Concierge - Attractions

Would you like to go on an evening helicopter tour over the Charlotte Skyline or a morning hot air balloon ride over Charlotte at sunrise?  Simply Contact our Guest Relations Department to assist with your arrangements.

Top Visitor Attractions

• Concord Mills Shoppertainment Multiplex
• US National Whitewater Center - Rafting, Climbing, Mountain Bike Trails
• Paramount's Carowinds Theme Park & Water Park
• Lowe's Motor Speedway & Driving Schools
• NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
• Charlotte Bobcat's and Entertainment Arena
• ImaginOn Children's Center
• Discovery Place Special Exhibit A Day In Pompeii July 11, 2008 - Jan 4, 2009
• Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
• SouthPark Area Shopping and Dining
• Queen's Landing River Boat, Cruises, Bumper Boats & Miniature Golf
• Mecklenburg Area Parks and Recreation
• Train From Pineville to Downtown "Charlotte LYNX"
• 2010 Premier of the NASCAR Hall of Fame

Sport Venues

• NBA Charlotte Bobcat's and Entertainment Arena
• Charlotte Checkers ECHL Hockey at the Charlotte Arena
• NFL Carolina Panther's Bank of America Stadium
• Charlotte Knight’s AAA Baseball
• Queen's Cup Steeplechase - Annual Event April 28, 2007

Shopping

• Ballantyne Resort Gift Shop, Spa Shops and Pro-Shop
• Ballantyne Villages
• SouthPark Mall - Highly Recommended for Upscale Shopping
• Phillip's Place Court
• Specialty Shops on the Park (Behind SouthPark Mall)
• Blakeney
• Stonecrest at Piper Glenn
• Arboretum
• Promenade on Providence
• Carolina Place Mall - Convenient but not recommended
• Concord Mills Shoppertainment Multiplex
• Northlake Mall
• Birkdale Village

Cultural Experiences

• Mint Museum of Art
• Mint Museum of Craft & Design
• Billy Graham Library
• Levine Museum of the New South
• Afro-American Cultural Center
• NoDa Arts District
• Historic Southend
• Pineville, NC Birthplace of President James K Polk
• Historic Waxhaw, NC
• Historic Sites in and Around Charlotte, NC
• Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
• Children's Theater of Charlotte
• Fourth Ward Walking Tours
• Bank of America Gallery featuring frescoes artist Ben Long
• North Carolina Dance Theatre
• Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte
• Opera Carolina
• Historic Rosedale Plantation
• Latta Plantation
• Charlotte Symphony
• Charlotte Philharmonic
• Carriage Tour

Family Fun

• Paramount's Carowinds Theme Park & Water Park
• Discovery Place & Omnimax Theater
• ImaginOn
• Concord Mills Shoppertainment featuring NASCAR Speedpark Go Karts
• Reed's Gold Mine
• Zuma Fun Center formerly Celebration Station
• Duke Power Energy Explorium
• Lazy 5 Ranch
• NC Zoological Park

Entertainment Venues
*Ask our concierge about area nightlife options

• Charlotte Bobcats Arena
• Verizon Amphitheater
• Blumenthal Performing Arts
• Ovens Auditorium
• Great Aunt Stella Center
• Tremont Music Hall
• Visulite
• Neighborhood Theater
• Cricket Arena
• Sylvia Theater York, SC

Antique Shopping

• Metrolina Expo -(1st weekend of each month)
• Antique Shops of Pineville
• Waxhaw Antique Village
• Blacklion (Antiques & Replicas)

Exploring North Carolina and South Carolina

Day trips from Charlotte, NC are a great way to see beautiful North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. Within 2.5 hours estimated drive, you can explore quaint mountain towns like Hendersonville, Asheville, Black Mountain, Boone, Blowing Rock and Banner Elk and many of the lovely state parks of North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. Explore the Piedmont region for furniture shopping, antiques and a sampling of the hospitality and offerings of our charming small-towns. Most surprising to our guests is that North Carolina has over 50 wineries state-wide to visit to and from your day trip destination. For a Limo wine tour contact American Limousine.

• Charlotte, NC home to UNC Charlotte and Johnson & Wales
• Town of Davidson, NC home to Davidson College
• High Point NC Furniture Shopping
• Seagrove, NC with a 200 year old history of pottery making
• Winston-Salem and Historic Old Salem home to NC School of the Arts and Wake Forest University
• Chapel Hill home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Durham home to Duke University
• Raleigh home to North Carolina State University
• Hickory NC Furniture Shopping home to Lenoir-Rhyne College
• For information on other cities and coastal NC Click Here
• SC Parks & Recreation and Columbia, SC home to the University of South Carolina

Ask our concierge if you need recommendations or require additional information.