Things to see and do Virginia

Located in a charming house which is named after one of the Scottish merchants founders of the city (William Ramsay), you will find discount coupons, brochures and other useful information for your visit. It is also here that you can buy Key to the City pass, which will give you access to main attractions (US $ 15 to US $ 49 reaching 8 monuments of the city and Mount Vernon 8 miles).

Dotted with spectacular caves of stalactites. A lift is available to invalid people. An incredible experience in a parallel world!

Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains mountains, only 105 miles from Washington D.C., between Front Royal and the Waynesboro-Charlottesville region, this national park allows you to enjoy forest, wildlife, hiking trails, cultural sites and stunning views along the historic Skyline Drive. A real air bowl and a good escape to the springs.

Nicknamed the Grand Canyon of the South, Breaks Interstate Park stretches over 4 600 hectares on the border between Virginia and Kentucky. With the deepest gorges east of the Mississippi, it is possible to practise many nautical activities, quiet canoeing trips to the most sports sports sessions. And to appreciate the beauty of the landscape and climb into the park's thick forests, you will enjoy climbing on the saddle of a horse or mountain bike, before exiting balls and golf clubs for a well-deserved moment of relaxation. The park offers a lodge, cabins and a campsite. You can dine in the restaurant Le Rhododendron.

Richmond National Battlefield Park is not a battlefield as there are some elsewhere in the country. Richmond having been the confederacy capital, several scattered battles were held around the town, true target for unionistic ones, and some notable buildings played a key role for the camp of the South. These are the various sites that are grouped in this national park.

We invite you to begin with Visitor Center de Tredegar, located at the edge of James River, in downtown Richmond. This museum, housed in a metallurgical factory, complexes industrial key during the war, offers a thorough vision of the conflict. Visitor Center will give you the indications to go by your own means on various sites that make up the national park, sometimes located a few kilometres from the city, including the battlefields of Glendale- Malvern Hill, Fort Harrison or Cold Harbor. In Richmond even, you will not fail to visit Chimborazo Medical Museum, the largest military hospital created by Confederate, where you fancy the countless repatriated wounded soldiers face.

It is in the small village of Appomattox Court House that end was to take on April 1865 the terrible fratricidal war that during four years the armies were delivered unionistic and confederate, North and South, leaving behind them more than 620,000 dead. After its rout with the siege of Petersburg and abandoned its Richmond capital burned, the army of the Southern general Robert E. Lee is secluded to Appomattox, followed by the troops Yankees. Follow the battles of Sailor's Creek, Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House after which Lee will sign in the presence of unionistic general Ulysses S. Grant surrendered its camp, in the house of Wilmer and Virginia McLean. It is the end of the adventure of the Confederate States of America, independent State dream by the South.

The major attraction of the park is the visit of the house where Mc Lean surrendered was signed. After the war, the property was bought by some developers who wanted to enjoy its reputation by dismounting the house to rebuild it with the Colombian exhibition of Chicago (1893) or in Washington D.C. The house has been dismantled, but the material batteries were abandoned on site due to legal and financial problems.

More than 50 years later, on April 1940, the Us Congress creates Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument and the reconstruction of the residence and the environment are undertaken. In April 1950, the ribbon of inauguration is cut by direct descendants of generals Lee and Grant.

Other points of interest of the park are the general headquarters of general Lee and the general Grant, the apple tree at the foot of which Lee expected the answer of the general Grant following his request for surrendered, and some other pilot places of the last hours of the American Civil war.

Natural Bridge is a geological formation in which Cedar Creek, a small tributary of the James River, carved a gorge in the limestone field. This beautiful natural arch is 66 m high and 27 m wide. It is registered as a historical site of Virginia and a national historic site. The site offers several attractions related to the presence of this ark: access to caves, reconstruction of an Indian village, wax museum depicting the history of Natural Bridge, butterfly garden.

Located about ten kilometres east of Appomattox battlefield, this is the last major battles of the American Civil War, before fighting and the surrendered Appomattox. The battle of Little Sailor's Creek played a role in determines the exit of the war because the Army of Virginia in the North of the general Lee lost 7,700 men including 8 generals, like a bit of bludgeon in the name of general southern. 72 hours after, in Appomattox, it left the weapons.

This "park of the first unloading", on the cap Henry where the first colonists would have touched is in hiding, is large and beautiful bored forest of footpaths and broadside by the beaches of the cap. Ideal to go to bathe, fish, hike on foot or by bike (there are 20 miles of marked trails), of the climbing, etc To note that, during the fine days, of the campsites are available to the rental.

Monticello Wine Tour and Coach Co is a private chauffeur service located in Charlottesville, Virginia. They offer guided tours of the region's vineyards, inspired by Thomas Jefferson's vision of grape growing and winemaking. The Monticello Wine Trail vineyards offer magnificent views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and a rich history of wine production. Monticello Wine Trail members are proud to share their winemaking heritage with visitors from around the world. To make visiting the wineries easier, the Monticello Wine Trail offers a passport that allows you to locate wineries and follow tours. A special tasting glass awaits you at the 10th vineyard visited. The Monticello Wine Trail includes over 30 magnificent vineyards, all within easy reach of Charlottesville. Whether you're planning a weekend wine tasting or a day tour, you can meet winemakers, enjoy a wine festival or a concert under the stars.

This is one of the three beaches in the city, and probably the best developed. It includes a park where many activities are organized in summer, and it has a very pleasant walk. Parking is free and there is no shortage of places.