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Weekend in the Smokies ⛰️🌳
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items A fun filled recommendation list/guide to Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. This place is perfect for a family vacation or a quaint couple weekend getaway. I’ve been here many times over the years for family vacatio...
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Stay
Food 🥘
Shopping
Activities
Other recommendations
Stay
Nothing is more perfect than a cabin stay in the mountains. These are perfect for every season. Relax in a hot tub and enjoy the views!
We use Airbnb to book cabins in the area. We typically try and stay closer to the Gatlinburg side
Airbnb
Food 🥘
Some of our faves that we come back to each time! Your taste buds will thank you!
Literally one of our favorite places to eat. Breakfast, lunch or dinner you can’t go wrong. Get the meatloaf, fried chicken or the chicken and dumplings. Also enjoy the river and some wildlife views while you’re eating or explore the store attached w...
The Old Mill
Another great staple when visiting. It is located at the Island in Pigeon Forge. Paula Deen even made a surprise visit while we were there
Paula Deen's Family Kitchen
Located right on the strip in downtown Gatlinburg. An excellent breakfast spot but be prepared for a wait. Highly the recommend the French toast, pancakes or the black bear camp skillet
Crockett's Breakfast Camp
Another popular restaurant in the area. Honestly perfect for a lunch after a morning doing activities!
Local Goat - New American Restaurant Pigeon Forge
Pizza is such an easy way to settle in for your first night or close it out with a low key night in at the cabin. We go pizza from here for our first night, relaxed and just enjoyed the views on our cabin porch. BBQ chicken pizza as top notch
Slice of Sicily Pizzeria
Shopping
We spent way too much money shopping on this trip 🙈 but there are many local as well as well known/popular in the area
Good variety of boots and a good deal!
TwoFreeBoots.com
A discount store full of Carhartt, Wrangler, etc. Honestly the perfect place for men to shop haha
Duncan's Clothing | Sevierville TN
Who doesn’t love a good outlet mall. A good pace to stop and shop at some of your favorites stores and get a deal!
Tanger Outlets Sevierville
Located right on the gatlinburg strip and has a good selection of local stores
Mountain Mall
Activities
7 Ziplines through the mountains with the highest one being 500 feet up and half a mile long. We had such a fun time and honestly it would be spectacular in the fall
Legacy Mountain Ziplines
The show was really fun and a great activity to do once. The food was average. Would also love to try on of the other shows in the area
Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Feud
We spent a day exploring the national park which we have been to before but always enjoy driving the cades cove loop, learning about the history, having a picnic and conquering a few hikes. We did Abram’s falls this time which is 5 miles round trip a...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Another fun activity is try the different moonshine, wine and cider company’s in the area. Some of the popular ones include Ole Smokey’s, Sugarlands, Elmont Winery, Tennessee Cider Co and Bootleggers
Sugarlands Distilling Company
A fun activity and a great way to see the views
Gatlinburg SkyPark | Home of the Record Setting SkyBridge | Gatlinburg ...
Other recommendations
This list includes things we’ve done on other trips and enjoyed but didn’t include in our most recent trip!
If you love theme parks and roller coasters or just dolly in general it’s worth checking out and spending a day here! My favorite coaster in the mine shaft!
Dollywood
Mini golf! There are so many courses in the areas but it’s worth playing a game to two!
Crave Golf Club
Restaurants, rides, games and more! It’s a fun place to check out and great for families
The Island in Pigeon Forge
Another fun activity to do as a couple or as a family!
Best Go-Kart Tracks in Pigeon Forge at Xtreme Racing
Ride the mountain coaster, zipline, walk the treetop skywalk, shop, dine, gem mine. Family friendly with a lot of activities!
Anakeesta