Unseen Rooms Biltmore Estate

Unlocking the biltmore estate s hidden doors in the library winter garden and breakfast room.

Unseen rooms biltmore estate.

The top rated inn on biltmore estate has rooms starting from around 200 a night with packages available. Breakfast room hidden door. The winter garden is the room where tropical plants would have been located surviving even during the harsh winter months. With all those rooms it s hard to imagine where that could lead.

Outdoor activities abound on the 8 000 acre. Biltmore used with permission with 35 bedrooms 43 bathrooms 65 fireplaces and nearly 180 000 square feet the enormous biltmore estate has plenty of places to hide. Underneath this vast marble floor was the potted plant room located in the subbasement. Abc news has a pretty good article on the mysteries of the biltmore estate.

Ghosts of the biltmore house the biltomre estate located in asheville was originally built to be a vacation home for george washington vanderbilt one of the heirs to the vanderbilt industrial fortune. The inn on biltmore estate opens. In this case gentlemen who wanted to retire to the smoking room after a game of billiards. Secret spaces in biltmore estate sponsored by with over four acres floor space and 250 rooms the enormous biltmore estate in asheville north carolina has plenty of places to hide.

Vanderbilt s initial plans in 1900 to create an inn never materialized in his lifetime. Designed both for aesthetics and hospitality biltmore s hidden doors such as the one pictured above in the billiard room were designed to create a seamless appearance but provide access for staff providing service and convenience for guests. The idea finally becomes a reality with the inn on biltmore estate offering guests a personal taste of vanderbilt hospitality.