A trip to Williamsburg, Virginia should be in your list of family vacation ideas. Williamsburg is one of the cities included in the Historic Triangle of Virgina, along with Jamestown and Yorktown. There are a lot of interesting sights that come with equally interesting facts in Williamsburg that will tickle the minds of parents, teens and younger children.

Going to Williamsburg is very convenient. It is only a few hours away from Washington, DC, and certainly within driving distance for Atlanta and Jacksonville, Florida. Williamsburg is particularly known for Colonial Williamsburg. It is a 301-acre community of restored 18th century infrastructures. You will find yourself going back in time as you wander about the buildings, houses, shops, taverns, outbuildings and other structures in their original foundation. The highlights of Colonial Williamsburg are the historic sites - Governor’s Palace, Capitol, Peyton Randolph, Releigh Tavern, George Wythe House and James Geddy House and Foundry - and the indoor museums - Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum.

A family vacation is not complete without spending a day at a theme park! Visit Williamsburg’s Busch Gardens and experience thrilling rides. Get ready to have your heartbeat racing as you ride the Loch Ness Monster roller coaster and Griffon (the world’s tallest and first floorless dive coaster). Also, if your family love scary stories and fright attractions, be sure to visit the theme park’s Howl-O-Scream and scream all your lungs out!

Have a great family bonding time at Williamsburg’s Go-Karts Plus. The attraction spans eight acres with four tracks for the whole family to enjoy. Race around an oval track on a replica of your favorite NASCAR automobiles. There are other activities in Go-Karts Plus that promise loads of fun for the family such as the Kiddie Land, bumper cars, bumper boats, miniature golf course, arcade and other games with prizes.

Visit Historic Yorktown, Historic Jamestown and President’s Park and learn history with your children while exploring the different sights, studios, galleries and museums dedicated to preserving the American heritage. From these attractions, you will also get the chance to learn about the early permanent English settlements in the country. Do not forget to spend some time learning about the Native American heritage and visit the Powhatan Indian Village nearby, which was home to Pocahontas.

Weird mind-boggling facts are what Ripley’s Believe It Or Not is known for. Take your kids to see exhibits of over 300 unusual artifacts Robert Ripley has gathered from his travels around the world, if you wish to see more of interesting global facts. The best part of this experience is that, no matter how odd the things you see are, they are all real! Believe it!

The idea of going on a family vacation is to discover as much as you can about the place you visit. These are just some of the things you can do in Williamsburg, Virginia. Nearby cities in Williamsburg also offer a different set of attractions and activities for the family that you might want to check out. The Virginia Arts Festival in Norfolk, Virginia coming on the 23rd until the 25th of May this year, for instance, promises participants and spectators a fun time of great music and other things. It will be the ultimate weekend in one of the country’s most historic settings.

The museums, other historical sights and the more energy-required attractions like the Busch Gardens and the Go-Kart Plus really make the trip to Williamsburg, Virginia a complete package for family fun. No doubt, you can count on this as one of the best family vacation ideas you have ever had.

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Looking for a great vacation spot on the East Coast?  Many people love to visit Virginia.  Virginia has it all (of course I’m probably biased as I live in Virginia), whether you are looking to bring your family some place nice or just spend the weekend or week with your spouse or friend.  Here are some great suggestions on what to see when you visit Virginia.

No matter what kind of vacation you are looking for you can find it in Virginia.  Virginia has it all from great beaches, historical villages, Civil War battlefields, unbelievable theme parks and great cities.  Here are some great places to see.

Virginia Beach is a great beach town to visit.  Not only does it have a great beach, but the boardwalk is miles long and features plenty of entertainment, food and lodging options.  Many people love to spend their summer, tanning on Virginia Beach.  My son and his wife live in Virginia Beach so I visit it often myself.

For historical buffs, you can visit historical towns such as Jamestown, which was our first colony and Colonial Williamsburg, which is a town that has stood since the 1600’s and still functions like a colonial village.  Or how about some Civil War battlefields?  Virginia is loaded with them as Virginia was the campaigning grounds of Gen Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B.Stewart and John Singleton Mosby (the Gray Ghost).

There are also plenty of theme parks in Virginia including Busch Gardens which offers plenty of rides, shows and attractions.  Busch Gardens, Virginia is consistently voted as one of the top theme parks in the country.  So if you are looking for a great place to visit for a wonderful vacation, choose Virginia.

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If you are looking for a great family vacation spot that is both great fun and educational, then you may want to consider a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. With so much to see and do, there is bound to be something for everyone. Come join us for a quick tour of Colonial Williamsburg.

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