Williamsburg Attractions

Colonial Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area is an 18th-century town restored to the time this it was Britain's largest colony of the new world. It is truly an outdoor living museum with over 500 public buildings, homes, stores, taverns and some of the most beautiful gardens that one can experience. Upon visiting Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area you will find tradesmen demonstrating over 30 historic trades and domestic crafts and character actors recreating history.

Busch Gardens

Busch Gardens is an action-packed European themed adventure park with 17th Century Charm and 21st Century technology. Voted America's Most Beautiful Theme Park twenty-one years in a row, at Busch Gardens you will enjoy culinary delights from all over the world, spectacular shopping, main stage shows and Busch Gardens exciting costers and rides for the thrill seeker in all of us.

Water Country USA

You are gonna have a blast at water Country USA, the largest water park in the Mid-Atlantic. Lazy rivers, wave pools and daring slides are waiting at this rock and roll themed park. There is plenty of excitement for the whole family with more than 40 acres of pools including spacious kiddie pools for the little guys to splish splash away, and plenty of lounge chairs and shade for mom and dad. When it is time for adventure, look no further. With more than 30 rides and attractions there are heart pounding drops waiting on favorite rides like Vanish Point a 75 foot towering slide that opened in opened in 2011. This amazing park is the perfect place to cool off on a hot summer day.

Jamestown/Yorktown

Jamestown features both indoor and outdoor attractions with the opening of its renowned historical galleries and exhibits. Visit the English gallery to learn about the conditions that lead to the settlement or the Powhatan Indian Gallery tracing the roots of Native American life. Also visit the outdoor living history areas of Jamestown with its costumed interpreters and you and your family can experience what the settlers encountered in the 17th century. See the life that was lived inside a recreated 17th-century colonial fort. Discover the world of Pocahontas in the Powhatan Indian village. Yorktown Yorktown, Virginia is where George Washington's army of 17,600 surrounded and besieged General Charles Lord Cornwallis' 8,300 British, German and American loyalist forces which were fortified within the Port of Yorktown.

Guided Tours

With Spooks and Legends Haunted Tours, LLC, you will see Williamsburg in a whole new way! These unique experiences bring history to life with a fun and interractive evening in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area where you will learn of the people, the places and the scandals! All stories have been researched and are historically accurate. You will be amazed, modern day soap operas have nothing on the 18th Century!

Ripley's Believe it or Not!

Expect the unexpected at Ripley's Believe it or Not! Museum and 4-D Theatre. Thousands of unusual and astonishing atrifacts can be found inside the "Odditorium," and you will enter the 4th dimension courtescy of our 4-D theatre. Feeling lucky? Take on the challenge of the Impossible Laser Race where you test your skills in making it through a maze of lasers without touching them. You will enjoy hours of family fun courtescy of Mr. Ripley!

Outdoor Recreation & Parks

Williamsburg's theme parks and historical attractions aren't the area's only draw. Here you will find beautiful parks along both the York River and James River with spectacular bird watching, bike trails, hiking trails, canoes and paddle boats. There is something for the nature lover in all of us!