If you missed Part 1 of our visit to the Biltmore, catch up there first and then come back to this post. We sure enjoyed our recent trip to Asheville and it was a pleasure to see the house and gardens again. Today we’ll go upstairs to the bedrooms and more casual spaces of the guest rooms and downstairs kitchen and pool.
Another look at the exterior view of the Biltmore, a magnificent sight to take in.
Continuing the tour from Part 1, we enter George Vanderbilt’s bedroom.
Such an incredible bedroom.
This is a room in between George and Edith Vanderbilt’s bedrooms. I’m sure it would have been decorated with plenty of comfortable seating areas.
Now we go into Mrs. Vanderbilt’s bedroom.
Much more feminine space, but large as well.
Outside in the hallway a window looks down to the main dining room.
Anohter seating area with piano in the landing areas upstairs.
I think this was a guest room.
The Grand Staircase is a work of art.
More bedrooms. With 35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65 fireplaces, it’s quite the estate.
I thought this blue room was so pretty. That wallpaper could be current for today.
Nursery with flocked velvet wallpaper. They have plexiglass over the wallpaper and drapes to protect them.
A peek into a bathroom from a hallway.
Back to the front door entry way as we make our way downstairs.
The front doors.
A stone walkway down below.
This room is called the Halloween room. I guess they had parties in here.
There’s even a bowling alley!
Dressing rooms for the indoor pool.
All in a row.
The magnificent indoor pool.
Gym for a workout.
There are lots and lots of pantries and storage areas. I’m sure that was a busy kitchen back in the day.
Downstairs kitchen.
Storage room.
The kitchen was big and spacious. Reminded me of Downton Abby.
Hard working sinks.
Dumb waiter
Servants’ dining hall.
Refrigerator
More storage for all the things.
Vases and pretties.
What a space!
Laundry room.
One more pretty space as we were leaving.
Arbors on one end of the house as we made our way to the gardens.
Italian garden
One more selfie outside the house.
Stay tuned for the Biltmore blooms tour next week! I’ve got lots more to share of the garden and conservatory which has such a cute display of a model train and replica buildings made out of all natural materials found on the estate. Wait til you see all of that!
What a great tour. So want to visit it! Curious about dog friendly BandB’s close by.
I read that Asheville in general is very dog friendly and I didn’t have a problem finding a B&B that allows dogs.I’ll be sharing that in a later post, but the name of it is Oakland Cottage and it’s about 10 minutes from the Biltmore. We really enjoyed it.
What a magnificent place to visit. Definitely in my list. I loved the blue room and the staircase! Thanks for sharing your trip!
I really enjoyed this tour you gave us. We were in Ashville last fall and I was so disappointed we did not take the tour of the Biltmore. It’s stunning and can’t imagine the staff it took to run the mansion and the property. Thank you, maybe next visit I will get to see this. Always enjoy your tours.
This is a wonderful place to visit!
I never tire of going, or looking at the pics.
Asheville is such an artsy place to enjoy!
Can’t wait to see the gardens!!!😊
Thoroughly enjoyed the downstairs tour. It was good to see the pictures and to be able to peruse them at my leisure. I’ve been there a couple of times, but didn’t get to look closely at the pool, kitchen, bowling alley….all of the house is a lot to take in at one visit! Thank you for sharing!
Oh Rhoda….I do so miss your pictures of family! Will you be seeing them again any time soon? Thank you for your wonderful blog….such beautiful places you bring to our eyes. We were in Ashville years ago but missed seeing Biltmore. It’s so beautiful.
HI, Diane, I share them all the time on my Instagram stories, but you might not over there. I’ll be doing a post soon about planting their garden, so I’ll share soon. Mark and I are planting tomato plants at their house this week and Dad is really happy about that. He can look after them.