How To Spend A Weekend In Chapel Hill, One Of The South's Best College Towns

Posted Aug 13, 2025
Pulling into Chapel Hill is special, so drive up slowly. As you cruise Franklin Street, you’ll approach the heart of the UNC campus. A leisurely pace will be rewarded by a canopy of ancient willow oaks lining the boulevard, stretching their limbs out like old friends. It’s not hard to see why people here say, "If God isn’t a Tar Heel, why is the sky Carolina blue?" (Southern Living)

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