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Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival 2014

songwriterThe 3rd Annual Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival bursts into song again in Gatlinburg starting on Thursday through this weekend, August 21-24. It’s four days of mostly free music with a couple of ticketed events, when legends and industry pros mingle with the public in a highly entertaining musical event you will want to plunge into.

Where better than Gatlinburg in summer for musicians and music lovers to come together to celebrate the Appalachian musical roots of much of America’s famous music. (more…)

Brave Eagle Luxury Cabin, Near Pigeon Forge & Gatlinburg

images from Brave Eagle cabin

images from Brave Eagle cabin

Welcome to Brave Eagle, a 1-bedroom luxury cabin perched in the Smoky Mountains, with a view that offers you as much of the mountains as you care to take in, from your hot tub or rocking chair on the deck

Sometimes you just want give your eyes a vacation. That’s when you need a cabin like Brave Eagle, with a great view of the mountains, easy on the eyes and uplifting to look at, a view to gaze at endlessly. (more…)

Weddings in the Smoky Mountains

“Marriage is the crowning result of love in the supremely romantic Smoky Mountains.”

Back_deck_weddingPeople come to the Smoky Mountains for a romantic getaway, and to get married, and to honeymoon. And they return frequently thereafter to celebrate their life with each other, and years later to renew their vows to each other, often with their grown-up children looking on, to everybody’s great satisfaction. (more…)

Alewine Pottery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

images courtesy of Alewine Pottery

images courtesy of Alewine Pottery

There’s plenty of Smoky Mountain spirit to be found in Alewine Pottery of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This much loved, family-run shop knows how to roll out the welcome mat and  provide friendly, individual service.

The Alewine family plies its visitors with free complimentary popcorn, coffee and apples, provide rocking chairs and a checkers table, with live banjo music just outside. (more…)

Smoky Mountain Retreat Cabin in Pigeon Forge

Smoky Mountain Retreat in Pigeon Forge

Smoky Mountain Retreat in Pigeon Forge

Can you enjoy Pigeon Forge cabin living and still be in walking distance of the action on Parkway? With Smoky Mountain Retreat cabin you can!

Located just off Parkway up the hill in Pin Oak Resort, this 1-bedroom cabin offers its own hot tub on the back deck in the trees, with the resort swimming pool close by, and a great deal of convenience! (more…)

Massage in Your Cabin – the Ultimate Relaxation

What’s more relaxing than a gorgeous view of the Smoky Mountains from your hot tub on the deck of your luxury cabin? Well, how about a massage with that?

images courtesy of A Mountain View Spa

images courtesy of A Mountain View Spa

How about a massage service that provides cabin-calls? A Mountain View Spa offers services that come to you, to take relaxation to a whole new level.

From one of our rental cabins schedule your service with a skilled therapeutic massage professional. A Mountain View Spa offers you 7 different types of massages to choose from, each lasting at least an hour. (more…)

Big Bear Plunge: Pigeon Forge 3-Bedroom Cabin With Pool

Big Bear Plunge 3-bedroom Pigeon Forge cabin

Big Bear Plunge 3-bedroom Pigeon Forge cabin

Just outside of Pigeon Forge, nestled in the hills of the Tennessee Smoky Mountains, is a 3-bedroom luxury rental cabin with its own indoor pool, as well as a home movie theater. This is “Big Bear Plunge”, sleeping up to 12 people in comfort, perfect for a small retreat gathering, a family reunion, or a group of friends on a mountain getaway. (more…)

July 4th, 2014 in Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge

 

July 4th Midnight Parade, Gatlinburg

July 4th Midnight Parade, Gatlinburg

It’s July 4th on Friday, and in Gatlinburg this means a parade, which really starts on Thursday, July 3rd  in the early morning hours. This is when the most intrepid of the parade-watchers begin to claim their spots along the parade route, settling in with folding chairs and necessary survival items to get through the long day ahead: phone, camera, water, money, good hat, etc.

Over 100,000 people are coming to watch the First Independence Day Parade in the Nation begin as the clock strikes midnight of the 3rd, and the Fourth of July unfolds in all its glory! (more…)