Blue Ridge Mountains
 

Anyone recommend anywhere in particular to stay or visit ? Will be spending a week in Virginia Beach first and driving up. Don't know much about the area,looking for somewhwre pretty to stay,but don't want to camp ! Thanks !

Fort Lewis Lodge in Millboro, VA, is wonderful.<BR>Also, check out both the Washington Post site at www.washingtonpost.com and Washingtonian Magazine at www.washingtonian.com for their recommendations.

Not sure if you are interested in Shenandoah/Skyline Drive (which is the northern part of the Blue Ridge Mountains) but if so, this site below has some information on lodges/cabins along Skyline Drive:<BR><BR>http://www.visitshenandoah.com/accommodations.htm<BR><BR>We have stayed at both Skyland and Big Meadows and enjoyed both.

We enjoyed Jordan Hollow Farm, a B&B in Luray. We did the caverns and hiked in the park. Its a lovely area.

I recommend the Boar's Head Inn in Charlottesville, VA for lodging. It offers golf, spa, tennis, and Charlotteville's only 4-star restaraunt. I would also recommend that you visit Monticello (Thomas Jefferson's residence), tour the UVA campus, and head across Afton Mountain to Lexington, VA. I'm an alum of Washington & Lee University in Lexington, so I may be a bit biased, but it's a beautiful campus (you can also tour the VMI campus next door) situated in a quaint downtown with wonderful shops. I would also recommend driving along the Skyline Drive.