Greensboro,+NC


 * Travel Tips for Greensboro, NC (GSO):**
 * Greensboro Wikitravel Website:** []
 * Blue Ridge Mountains Wikitravel Website**: []
 * North Carolina Wikitravel Website**: []
 * Asheville, NC Wikitravel Website**: []
 * Asheville, NC Wikitravel Website**: []

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 * Mike Summers - June 2007:**

Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) (commonly referred to as "PTIA" or just "PTI") is an airport just west of Greensboro, serving Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem as well as the entire Piedmont Triad Region in North Carolina. The airport has 3 runways; the third opened January 27, 2010 for traffic. The airport is located just off Bryan Boulevard. Piedmont Triad International airport is the third busiest airport in North Carolina. An average of 280 takeoffs and landings occur at PTI airport per day. Here's the airport website: [], The usual rental car companies have counters at the airport including: Alamo, Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Hertz, National, and Thirifty/Dollar. About sixteen different hotels have airport shuttle service. As for things to do, here's a tourist website for Greensboro: []. The Blandwood Mansion (Website: [] ) is a nice place to start. Not only does Blandwood have a great collection of art and antiques, they are located in downtown Greensboro close to antique shops on South Elm Street with lots of coffee houses, restaurants and galleries. You also need to stop by the largest microbrewery in North Carolina, Red Oak Brewery (Website: [] ), which has a three great beer choices (no food). Greensboro is about one and one-half hours west of Raliegh, NC and one and one-half hours north of Charlotte, NC. My wife and I attended a wedding in Boone, NC. Highways in NC are scenic and easy to drive. If you head to the mountains, the Boone area is a nice place to start. Boone is home to Appalachian State University (Website: [] ) and is named after Daniel Boone. We enjoyed eating at the Woodlands Barbeque (Website: [] ). Nearby, you can hook-up with the Blue Ridge Parkway (Websites: [] and [] and [] and check out the many sights inclluding Blowing Rock (Website: [] ). Asheville, NC is a really nice city (Website: [] ) along the Parkway route. We ate at the Asheville Brewing Company, which had some nice lunch specials (Website: [] ) with live music in the evenings. The Biltmore (Website: [] ) is also in Asheville. We did not visit it, but we understand that it is worth the visit. Charlotte, NC is the largest city in the state (Website: []). It's a financial center and a nice, clean city. I stayed here once before when my wife had a conference. The downtown area is very nice. We found a Rockbottom on Tryon Street that was busy and good. Enjoy! Mike Summers

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