Thursday, September 3, 2026

The Best Things to Do Near A Dopo Sourdough Pizza, by the Record

  1. The spa at Blackberry Mountain sits at 2,800 feet in the Great Smoky Mountains, which Vogue named one of the 100 best spas in the world, and the elevation does half the work before you even walk in. The 5,200-acre property is deliberately underdeveloped, so treatments unfold against a backdrop of rolling clouds and ridge lines. Come expecting a full mountain-resort spa, not a quick in-and-out.


  2. Sheep actually graze the grounds here, which sets the tone before you've unpacked. The Wellhouse is the multi-floor spa at Blackberry Farm, a sprawling Tennessee mountain property where guests tend to arrive and simply not leave. Hiking, fly-fishing, kayaking, yoga on a tree-line deck, and farm animals to pet fill the hours around treatments. Vogue named it among the 100 best spas in the world, which tracks when the backdrop is 4,200 Smoky Mountain acres.


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