all the shows and make a schedule for what you want to see. We loved every show and you should try to go to as many as you have time for! It was a wonderful day!
Entrance to the different areas.
That night we planned a visit to Country Tonight. We had contacted the travel people in Gatlinburg and they had very kindly shared a packet of information for travel writers with us which included several passes for things we wanted to do including this show. We actually didn’t know a thing about it but it sounded wonderful and we were so glad we went! Everything was so wonderful and professional and the performers were all wonderful. We totally recommend them for a night out!
We would have loved to stay a few more days but we had only planned on a couple of days getaway so we packed up and got ready to head home the next morning. We enjoyed every minute of our visit and plan to return soon. You should check it out!
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