Biltmore Estate & North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains Bus Tour For 2025 & 2026

At Diamond Tours, quality is a priority. We know how important it is that you have a comfortable journey. We guarantee each group receives a top quality, video and restroom equipped motorcoach with 54 seats or more.

Your group deserves a good night sleep each and every night. At Diamond Tours, we provide your group with quality lodging almost always with interior corridors. The lodging we provide is often times national franchise hotels. Sometimes, due to a unique geographic location, the property may not be called a hotel, but rest assured it will always be a quality property.

Diamond Tours trips include All Breakfasts (except on the day of departure) and most Dinners.

Discover the wonders of Biltmore in Asheville. Begin with the breathtaking beauty of 250-room Biltmore House — America's largest home. Your visit will include experiencing the Biltmore House and Gardens. Stroll acres of formal and informal gardens, including the Italian Garden as well as the ancient trees comprising America’s first managed forests. You will Biltmore’s lush landscape to be amazing. The Antler Village and Winery is Biltmore’s new village that connects the estate’s present and past, providing a relaxing place for dining, shopping, and historical exhibits. Biltmore is a “must see” destination in America.

A Blue Ridge Parkway experience is unlike any other, a slow paced and relaxing drive revealing stunning long-range vistas and close-up views of the mountains and pastoral landscapes of the Appalachian Highlands. Protecting a diversity of plants and animals, the Parkway meanders for 469 miles, providing opportunities for enjoying all that makes this region of the country so special.

There's something special about Asheville, and the world is just beginning to discover it. This thriving mountain city features an exciting downtown with 30-plus art galleries, a burgeoning culinary scene, a thriving live music scene, and of course, the awe-inspiring scenery of the Appalachian Mountains. Asheville has been recognized for many awards, including a listing in AARP Magazine for "Best Places to Reinvent Your Life”.

The Basilica is on the National Register of Historic Places. The basilica's dome has a span of 58 by 82 feet and is reputed to be the largest freestanding elliptical dome in North America. The inside of the church is adorned with statues of saints, including St. Lawrence, St. Cecilia, St. Rose of Lima, St. Patrick, and St. Peter the Apostle. The basilica is known for its many elaborate stained glass windows, many which were made in Munich, Germany. Behind the basilica is a Mary garden, which contains a life-size white statue of the Virgin Mary.

A Blue Ridge Parkway experience is unlike any other. Amongst other things, your experience will include a short, high definition film called The Blue Ridge Parkway, American Favorite Journey.

The Folk Art Center is a museum of Appalachian arts and crafts located on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina. It features many one-of-a-kind handmade crafts and is the most popular attraction on the Parkway, seeing a quarter of a million visitors per year. The Center contains three galleries. One of the Center's main attractions is the Guild's century-old Allanstand Craft Shop, containing 3,500 pieces of craft objects dating back to the turn of the 20th century. The Center also features an exhibition of traditional and contemporary southern Appalachian crafts.

A Diamond Tours Dinner Party is a great way to end the evening with your group!

Considered by many to be one of the giants of 20th Century American Literature, Thomas Wolfe immortalized his childhood home in his epic autobiographical novel, Look Homeward, Angel. Wolfe�s colorful portrayal of his family, his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina, and the Old Kentucky Home boarding house earned the historic Victorian home a place as one of American Literature�s most famous landmarks.

America's largest home transforms each holiday season for an awe-inspiring tradition in Asheville, N.C. that dates back more than 120 years.