Beautiful, historic Burke Manor Inn in Gibsonville is an ideal location for your next weekend getaway or romantic retreat or weeklong North Carolina vacation. Located in central North Carolina, Gibsonville offers ample opportunities to get out and explore. Just minutes from towns such as Greensboro, Burlington and Chapel Hill, the possibilities are endless! For example, the city of Greensboro is perfect for those looking to explore art galleries of all kinds, Replacements.Inc for those seeking china and replacement pieces, and  University Greensboro and Elon University situated close by . The college town of Chapel Hill boasts a wide variety of unique restaurants and beautiful garden attractions just 30 minutes away. Located just 45 minutes away in the town of Asheboro, NC is the North Carolina Zoo, the largest walk-through natural habitat zoo in the United States. Containing over 1,000 animals from several continents, this zoo offers a variety of educational opportunities and special events throughout the year. The new Tanger Outlet stores make a perfect "girls weekend" shopping spree location - just 15 minutes away! The area surrounding the Inn is dotted with numerous vineyards (The Haw River Wine Trail), such as Grove Winery, Creekside Winery and Iron Gate Winery– spend a day enjoying winery tours and sampling delicious local wines! Finally, the city of Gibsonville itself is a lovely place to walk and explore historic architecture, the "railroad" car and train, antique and unique shops and restaurants.

See more of what is happening around the Burke Manor Inn! Check out these sites:

Burlington and Area

www.burlington-area-nc.com

www.greensboro.org

www.highpoint.org

www.visitraleigh.com/visit

www.elon.edu

www.replacements.com

Restaurants

www.bchristophers.com

www.bestfoodintown.com

The Old Mill offers music on Tuesday and Saturday evenings in addition to Arts, crafts, and custom and refurbished furniture. For more information visit:  www.themillatgibsonville.com

Gibsonville Market Day: Every Saturday at 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on the Green in Downtown Gibsonville.

The Grove Winery offers daily wine tastings. The tasting room is open from noon until 6:00 PM.
Experience and enjoy wines from around the world and also some locally grown Grove varietals. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. These wine appreciation classes will be held every other Thursday starting on February 9 from 7pm-9pm. The cost is $20 per class if booked at least a week in advance, $35 if booked the week of the class.

The classes will be led by Father Gerry Waterman of Elon, who is a winemaker and taught the wine appreciation classes at Creekside Winery. Each class is limited to 30 participants. Proceeds will go to local charity.

February 9, 2012: Que Syrah Shiraz

February 23, 2012: Spice is Nice- Mourvedre, Grenache and Zinfandel

March 8, 2012: Meritage rhymes with Heritage

March 22, 2012: Quaffy whites and Bold reds

April 12, 2012: Old World? Meet new world

April 26, 2012: Bastille Day, revisited

The Conservator's Center in Mebane, NC offers many different types of tours throughout the week. Tours generally last 1 1/2- 2 hours. All tours must be scheduled in advance. On a visit to the Conservator's Center you will meet animals up close. An experienced tour guide will tell you their individual stories and describe each species and explain its roll in its ecosystem. Most of our friendly and curious lions, tigers and wolves enjoy greeting and observing their visitors. You will be equally enchanted by smaller species including: binturongs, New Guinea singing dogs, ringtailed lemurs, servals, caracals, bobcats, lynx, and jungle cats. For  more information please visit http://www.conservatorscenter.org/visit.cfm

Introduction to Faux Painting Class at The Mill at Gibsonville (recently featured in Alamance Magazine)

Saturday, February 25th from 1:00pm- 4:00pm

Register at  www.themillatgibsonville.net

Cooking Class at The Burke Manor Inn

Tuesday, February 28th 4:30pm

Enjoy a glass of wine while our Executive Chef teaches you the intricacies of French Cuisine. For more details, visit the "Specials" tab.

Paint Your Own Chalkboard Class at The Mill at Gibsonville

Saturday, March 3rd 2:00-4:00pm

Don't miss this fun opportunity to learn about the beautifully forgiving chalk paint! You can use it to restore frames, furniture and more!

NCAA Tournament comes to Greensboro Coliseum

Friday March 16th and Sunday March 18th

Rounds 2 and 3 of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament will be held right here in North Carolina. For more information, visit the Greensboro Coliseum http://www.greensborocoliseum.com/