Go to Howards restaurant get the chopped steak sandwich. Comes with mushroom gravy. Very good. Eat outside on the patio. Nice view.
Take the loop through Cades Cove. Beautiful.
The wife and I spend a week every year near Gatlinburg. We stopped going to Cades Cove several years ago because of the traffic. There is always some idiot who sees a deer and has to bail out of their vehicle to take photos. Leaving their vehicle sitting in the middle of the road with the doors open. The next thing you know there are fifteen people out of their cars who apparently have never seen a deer comparing photos while you wait for them to move along. Then rinse and repeat.
I agree though about its beauty, it also has a rich history. The Great Smokey Mountain National Park is the most visited national park in the US.
