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The place my wife has been shopping at for years is located in the "Village" down in town - It is in the back side of the Village as you travel around - They are very reasonable and have a great selection of everything silver! You would love it......have never seen a jewelry store out in the Craft area.

We ran into a few shops that were closed during the week but looked like it may have just been a vacation day for them or something. They all seem to set their own hours even in a mall type area. Most were open until 5 at least. I just suggest if making a special trip to a specific store you might call and make sure they are open. We were stopping back by the day we left, only to find one of the galleries we visited 2 days earlier was closed, so I guess we wait until next time. It's a great little area and we enjoyed it.

Each shop has its own parking, usually right in front. Parking should not be a problem. Traffic is pretty light out on this loop, also. We noticed, at Christmas, that there are several fields/wide spots that have Christmas lights/displays.

Knoxville, TN airport will be the closest, but Nashville (BNA) is an international airport that is about 4 hours away and will usually be cheaper to fly into if you plan on renting a car either way. There are also airports in Asheville, NC and Raleigh, NC as well.

I don't remember seeing that during our stay in June.

Yes you can. Almost every shop that makes pottery has classes but only certain days of the week. You have to check with each one

There is a restaurant kinda hidden in the first set of 5 shops on the right as you cone off the highway from town. I'm sorry I don't know the name but it's family owned and operated and they have awesome BBQ.

It’s on the north end if Gatlinburg-so probably half an hour.