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Located about 20 minutes from downtown Boone, Blowing Rock offers one of the easiest and most complete day trips in the North Carolina High Country.The town combines Blue Ridge scenery, historic carriage trails, independent shops, art galleries, landscaped parks, and a relaxed downtown that is easy to explore on foot.
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Near Boone and Blowing Rock, visitors can book therapeutic massage, customized facials, float therapy, yoga, and other wellness experiences designed to ease tension and create a more restorative mountain getaway.
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Shopping in downtown Boone.
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A visitor can begin the morning with locally roasted coffee, grab a fresh burger for lunch, settle into a downtown dining room in the afternoon, and end the evening with rare bourbon and carefully made cocktails. Here is one way to eat your way through Boone in a single day.
The Horton Hotel is located in downtown Boone on King Street, within walking distance of Appalachian State University. That makes it an especially convenient home base for parents helping a student move into campus housing.
On the first Friday of each month, downtown Boone hosts the First Friday Art Crawl along King Street. Galleries extend their hours, local musicians perform live on sidewalks, and visitors explore Boone's creative scene on foot.

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