The Smoky Mountains: Family Reunions and Group Retreats

Great Smoky Mountains - America is a country blessed with hundreds of spectacular natural landscapes and resort destinations. If you've been charged with the task of choosing a location to host a family reunion or large family vacation, then there is certainly no shortage of locations to choose from. Some vacationers prefer an outdoor excursion in one of the country's spectacular national parks. Others prefer the "man-made" attractions available in one of the nation's major resort cities. There are a very few select locations that offer the best of both these worlds. The East Tennessee region known as the Smoky Mountains is one.

The Smoky Mountains region features not only the all-natural splendor of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (one of America's most treasured natural landscapes), but also features the recreational flare available in the three Smoky Mountain sister cities of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Sevierville. When you're planning a family reunion or group retreat, having a variety of recreational attractions available to entertain your group is essential to the success of your retreat. East Tennessee and all it offers is the perfect location to accomplish this. Every member of your group retreat will find something to be entertained and inpired by in the spectacular Smoky Mountains region. Smoky Mountain cabins Tennessee

While East Tennessee has numerous attractions to offer visitors, without a doubt the real star of the show is the magnificent Great Smoky Mountains National Park. You and your family reunion entourage will undoubtedly want to get out into the Tennessee hills to explore the park. Hundreds of hiking trails available within the boundaries of the park make this a top destination for outdoors enthusiasts, and hikers. Both young and old, experienced and novice hikers alike will find trails perfectly suited to your conditioning and expectations. This makes exploring the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on foot a great day-trip option for your family or family reunion group. Great Smoky Mountains

And hiking is only one of many recreational options available to visitors of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Fishing is a popular recreational pastime here; as is white-water rafting down the Little Pigeon River. And no trip here is complete without a scenic drive along the famous Newfound Gap Road that runs between Tennessee and North Carolina. This drive meanders throughout these mountains before ending up at a trail that leads to Clingman's Dome; a summit tower that provides unparalleled views of the surrounding Smoky Mountains splendor as well as distant views into several states.

Longtime residents of East Tennessee might remember when the Smoky Mountain sister cities of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville were out-of-the-way villages, Smoky Mountain Cabins to not much more than a few lumber industry workers and Appalachian "mountain men". Gatlinburg offers unique old-European style culture and architecture as well as popular attractions such as the Ripley's Believe-it-or-Not Museum, the Guinness World of Records Museum, Camp Thunder, the Gatlinburg Skylift, and the Ober Gatlinburg Resort. Pigeon Forge is Smoky Mountain Cabins to Smoky Mountain theme parks like Dollywood, as well as a variety of world-class live entertainment theatres such as the Black Bear Jamboree, the Comedy Barn Theatre, the Country Tonite Theatre, and the Smoky Mountain Jubilee. Sevierville features numerous area museums including the Sevier County Heritage Museum and the Tennessee Museum of Aviation as well as the live entertainment of the Great China Acrobats and top musical acts at the Governor's Palace. All three of these Tennessee cities serve as gateway cities to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The Smoky Mountains region of Tennessee boasts a combination of recreational highlights that are seldom found in a single holiday location. There is no better destination to host such a group event. The magnificent Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a natural wonder that will inspire and relax your entire group. The Tennessee cities of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville are chalk full of top recreational attractions; everything from theme parks to live entertainment theatres to local Smoky Mountain artisan galleries. Put this all together and its clear that the quality and quantity of recreational excitement in the Smoky Mountains region is almost unmatched.

The Smoky Mountains region the perfect location to entertain and inspire the members of your family, and the spectacular, large and lodge-like Tennessee cabin rentals that are nestled in the very heart of the Smoky Mountains. Big Cabins specializes in offering 8-12 bedroom, extravagantly furnished, fully equipped Smoky Mountain cabin rentals that are designed specifically for the needs of large groups. That makes these large and luxurious mountain Smoky Mountain Cabins the perfect solution to all your family reunion or group retreat lodging needs.

One cabin can accommodate up to 58 adults. These impressive mountain rentals feature a state of the art audio-visual system (perfect for your group presentations and group entertainment), lavish bedding, games rooms, ultra-modern kitchen facilities, and full-length decks with covered hot tubs.