The Omni Grove Park Inn
Sunset Mountain
A 1913 lodge built from granite boulders, with fireplaces you could park a car in and a spa cut into the hillside below it. The view west at dusk is what you are paying for.
AVL · Southeast
Nonstop into Asheville, NC
26 U.S. airports fly here without a layover, grouped by how long you'd be in the air.
Asheville sits in a bowl of mountains at the top of North Carolina. The two things it is known for, the Biltmore Estate and a downtown full of art deco, are only part of it. The reason people move here is the ridgeline in every direction.
Helene came through in September 2024 and took a good deal of the River Arts District with it. The district is open again, with more than five hundred working artists, and it was voted the best arts district in the country in early 2026. Parts of it and of Biltmore Village are still active construction, which is worth knowing before you build a day around one particular studio.
Late spring and October are the obvious windows. Summer is greener and wetter than people expect, and winter in the mountains is a genuinely different trip.
26 of 26 nonstop routes
Leave after work
Under 2 hours22 citysAtlanta, GA
ATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport
33m
Many flights a day
Charlotte, NC
CLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport
25m
About 6 flights a day
American
Chicago, IL
ORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport
1h 15m
About 5 flights a day
New York, NY
LGA · LaGuardia Airport
1h 34m
About 3 flights a day
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
DFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
1h 47m
About one a day
American
Fort Lauderdale, FL
FLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport
1h 35m
About one a day
Allegiant
Newark, NJ
EWR · Newark Liberty International Airport
1h 30m
About one a day
Orlando, FL
SFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport
1h 10m
About one a day
Allegiant
Philadelphia, PA
PHL · Philadelphia International Airport
1h 22m
About one a day
American
Pinellas Park, FL
PIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport
1h 14m
About one a day
Allegiant
Washington, DC
DCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
1h 4m
About one a day
American
Miami, FL
MIA · Miami International Airport
1h 40m
5 flights a week
American
Boston, MA
BOS · Boston Logan International Airport
1h 56m
5 flights a week
Punta Gorda, FL
PGD · Punta Gorda Airport
1h 23m
4 flights a week
Allegiant
Minneapolis, MN
MSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field
1h 50m
3 flights a week
Delta, Sun Country, Allegiant
SeasonalNonstops out of MSP →West Palm Beach, FL
PBI · Palm Beach International Airport
1h 30m
3 flights a week
Allegiant
Orlando, FL
MCO · Orlando International Airport
1h 16m
2 flights a week
Allegiant
Sarasota, FL
SRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport
1h 20m
2 flights a week
Key West, FL
EYW · Key West International Airport
1h 46m
2 flights a week
Chicago, IL
MDW · Chicago Midway International Airport
1h 13m
A couple of flights a week
Allegiant
SeasonalNonstops out of MDW →Dulles, VA
IAD · Washington Dulles International Airport
59m
A couple of flights a week
Allegiant
Houston, TX
HOU · William P. Hobby Airport
1h 55m
A couple of flights a week
Allegiant
SeasonalNonstops out of HOU →
Easy weekend
2 to 3 hours2 citysDenver, CO
DEN · Denver International Airport
2h 31m
About one a day
Austin, TX
AUS · Austin Bergstrom International Airport
2h 4m
A couple of flights a week
Allegiant
SeasonalNonstops out of AUS →
Long weekend
3 to 5 hours2 citysLas Vegas, NV
LAS · Harry Reid International Airport
3h 28m
2 flights a week
Allegiant
Phoenix, AZ
PHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
3h 17m
A couple of flights a week
Allegiant
SeasonalNonstops out of PHX →
Worth the extra days
5 hours and up0 citysNothing over five hours nonstop from here, which is normal for most Midwest airports. Hawaii and Alaska usually mean one connection.
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Nonstop route data from the U.S. Department of Transportation (BTS T-100), covering 2025-06..2026-05, last updated 2026-09-02. Domestic routes only. Airlines change schedules, so an advisor confirms before you book.
In Asheville
Where to stay
Kimpton Hotel Arras
Downtown
In the old BB&T tower, so the upper floors look over the rooftops to the mountains. Walking distance to everything downtown.
The Foundry Hotel
Downtown
Built out of the steelworks that supplied Biltmore, on the block behind the YMI Cultural Center. Quieter than its address suggests.
What to do
Biltmore Estate
Two hundred and fifty rooms, eight thousand acres, and the largest private house in America. Give it most of a day. The gardens are the underrated half.
The Blue Ridge Parkway
It runs straight past the city. Craggy Gardens and Mount Mitchell are both under an hour out. Check the closures before you set off.
The River Arts District
More than five hundred working artists in old industrial buildings along the French Broad. Rebuilt, busy again, and still visibly in progress in places.
The downtown architecture
One of the best preserved art deco downtowns in the South, largely because the city went broke after 1929 and could not afford to knock any of it down.
Where to eat
Cúrate
Spanish tapas on Biltmore Avenue, Michelin-listed, and a James Beard award for hospitality. Tables open sixty days ahead on Resy.
Chai Pani
Indian street food on Banks Avenue. Its owners were James Beard finalists again in 2026. The kale pakoras are the thing.
Grove Arcade
A 1929 indoor market hall with a vaulted ceiling and a dozen counters under it. The easiest lunch downtown when nobody can agree.
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