Holiday Inn Express Hillsville Local Area

Blue Ridge Host Incorporated (Heritage Organization in Support of Tourism) A Regional Resource center providing information on local businesses and tourism. A Visitor’s Center is located at (MP 199.5/Highway 52) - 8065 Fancy Gap Highway in Fancy Gap, Virginia, just off Highway I-77 (Exit 8) support businesses and tourism from MP 171 south to the North Carolina border. Contact us at (276) 728-2652 about our little piece of heaven on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the surrounding area.

This event has achieved such popularity that it now consumes much of the entire town of Hillsville. Antique dealers, gun dealers and traders of all kinds make this one of the largest shows in the southeast. Hillsville draws over 500,000 visitors every Labor Day weekend.

Before the second weekend in August each year, lovers of country and mountain music leave their homes in time to be in Galax, VA for the Annual Old Fiddler's Convention. For some this means hundreds of miles of travel, while for others it will be a short trip from their nearby homes. Most of these people don't play music, and come just for the listening and renewing old acquaintances. The world's oldest and largest fiddler's convention is popular since spring of 1935.

Southern Virginia's New River Trail is one of America's premier rail-trails and has been designated as an official National Recreation Trail by the US Department of the Interior. It is also a state park. The highlight and namesake of this magnificent trail is the 36-mile section running through Grayson, Carroll, Wythe, and Pulaski counties along the New River, the oldest river in the US.

Come and enjoy this charming, peaceful area located in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Hike the land, or just sit by the pond with a good book.

A trip to Martinsville Speedway is more than a race ... it is an experience that you will remember forever. From souvenir row to the exhibition area to prerace, there are many exciting things to keep you busy.

A trip to Bristol motorspeedway is more than a race ... it is an experience that you will remember forever. From souvenir row to the exhibition area to prerace, there are many exciting things to keep you busy.