Biltmore House At Christmas Views

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Mrs. Highlander and I have longed to visit the extraordinary Biltmore Estate and made a commitment to take in their annual holiday event, getting the opportunity to not only witness the grandeur of the famed 250-room American Castle, but to also experience the estate as it was first presented to the public on Christmas Eve in 1895.

Biltmore Estates is a three-hour drive from our studio, so we were out the door by 6 a.m. The sun was well above the mountain crest when we arrived in the city of Asheville in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Following the directional signs from Interstate 40, we soon found ourselves before the gatehouse at Biltmore Estate.

We were a few minutes early so I stepped out to stretch my legs, the air was well chilled and crisp, the morning dew glistened on the green grass. Before I could get well stretched a green Explorer pulled up, as I approached the vehicle I was met with a fresh baked morning smile and heard f“Hi, Ii’m Sarah Thomas. ” Sarah is a Media Director at Biltmore Estate, we exchanged pleasantries and she invited us to follow her up to the house.

We enter the estate by passing through the 2 1/2 story gate house, better known as the Lodge Gate, we followed Approach Road 3 miles up to the house, winding along the way through a park like setting. The estate today is a mere 8,000-acres, quite downsized from its former 125,000 acres. Most of the land was sold to the Pisgah National Forest for safekeeping. Heading up to the big mystery house, we felt like kids about to peek into a 19th Century Christmas world.