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Description: Williamsburg is a city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia. It is ... more

Williamsburg ... bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Williamsburg with James City County for statistical purposes. The Historic Triangle of Virginia, which also includes Jamestown and Yorktown, is among the most popular tourist destinations in the world, with Williamsburg is located in the center. The three are linked by the National Park Service's bucolic Colonial Parkway, a 23 mile-long (37 km) National Scenic Byway which is carefully shielded from views of commercial development. The toll-free Jamestown Ferry is located at the southern end of the Colonial Parkway, State Route 5, another scenic byway, links Williamsburg and Richmond).

Newest Review: ... American Dollars for a one day pass. Depending on how long you intend to stay in Williamsburg, there are some ways you can save money getting combination passes. Such as a Jamestown/Yorktown pass. Or a Three Day Busch Gardens/Water Country pass. You can purchase one day, two day or seasonal passes to most of the parks. It really depends on what you want to do and how much of it you want to ... more

... do. When you are not visiting one of these sites, there are still things you can do. There is a great deal of shopping malls, outlet stores and small stores located all over for the shopaholics. There are also some very interesting dinner theate...more

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Williamsburg: The Tourists Are Coming (1727 words)
by - written on 04/01/02 (Very useful, 161 readings)
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Williamsburg, Virginia started as a very small town. And in a way, it still is a small town. It has a distinction for being the earliest settlement in America, which in American terms make it old. To the rest of the world, it must seem pretty young. However, old or young, it holds a lot of history. Our founding fathers lived, worked and went to school here. Pocahontas was from here. Anheiser Busch makes most of their beer here. So for a small town, there is a lot going on there. If you are considering coming to visit Williamsburg, there is a wide variety of things to do while you are there. There is Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Water Country ... Read the complete review

The Americans do this sort of thing so well! (512 words)
by - written on 05/05/01 (Very useful, 102 readings)
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Williamsburg, or more correctly, Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg itself is a modern city) is on a very busy peninsula on the south side of Chesapeake Bay. From the north, you approach this (over and under) the Chesapeake Bay Causeway and Tunnel. Driving on the causeway is the oddest sensation, you feel as though you are driving on a boat the water surface is so close! The Peninsula itself is stiff with history from the first settlement at Jamestown to the place where the Brits finally threw in the towel and ended the War of Independance. There are also Civil War sites and, maybe the best of all, old plantations, to visit. Being the USA, they do ... Read the complete review

Williamsburg, Virginia - birthplace of colonial America (453 words)
by - written on 12/08/00 (Very useful, 56 readings)
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If you are going to Virginia on holiday - try to visit Williamsburg. Here is re-created an American town at the time of the American revolution. The town comprises a number of houses, mansions and other building of that age or looking like they came from that age. It isn't like Bath, Edinburgh etc - but don't let this worry you. Nothing was originally located there - but hey this is the US - many plantation houses of the C18 now have air con !! You arrive at Williamsburg and after parking your vehicle in the large car park (there are a number) - proceed to a huge Visitors Centre. Here you can buy what is called a Patriot Pass - which allows you ... Read the complete review