Insiders' GuideĀ® to Williamsburg


Book Description

Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg and Virginia's Historic Triangle is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of the cities and the surrounding environs.




Jamestown Williamsburg Yorktown


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From 1607 to 1783, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown played an important role in our nation's development by serving as the stage for key ideas and events that shaped American history. Here the first permanent English settlement was established, ideas of independence took root, and the American Revolution was won. As our nation celebrates its 400th anniversary, what better time to visit America's birthplace? This lively and lavishly illustrated guide will help you make the most of your visit. More than 250 color illustrations and maps feature the area's must-see historic sites and attractions as well as hotels, restaurants, recreation, and more.




The Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg


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May we present the most practical, comprehensive and up-to-date source of information to Virginia's most historic city! Find out how to get to, get in and get around all the area's attractions, from historic Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown and the James River Plantation to the modern-day Busch Gardens, Water Country USA and the shopping mecca of Williamsburg Pottery.







Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg


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You'll hear echoes of the past as you stroll the streets of Williamburg -- the bustle of an energetic, pre-Revolutionary business and governmental center; Patrick Henry's blazing Stamp Act speech, demanding freedom at all costs; the ping of the blacksmith's hammer as a new nation is built. But there is a modern, forward-pushing hand that keeps the Historic Triangle ringing as it edges toward the beginning of its fifth century of existence. For the tenth year in a row, The Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg provides residents and visitors with fascinating history and modern-day happenings in nearly 400 pages.




Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg


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This extensive guide to Colonial Williamsburg contains more than one hundred color photographs of the activities and attractions available in Virginia's restored colonial capital. Color-coded maps identify things to see and do and locate places to shop and dine. Building-by-building drawings help people tour easily. Short biographies about eighteenth-century inhabitants bring colonial society alive. Information about the museums and modern lodging and dining opportunities is included.




The Insiders' Guide to Virginia's Chesapeake Bay


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Grab your beach umbrella and put on your touring shoes. Discover the best the Bay has to offer in the only guide-book that covers Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, the Eastern Shore arid Chesapeake like a coastal fog. Get ready to sail for the Chesapeake Bay!