Getting Oriented

Getting Oriented

The Historic Triangle. There is probably no better place in America to study this country's prerevolutionary war history than the Historic Triangle. Between Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown visitors get a full picture of life in Colonial times. The lessons are multisensory: museums, battlefields, restorations, and reenactments appeal to history buffs of every age.

Hampton Roads Area. The channel where the James, Elizabeth, and Nansemond rivers meet is surrounded by both small and larger towns that include the historic settlements of Hampton and Portsmouth, and today's cities Newport News and Norfolk. Linked to the Hampton Roads area by the unusual Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is Virginia's "other coastline," the quiet, largely untrafficked Eastern Shore.