Asheville 2009 Official Visitor Guide - (Page 6) making the most of Asheville getting started So, you’ve made it to the Asheville area – but with so much to do, where should you begin? Make the Asheville Visitor Center, just off I-240 at Exit 4C on Montford Avenue, your first stop. Here local experts will help you plan a visit around your specific interests and share the inside scoop about local events and happenings. Tickets to area attractions and downtown tours can be purchased on site and, if you haven’t already made a room reservation, the resident concierge will be glad to help. The Visitor Center offers free parking, Internet access and a retail shop jam-packed with Asheville souvenirs and regional craft items. For more details, visit ExploreAsheville.com, the area’s official tourism Web site. touriffic town It’s easy to get engaged with Asheville, thanks to a myriad of local tours. Explore downtown on a guided vintage trolley, an urban Segway tour or catch a ride – and a comedy show – on LaZoom Tours’ vibrant, purple biodiesel bus. Beer aficionados won’t want to miss the Asheville Brews Cruise, a tour that stops at three of the area’s finest breweries for samples coupled with stories shared by brewery staff. Prefer to walk? The Historic Walking Tours of Montford and the self-guided Asheville Urban Trail both offer unique peeks into the past. Or, to see the spookier side, ghost tours highlight the haunted areas of downtown. 6 http://www.exploreasheville.com/what-to-do/index.aspx http://www.exploreasheville.com/what-to-do/activity-details/index.aspx?guid=3735e658-643a-4824-b048-3a19663a3345 http://www.exploreasheville.com/what-to-do/activity-details/index.aspx?guid=8644f688-0097-4cca-8a5a-d94b6bf8b2f9
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