DESTINATION AMERICA
VIRGINIA - THE OLD DOMINION STATE

VIRGINIA STATE GUIDE

Virginia From mile after mile of sandy beaches, along the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, through rolling green countryside to the misty Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia offers the visitor spectacular scenery.

Add to this the opportunity to experience the whole scope of American history by visiting historic sites from Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, to Williamsburg, the 18th century colonial capital, Yorktown, site of the British surrender at the end of the American War of Independence and all the great battlefields of the American Civil War. If you like events, catch the local flavour of an arts and crafts fair, bluegrass music competition, steeplechase race, festivals honouring regional foods and more battle re-enactments than the Civil War.

Indulge in some adventure, visit theme parks, go river-rafting, jet ski, snorkel, play great golf courses and enjoy world class shopping and you have an idea of the attractions of Virginia. Virginia loves kids and kids love Virginia. They can ride more roller coasters, plummet down more waterslides and eat more snowcones in one week than their parents or grandparents did in their entire lifetimes! Enjoy each other in Virginia, and make plenty of memories to take back home.