Visit this region nestled between our urban centers and coastal towns to enjoy some of North Carolina’s most signature tastes. This is the eastern home of our state’s great barbecue debate, and it’s also where you can sip muscadine wine, sample Mt. Olive pickles and savor A Chef’s Life plates.

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  • Skylight Inn & Barbecue Stops
  • Home of the “Birthplace of Independence”
  • Civil War Battlefields
  • Vivian Howard's Chef & the Farmer Restaurant
  • Duplin Winery

Weather

Winter 58°
Spring 75°
Summer 90°
Fall 76°

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Interstate 40
Interstate 95
Pitt-Greenville Airport (PGV)
Albert J. Ellis Airport (OAJ)
I-95 North Welcome Center

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