Historic Jamestown Church and John Smith statue
Historic Jamestowne’s Yardley House Gardens are the ideal setting for group cocktail receptions, while the grassy field between the active archaeological dig at James Fort and the Yardley House can accommodate receptions and tables for hundreds of guests. Consider preceding an event with a guided tour of the site of the nation’s 1607 birthplace.
Jamestown Settlement traces Jamestown’s beginnings through indoor gallery exhibits and outdoor re-creations of a Powhatan Indian village, James Fort and the three ships that brought America’s first permanent English settlers here in 1607. Meeting planners can take advantage of this accredited living history museum not only for special group tours during the day, but also as a venue for receptions and dinner events scheduled after closing hours.
Virginia’s largest winery is just minutes from Colonial Williamsburg, and its 50- plus acres of vineyards offer a beautiful backdrop to the Old World-style village where the winery is located.
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Williamsburg Winery’s event staff is avail- able to work with meeting planners to create unique meals and events in a number of spaces, ranging from the ban- quet-sized Wessex Hall and Susan Constant Hall to the more intimate Reserve Cellar, or outdoors overlooking the vineyards.
Step back into history aboard Yorktown’s 105’ Tall Ship, the Schooner Alliance. Relive sailing’s Golden Age as you cruise down the shores of the York River on a traditional three-masted schooner, past the Yorktown battlefield where the nation won its independence. The Schooner Alliance sails from Yorktown’s Riverwalk Landing, just 20 minutes from Williamsburg, and can accommodate 49 passengers.
Things to Do
Busch Gardens is a European-themed park bursting with adventure at every turn. It has been voted the world’s “Most Beautiful Theme Park” for 20 consecutive years by the National Amusement Park Historical Association.
photo courtesy: Williamsburg Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
City of Williamsburg was established in 1699 when the Virginia capital moved from Jamestown to an area called Middle Plantation, now the center of the city. Today, the city proper encompasses Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary and offers a myriad of opportunities for fine dining, boutique shopping, the arts and cultural entertain- ment.
Colonial Parkway is a 23-mile roadway connecting Jamestown to Williamsburg to Yorktown, and was recently named an “All American Road,” only one of 27 in the country.
Colonial Williamsburg is the world’s largest living history museum and the restored 18th-century capital of the Virginia colony, Britain’s largest, wealthi- est and most populated in the New World. Colonial Williamsburg is a place about stories - stories of the people, cel- ebrated and not, who struggled to form a new nation and stories of families past and present.
Historic Yorktown is the home of several fine antique shops, art galleries and charming restaurants all nestled in the vil- lage and overlooking the York River.
Yorktown Battlefield and Visitor Center is the site of the last major battle of the American Revolution, including fortifica- tion and siege lines, Surrender Field and the Moore House, where negotiations for Cornwallis' surrender took place.
Yorktown Victory Center is home to inno- vative exhibits and an evocative film chronicle the Revolutionary era from the
beginnings of Colonial unrest to the emergence of the new nation, drawing from the perspectives of ordinary men and women. Outdoors, visitors can join a cannon crew and learn about 18th-cen- tury medical care in a living history Continental Army encampment. A re- created 1780s farm provides a rare glimpse of how the majority of Virginians lived during the United States' formative years.
Walk, bike, canoe or kayak along the Colonial Parkway or at the many public parks in the Williamsburg area.
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than a dozen public parks offer activities including boat rentals, fishing, swim beaches and trails for hiking and biking.
As far back as 1774, John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, and King James’s appointed Head of the Virginia Colonies, was prac- ticing his golf game on the grounds of the Governor’s Palace here in Williamsburg. With 14 award-winning courses, the area has been called one of the “Top 25 Golf Destinations in the World.”
The Williamsburg area offers lots of year- round special events, too - many of them free - including outdoor concerts, wine festivals, food events and holiday cele- brations.
www.visitwilliamsburg.com
Location Reports were compiled with information provided by CVBs
listed (denoted by website) along with additional sources.
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