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What’s more magical than gathering your girlfriends and getting away for a fall bachelorette party? Fall heralds the season of change with a palette of inspiring colors and scenery to explore.

Ride around the winding curves of the Blue Ridge Mountains to watch the leaves change and end up brewery touring in Asheville, or head to an upstate orchard to pick apples and picnic. Here are the best places to get away for your fall bachelorette party.

Shop Till You Drop in Historic Georgetown, KY

Soak up the southern flavor of charming downtown Georgetown, Kentucky, with its Victorian-era architecture and many locally owned shops to explore. Bed and breakfasts and the typical hotel clock in close to $100 a night.

If you love history and handmade goods, check out the Buffalo Gals Barn Quilt Trail, and explore many quilts that tell unique stories across historical area farms. Visit retired Kentucky Derby horses at Old Friends, and eat the best southern breakfast at Josie's.

Blue Ridge Brewery Crawl in Asheville, NC

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Watch the leaves change just outside the Blue Ridge Mountains in an eclectic, artsy mountain city. Asheville, North Carolina offers the beautiful and historic Biltmore Estate, and you can also stay at the Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville.

Tour a few breweries with the girls and explore the boundless food trucks. Start with a visit to the Wedge Brewing Company, where you can also hear live music over the weekend and even rent their event space. Plenty of food trucks regularly park at this brewery. For good eats, choose from seven kinds of gravy to top a biscuit at Biscuit Head, and find the best upscale southern food at Rhubarb. The theme for the bachelorette brewery crawl is “Ghouls Gone Wild.”

Pick Apples in Masker Orchards, Warwick, NY

Having a big city wedding in the Big Apple? Take time get out of the city in a more relaxed and rural setting to spend time with your girlfriends and watch the fall leaves change by visiting Masker Orchards in the Warwick Valley area of New York — an hour and 40-minute trip. Get on the 196 Warwick Skyline Express from the Port Authority Bus Terminal, and stay on until you arrive at the Warwick Park and Ride. From there, it’s less than a mile’s walk to Masker Orchards.

Pack a fancy picnic for the crisp autumn weather and go apple picking with your girlfriends. Some orchards also host hayrides, cider or wine tastings and restaurants. Use your apples to concoct a special cocktail or bake a pie.

Experience the Best Southern Charm in Charleston, SC

Charleston, South Carolina was named the 2018 Best Southern City by Southern Living. The city is as hip as it is historic, and an arm-locked stroll with your girls down King Street will have you in awe of all the old, charming homes. The Belmont makes a tasty cocktail, and do visit Sullivan’s Island for dinner at The Obstinate Daughter — chase the waves and watch the sunset afterward.

Explore the sprawling plantations, such as Drayton Hall, Middleton Place or Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. Enjoy the parks with large oaks, and peek at the window boxes over on Rainbow Row — the perfect bachelorette photo-op.

For glamour and taste, stay at the Wentworth Mansion, or to feel like a romantic townie, stay at one of these two bed and breakfasts: Zero George Street or 86 Cannon.

Explore the Monticello Wine Trail in Charlottesville, VA

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Are you and the ladies wine aficionados? Charlottesville, Virginia is perfect for a bachelorette wine weekend getaway. The area is known as a respected wine producer and a stop on the Monticello Wine Trail — which boasts 33 member wineries. The region is historic, too, growing its viticulture boundaries based on Thomas Jefferson’s inspired vision for the birthplace of wine in America, with vineyards surrounding the rolling hills near his mountaintop home in Monticello. He dreamed that the area’s wines would one day rival Old World wines.

While exploring the Monticello wine trail, you must visit the Monticello itself, a World Heritage site, plantation, presidential library, research institute and museum. Stay in a nearby carriage house to soak up the historic charm.

Have the Bachelorette Party You’ll Love the Most

Shop in beautiful boutiques in Georgetown, and explore the history hidden in area barn quilts and farms. Ride through the Blue Ridge Mountains to Asheville to visit the Biltmore Estate and tour the breweries. Go apple picking and picnicking in Masker Orchards in Warwick. Visit Charleston, the best city in the South, to experience the old plantations in a hip and historic scene. Get your wino on with the girls on the Monticello Wine Trail.

These fall bachelorette parties will remind you to appreciate each other and your surroundings while having the most fun you can have away from it all. You’ll return refreshed and ready to walk down that aisle.

Kacey Bradley is the lifestyle and travel blogger for The Drifter Collective, an eclectic lifestyle blog that expresses various forms of style through the influence of culture and the world around us. Follow Kacey on Twitter and subscribe to her blog to keep up with her travels and inspiring posts!

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