Attractions Near The Park Vista Resort Hotel in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Enjoy all the fun things to see and do in the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge area..

AQUARIUM

DOLLYWOOD

SHOPPING

SIGHT SEEING

HIKING TRAILS

NATIONAL PARK

OTHER ACTIVITIES

WONDERWORKS

AQUARIUM OF THE SMOKIES
Visit the ocean while in East Tennessee. Your visit will be highlighted with a walk through an underwater 340-foot acrylic tunnel beneath the 700,000-gallon Shark Lagoon. Self-guided tours provide viewing opportunities of over 6,000 fish, eels, seahorses, crabs, sharks and other aquatic animals in 34 different tanks. The Touch-A-Ray exhibit provides a hands-on encounter with swimming rays. You can listen to educational dive talks at the Coral Reef and Stingray Bay exhibits. Other exciting exhibits include Tropical Rainforest, Ocean Realm, and Galley of the Sea.

DOLLYWOOD
Enjoy family fun in the country at Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Theme Park. Make plans to visit the area’s newest water park, “Dolly’s Splash Country” featuring loads of rides - from wild to mild. Then enjoy a taste of country music at one of the areas great music theaters, like Dixie Stampede, the Louise Mandrell Theater, Alabama Grill and more.

SHOPPING
Shop ’til you drop at hundreds of area factory outlet stores, or browse through the many quaint shops along the picturesque Little Pigeon River in Downtown Gatlinburg. Gatlinburg Trolley stops just outside our front door.

SIGHT SEEING
Meet unique Smoky Mountain artisans at work in the Arts and Crafts Community or just take in all the sites of the Great Smoky Mountains. If you want to get on the top of things try theOber Gatlinburg Aerial Tramway. This tramway is one of America’s largest cable cars, carrying as many as 120 passengers at a time.

HIKING TRAILS
If hiking is your thing then you’ll be in the right place in the smokies. Gatlinburg and the surrounding Smoky Mountains have some of the prettiest waterfalls, and some of the best hiking trails you’ll find anywhere. If you can’t wait and want to start exploring right away then we have the perfect trail close to the resort. Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, starts just beyond the Park Vista entrance and offers both motor and walking trails. Be careful though, the walking trails are still long enough to get lost on. Please see our “Do’s and Don’ts of Hiking or Walking in the Park”.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Spend a day exploring nature along the 900 miles of nature trails in the Smoky Mountains National Park.

OTHER ACTIVITIES
There’s also skiing, golf, whitewater rafting and horseback riding in the Gatlinburg area. In nearby Cherokee, North Carolina try your luck at the new Harrah’s Casino.

wONDERwORKS began as a Top Secret facility on a remote island, in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. As legend has it one experiment went awry, in an attempt to harness the power of a man-made tornado, the entire laboratory was hurtled skyward, hundreds of miles away, it landed upside down in the heart of Pigeon Forge TN. Come and experiement for yourself!

PARK VISTA RESORT HOTEL - P.O. BOX 30 - 705 CHEROKEE ORCHARD ROAD - GATLINBURG, TN 37738
865-436-9211 | 1-800-421-PARK | GROUP SALES 1-800-227-5622 | FAX 865-430-7533

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