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Families seeking a vacation filled with diverse entertainment will find Busch Gardens and the surrounding historic area of Williamsburg just the ticket. No where else can families experience a record-breaking roller coaster, visit an Irish village, catch a cool wave, chat with Thomas Jefferson and explore a Powhatan Indian Village all in the same day. It's a vacation where families can experience American history and tour Europe without jet lag. Click here to view map.
Colonial Williamsburg
The restored capital of 18th century England's largest and most important colony in the New World. This vast outdoor living-history museum, with public buildings, private homes, stores, taverns and gardens, is brought to life with tradesmen and historical interpreters in full period costume.
Jamestown
Learn about America's first permanent English colony, established in 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. Re-creations of the colonists' fort, three ships and a Powhatan Indian village depicts life in the early 1600s.
Yorktown
The battlefield is the site of the final, major battle of the American Revolutionary War and symbolic end of Colonial English America. The Yorktown Victory Center is a museum of the American Revolution that chronicles America's struggle for independence from the beginning of colonial unrest to the emergence of a free nation. Gallery exhibits provide eyewitness accounts of the revolutionary era and tell of "Yorktown's sunken fleet," ships lost during the 1781 siege of Yorktown.
Norfolk
Within an hour's drive from Williamsburg, Norfolk is well known for its military presence and is the site of the world's largest naval base. Nauticus, the National Maritime Center, located on the downtown Norfolk waterfront, harnesses the power of the sea in this interactive showplace. Nauticus also is home to the Battleship Wisconsin, open daily Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Virginia Beach
Sun-worshipers are coaxed to its shores each season for rest and relaxation. The three-mile oceanfront boardwalk includes larger-than-life sculptures, two entertainment stages, and a designated boardwalk bike path. This popular East Coast beach offers deep-sea fishing, sailing, water skiing and scuba diving. Nature lovers will enjoy hiking, biking or kayaking excursions that take them into Virginia Beach's many parks and refuge areas.
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