Table of Contents

List of Maps vi 1 THE BEST OF VIRGINIA 1

2 VIRGINIA IN DEPTH 11

3 SUGGESTED VIRGINIA ITINERARIES 34

4 NORTHERN VIRGINIA 43

5 FREDERICKSBURG & THE NORTHERN NECK 82

6 CHARLOTTESVILLE 103

7 THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY 127

8 ROANOKE & THE SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS 175

9 RICHMOND 202

10 WILLIAMSBURG, JAMESTOWN & YORKTOWN 233

11 NORFOLK, VIRGINIA BEACH & THE EASTERN SHORE 272

12 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO VIRGINIA 317

Index 332

About the Author

Born and raised in North Carolina near Hampton Roads, Bill Goodwin (www.billgoodwin.com) has lived in northern Virginia since 1979. He was an award-winning newspaper reporter for the Atlanta Journal before becoming a legal counsel and speechwriter for two U.S. senators, Sam Nunn of Georgia and Sam J. Ervin, Jr., of North Carolina. Now a full-time travel writer, Goodwin is also the author of Frommer’s South Pacific, Frommer’s Tahiti & French Polynesia, and Frommer's Fiji.