Near Cedar Crest Bed & Breakfast: Biltmore Village in Asheville
Just a few blocks away from Cedar Crest Inn bed and breakfast is premium shopping at Biltmore Village. Built in the late 1890's as a classic planned community at the entrance to George Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate, Biltmore Village today is truly one of the Carolinas' most unique touring and shopping environments.  Because of its history, its range of retailers, and its fine restaurants, Historic Biltmore Village has an international reputation. Enjoy quaint tree-lined streets, brick sidewalks, open air dining, original houses from the 1900's, all combined with amazing collections of one-of-a-kind merchandise of true quality and value at these shops:
2 On Crescent...A Village Boutique  The Baggie Goose         Bella Vista         Bellagio    Biltmore Village Company    Biltmore Village Dolls & Gifts     blue     Chelsea's & the Village Tea Room    Claying Around  Coldwater Creek The Compleat Naturalist  Constance Boutique  The Corner Kitchen   Curtis Wright Outfitters  Dwell     Estate Jewelry, Ltd.    Fireside Galleries ~ Antiques & Art  Four Corners Furnishings     The Gardener's Cottage       Hot Shot Café	Interiors of Asheville      Jos A. Bank Clothiers      Kismet Cafe and Coffeehouse  La Paz Restaurante-Cantina Legacies Gifts & Ice Cream Garden   New Morning Gallery Olde World Christmas Shoppe Once Upon A Time Porter & Prince, Ltd. Recollections       Rezaz Restaurant and Enoteca  Spa at Biltmore Village   Susan Marie Designs  Talbots    Thomas Kinkade at Biltmore Village Turner & Co. Apothecary  William & Grace...A Children's Boutique  William Sonoma Wink: Heads & Threads   Yarn Paradise
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. After a day of shopping, return to Cedar Crest Inn bed an breakfast to relax in the garden or by the grand fireplace.