10/24/2026
The best way to see a new city for the first time is almost never by car.
When you're driving, you're navigating. You're watching for parking. You're making decisions about where to turn and whether that spot is legal and how far you'll have to walk. You're missing things. You're stressed in small ways you don't even notice until you're not stressed anymore.
The Gray Line Hop-On/Hop-Off Trolley Tour is what happens when you put all of that down and just let Asheville show itself to you.
Here's how it works:
You board at the Asheville Visitor Center on Montford Avenue, tickets in hand, and from that moment the day is yours to shape however you want.
The trolley loops continuously through ten stops from 10AM-5PM, every half hour (the last full tour leaves at 3:30PM), covering the best of Asheville:
Historic Montford District, the Grove Park Inn, the Thomas Wolfe Historic Site, Pack Square and the Art Museum, the Wall Street shopping district, the extraordinary Grove Arcade, the River Arts District (2 stops!), and the South Slope Brewing neighborhood.
You ride as much or as little as you want at each stop.
See something interesting? Hop off.
Ready to move on? Hop back on when the trolley comes around.
Your guide is with you for the whole ride, giving you the history, the context, the stories, and the local knowledge that turns a pretty view into something you actually understand. Asheville has been through boom and bust and disaster and revival, and knowing that history makes the city three times more interesting to look at. It’s also fun to hop on and off and get different trolley guides with different stories.
Tours run daily. First departure at 10AM. All ages, all interests, all welcome.
This is the best $41 you will spend in Asheville, and the people who do it on day one of their trip always say they wish they'd done it sooner.
The ticket is good for TWO DAYS.
Book at graylineasheville.com and we'll see you at the stop!
