Virginia Coast Attractions
Colonial Williamsburg © Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Historic Triangle
The three east-Virginian towns of Williamsburg, Jamestown and
Yorktown make up a unique historical attraction where the clock has
been turned back 200 years or more. The first British settlers in
the 'New World' founded Jamestown in 1607. In nearby Yorktown in
1781 Americans won their independence during the last major battle
of the Revolution. Visitors can now see what life was like in the
fledgling Virginia during the colonial period by visiting
Williamsburg, where a British flag still flies over the Capitol
building and women are still wearing long dresses and ruffled caps,
with men in powdered wigs populating the taverns. It all adds up to
the greatest historic theme show ever, but it makes Williamsburg
into more than just a recreation of an 18th-century town. Chat to
the locals and you feel you are actually back in those days, as
blacksmiths puff their bellows at the forge and clip-clopping
horses pull carriages along the cobblestone streets. The Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation looks after 88 original buildings in the
town, while 300 others have been reconstructed, including two
taverns, a parish church, the courthouse and capitol building.
Website: www.visitwilliamsburg.com;
Telephone: (757) 229 6511
