If you're looking to explore non-downtown Asheville (which you should be!), this is the perfect home base. The Rad Pad is beautiful and sunny (with a glorious shower) and Meg and Alisa are great hosts who are communicative, friendly, and quick with tips about where to go. The location of the Rad Pad feels very residential, but you are only two blocks from hustle and bustle of Haywood and in walking distance of New Belgium and the River Arts District. We would stay here again in a heartbeat.