Experts' Choice Award Biltmore Estate
What the experts agree on
America's largest private home—a 250-room French Renaissance château on 8,000 acres with stunning gardens. Allow several hours to explore, and expect steep admission prices.
“the astonishing 250-room French Renaissance château is America's largest private house and the number one attraction of its kind in North Carolina. ”
– Fodor's
Frommer's "Built by George W. Vanderbilt, has 250 rooms. This is one of the largest and most impressive privately owned historic estates in the world...the estate is divided into four different attractions" Full review
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Visitors should allow a minimum of 5 hours to see the place -- it's huge.
Lonely Planet "It’s extraordinarily expensive to visit, but there’s a lot to see; allow several hours to explore the entire 8000-acre estate. " Full review
Travel + Leisure "The 1895 George Vanderbilt estate features 75 acres of gardens, which are bursting with hundreds of chrysanthemums through September." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Inspired by the Loire castles, this opulent 250-room edifice (1895) belonged to George Vanderbilt, grandson of railway tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt." Full review
Afar Magazine "A self-guided tour of the Vanderbilt family's 8,000-acre estatein Asheville, North Carolina, takes you through gardens bursting with roses and azaleas, and past pools filled with koi and pineapple-scented water lilies." Full review
Atlas Obscura "The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways. " Full review
U.S. News & World Report1.0
"This enormous French Renaissance-style estate of George Vanderbilt has a storied past dating back to 1889." Full review
Travel + Leisure "What Vanderbilt described as his "little mountain escape" is, in fact, a 250-room château and the largest private home in the U"
New York Times "Biltmore Estate includes George Vanderbilt's 250-room mansion, set on thousands of acres. No trip to Asheville is complete without a stop at the Biltmore House, the palatial Gilded Age..."
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