On Thursday, Harrison and I checked a few more things off of our Asheville Bucket List. We did the Asheville Historic Trolley Tour (The Gray Line - even though the trolley is red) which was pretty neat. I thought that we were going to know everything that the guide has to tell us, but we learned a lot.
We enjoyed a yummy dinner at one of our favorite local restaurants: Mayfel's. We sat in their cute courtyard area, which is reminiscent of NOLA's French Quarter. Harrison always orders the Muffuletta with sweet potato fries. I love their shrimp and grits, but this time I tried Loretta's Meatloaf and it was fantastic! The roasted potatoes were equally as impressive.
http://mayfels.org/
After dinner, we indulged ourselves in twilight passes to The Grove Park Inn's Spa. We have always loved the Grove Park Inn. It's the place where many famous people over the years have stayed, it's steeped in history, and the architecture is beautiful, as are the views from the sunset terrace.
http://www.groveparkinn.com/Leisure/
Here's a view taken from the sunset terrace overlooking the underground spa:
After checking in, we were each taken separately by our male and female concierges to our locker rooms. We were assigned lockers, given plush robes and slippers, and then given a tour around the facilities. The women's locker room was lovely. There was a quiet room with fireplace, a lounge with club chairs, snacks, and tea, a steam room, a sauna, and a Jacuzzi tub with a connected 'cold plunge' pool.
Ladies' lounge:
Ladies' lounge quiet area:
Ladies' lounge snack bar:
In the main pool area, where I was able to meet back up with Harrison, there were five more pools to choose from. There was a lap pool that was a little colder than the others, a large indoor pool that was a very comfortable temperature, two warm/hot side pools that had streams of water trickling down from rocks above to beat down on your back (for a hydrotherapy massage), and an outdoor pool that was about 88 degrees. We had a great time being pampered for four hours! I took a shower using all of their fantastic rosemary-mint products. My skin was so smooth by the end of the night.
We weren't supposed to take pictures (so as not to disrupt the other guests), but since we were the last to leave, I took several shots:
Main pool:
Looking over to the lap pool:
The lap pool with the starry ceiling:
The outdoor pool at sunset:
Outdoor area:
Here's the lovely sunset that we caught as we were leaving:
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