Discover Your Vacation Home in Virginia!
Virginia – you’ll love it for your second home vacation spot. It has it all! From early colonial times, to its Victorian period, or its Civil War and Frontier traditions, Virginia's customs celebrate nearly four centuries.
Combine your love of history and heritage with the sights, smells and sounds of this great state. History and heritage getaways include Virginia’s historic Triangle, Richmond and its Civil War history, Native American and Appalachia's coal mining heritage, from the Hampton Roads region to the Heart of Appalachia. There is also the tradition of The Crooked Road, Virginia Beach’s free music events, music in the Shenandoah Valley and Northern Virginia's Wolf Trap.
If you are an outdoors enthusiast’s, you will love Virginia because she has plenty of it. From the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, every type of sport can be enjoyed. Enjoy getaways on the Appalachian Trail and the Virginia Creeper Trail. Stay in a lodge at Shenandoah National Park and see the Grand Canyon of the South at Breaks Interstate Park. Or study the eight tribes which show 2,500 people on the tribal registers, and another 15,000 people of Indian ancestry living across Virginia.
You can also enjoy visiting Historic Jamestowne, settled in 1607, the first English speaking colony. Here you can also take guided tours through the Powhatan Indian village, replicas of the three ships that brought the settlers from England and the colonial fort. Colonial Williamsburg's 18th-century world is here too, along with the Town of Appalachia, considered to be an intact "era town" of the late 1800s-early 1900s, and the center of a booming coal mining culture, and serving as the hub of eight coal camps just outside of town.
Many of the coal camps remain as well as much of the coal mining equipment. Be sure to see the Bee Rock Tunnel — known as the shortest railroad tunnel in the world — which is listed in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Or explore Mount Vernon and the George Washingtons' traditions, and learn about Martha Washington and Tobias Lear, who served as Washington’s secretary during his presidency.
Or spend some time at the John Marshall House, or the Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy There's tons of variety in Virginia's beaches — from the action-packed shores of Virginia Beach to the uninhabited sands of Assateague Island and the hideaways of Virginia's tidal rivers — and all catering to family fun! You can enjoy waterfront sights at the Virginia Beach Boardwalk, or take in Olde Towne Portsmouth and the Elizabeth River Waterfront, or the nationally known Norfolk naval port. Come and make your vacation home in Virginia…you’ll love it!
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