Biltmore Village, located across from the entrance to Biltmore Estate, is home to more than 40 unique shops and 10 cafes and restaurants in Asheville. Most businesses are housed in historic cottages and buildings. Tree-lined streets, brick sidewalks and period architecture (including the Cathedral of All Souls) make the area a delight to stroll through and explore.
Village shops and galleries offer a diverse selection of merchandise, from one-of-a-kind decorative and functional craft items, to original artwork, limited edition prints, custom-designed jewelry, clothing, home accessories, antiques and more.
To reach Biltmore Village from downtown Asheville, take Biltmore Avenue south two miles. From I-40, take exit 50.
The Annual Village Art and Craft Fair is held the first Saturday and Sunday in August on the grounds of the Cathedral of All Souls.
Dickens Festival
Historic Biltmore Village transforms itself into a quaint Victorian village on the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of December. Enjoy three days of concerts, refreshments, horsedrawn carriage rides, and strolling vocalists and instrumentalists in costumes of the period.
Hours
There is free parking throughout the Village. Most shops are open Monday-Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM and Sunday 1 to 5 PM. The Biltmore Village Historic Museum is located on the second floor of 30 All Souls Crescent. Go to the Biltmore Village web site for a directory of businesses.
Biltmore Village History
Biltmore Village is a classic planned community, constructed in the late 1890s at the entrance to the Biltmore Estate. Originally designed as a picturesque residential prelude to the Estate, the Village recreates the quaint atmosphere of an English community. The streets are laid out in a fan shape. Most of the streets are short, terminating at the outer edge of the "fan," giving the Village a geographically self-contained design. The diagonal streets were designed to emphasize depth and create sight lines between focal points of the Village - the depot, the church and the Esate entrance.
Chief architects of the Biltmore Estate, Richard M. Hunt (architect) and Frederick Law Olmstead (landscape architect) co-designed the Biltmore Village community. Before his death in 1895, Hunt designed the Cathedral of All Souls, Biltmore Depot and the Estate office. Richard S. Smith, the on-site architect for Hunt's firm, continued Hunt's work and designed the Village cottages, the school, infirmary and post office. Construction of Biltmore Village took place between 1897-1905, and the cottages were occupied as rental units beginning in 1900. Biltmore Village was declared a historic area and a local historic district in 1989.
More shops and restaurants opened at
Biltmore Village in 2008!
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New Morning Gallery's 12,000 square foot showroom features American artists
Fabulous contemporary art at Bella Vista.
(See our Gallery Guide)
Bellagio "wearable art gallery"
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