There is a lot more than history going on in the area so you don't worry about keeping everyone in the family
entertained. Nearby the Bush Gardens offers a European Renaissance themed park with exciting rides
and exotic European-style food while just down the road, Water Country USA runs the mid-Atlantic's largest
water them park. The family might also enjoy a trip to the upscale outlet malls, a tour of the ceramic factory,
and a Williamsburg Winery tour for a glimpse into the automated bottling room and a walk through the
50-acre vineyard.   
Colonial Williamsburg, a preserved and restored colonial town has 80 original homes and buildings, 50
restored on original foundations, and 200 period rooms displaying 60,000 authentic antiques of British and
Colonial American manufacture. Costumed re-enactors and interpreters of history will involve you in hands-on
activities of the era just before the Revolutionary War.
The Colonial National Park, near the original Jamestown Settlement, has a
re-created glass blowing operation that originally started in 1608 as
Americas first industry. Operated by the National Park Service and the
Association of Virginia Antiquities, the park includes the site of the first
permanent English settlement in North America.     

Virginia Attractions Near Jamestown, Yorktown, Williamsburg
  •   Route 5, the scenic byway where plantations line the James River
    including the Shirley Plantation settled in 1613, the Berkeley
    Plantation, site of a 1726 mansion and home of President William
    Henry Harrison, and Sherwood Forest, home of our 10th President
    John Tyler.
  • The US Army Transportation Museum, from steam locomotives
    to experimental flying saucers, helicopters to tugboats: 200 years of
    Army transportation history.    
  • The Virginia Living Museum: Virginia wildlife, botanical gardens,
    and planetarium.
Colonial Williamsburg Golden Horseshoe Golf Club, a Robert Trent Jones
Jr. design is one of five courses in the area.
  • Go Karts Plus, an 8-acre family park where you race go-karts and
    simulated NASCAR racers on a banked oval track.
Jamestown, Yorktown , Williamsburg, Virginia, History Vacation
The Colonial
National Park, near
the original
Jamestown
Settlement, has a
re-created glass
blowing operation
that originally
started in 1608 as
Americas first
industry.
The Jamestown
Settlement, the
Yorktown
Battlefield, and
the Preserved
Colonial Village
of Williamsburg
are within 20
miles of one
another at
Williamsburg
Virginia.
Jamestown Glassblowing
Shortly after the settlers arrived they built Americas first commercial enterprise. By 1608 a glass works
near the first settlement was established.  You can visit a replica building and watch glass artists at work.
Watch for the Glass House on the Colonial Parkway.
Take a Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg Virginia Vacation and find plenty of
Colonial Williamsburg Hotels such as Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg.
Within 20 miles find Bush Garden,  Water Country  Yorktown VA hotels and Jamestown
hotels.  Look for Colonial Williamsburg discount tickets and Williamsburg golf
packages.  Williamsburg Winery tours and many other attractions are nearby,    
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A Jamestown, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Virginia History Vacation
will put you near Bush Gardens, Colonial Williamsburg, The
Yorktown Battlefield, and Water Country USA for family fun.
A Jamestown, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Virginia History Vacation will  
off period rooms and Colonial Antiques at Colonial Williamsburg,
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How to reach Jamestown:
Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF) is
a half hour's drive away and has five rental car companies
operating from the airport..  
Norfolk International Airport (NIA)  is forty miles south (
seven rental car companies)
Richmond International Airport (RIC)  is 45 miles north with
eight rental car companies. ..
Auto Europe offers Hotel, air and auto rental.  Shop for selection, price, and ease
of booking a flight or auto on the web.  Shop online Jamestown Yorktown and
adequate luggage space, car seat, baby carriage,   two door, four door and other
options.
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Free after one night Lodging in Airport Hotels in 60 US cities.  Hundreds of others worldwide.
Some of the hotels in the program offer 24 hour shuttles to the airport. The early shuttle from the hotel to the
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offsets the cost of the hotel room and you do not need to arrange for a limo from your home to the airport.
Most hotels offer Two Weeks Free Parking with one night stay, some three weeks or a reasonable day rate for
extra days. . Cruise passengers can take advantage of these deals also at some hotels.   See Free Airport
Parking link above.
The Jamestown Settlement, the Yorktown Battlefield,  and the Preserved Colonial Village of Williamsburg
are within 20 miles of one another in the Jamestown Virginia area.
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