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Adam Thoroughgood House
1636 Parish Road / phone: 757-460-7588
Built sometime in the late 17th or early 18th century, designed in the medieval English cottage style of the period, this little story-and-a-half brick house is filled with 17th & 18th-century antiques & is a Virginia & National Historic Landmark.
Adventure Parasail & Rudee Inlet Jet Ski
300 Winston Salem Avenue / phone: 757-428-4614
An entertaining adventure for the whole family, find Jet skiis, sports boats and ocean kayak rentals; as well as parasail trips at this location.
Air America Parasail
227 Mediterranean Avenue / phone: 757-428-1240
Located at the end of Mediterranean at Rudee Inlet, Air America Parasail has a professional crew to handle the one and two person flights that soar over the beachfront. Come take the challenge and say hello to the birds!
AquaMan Sportsfishing
227 Mediterranean Avenue / phone: 757-200-0200
Located on Rudee Inlet right behind Rudee's Restaurant, they offer private charters for up to 6 people for off-shore Atlantic and in-shore Chesapeake Bay fishing trips.
Association for Research and Enlightenment
215 67th Street / phone: 757-428-3588
This is the international headquarters for research on the readings of the late psychic, Edgar Cayce. This complex on Atlantic Avenue also houses Edgar Cayce Foundation, library, ESP testing center, historic hospital, spa, meditation garden & bookstore.
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
4005 Sandpiper Road / phone: 757-721-2412
Located in Virginia Beach, the refuge was established in 1938 to provide habitat for migrating & wintering waterfowl & contains more than 8,500 acres, situated around Back Bay. No swimming, sunbathing, surfing or vehicular beach access allowed.
Beach Street USA
Boardwalk - 7th Street to 31st Street / phone: 757-425-3111
Stages set along the Virginia Beach Boardwalk with live entertainment during the summer season, festivals and holidays. Most events are free / For tickets events, tickets may be purchased through Ticketmaster
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
1 Busch Gardens Boulevard / phone: 800-343-7946
America's most beautiful theme park, Busch Gardens also has some of the most thrilling rides and coasters. With a European theme, the park hosts villages from England to Italy and includes a new section called Sesame Street Forest of Fun! Fun for all ages!
Cape Henry Lighthouse
583 Atlantic Avenue / phone: 757-422-9421
The Cape Henry Lighthouse is located within Fort Story & is the oldest lighthouse in the country built by the Federal Government, built at the request of George Washington in 1792 to protect the bay. A newer lighthouse sits next the older structure.
Captain Mickey's Rudee Inlet Parasail & Water Sports, LLC
200 Winston Salem Avenue / phone: 757-422-9600
Licensed by the Professional Association of Parasail Operators, these parasailing trips offer take offs and landings right from the boat, or choose to get free “ocean dips” by request!
CBBT - Sea Gull Pier Fishing Pier
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel / phone: 757-331-2960
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel - Sea Gull Pier Fishing Pier is accessible for the price of a one-way toll to cross the span to get there. On the south island, the pier’s location puts the fisherman out where the fish are along with some amazing views.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
32386 Lankford Highway / phone: 757-331-2960
A 20 mile span of bridge and tunnels linking the Eastern shore with southside Hampton Roads, an engineering marvel, the bridge tunnel showcases to travelers the mighty surge of the Atlantic Ocean, the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay.
Chincoteague Island
Chincoteague Road & Main Street / phone: 757-336-6161
Site of the famous Chincoteague Pony Swim & Auction, the island sports a summer carnival and unique ambience.
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
8231 Beach Road / phone: 757-336-6122
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge includes more than 14,000 acres of beach, dunes, marsh & maritime forest on the Atlantic Flyway. Most of the refuge is located on the VA end of Assateague Island; however, it also crosses to the MD side of the island.
Christ and St. Luke’s Church
560 West Olney Road / phone: 757-627-5665
Episcopal church located in Ghent section of downtown Norfolk, the church is also a convenient venue for the arts community.
Chrysler Hall
215 E Brambleton Avenue / phone: 757-664-6464
Part of the Scope Complex, Chrysler Hall hosts headliner acts, ballet and national play productions.
Colonial Downs
10515 Colonial Downs Parkway / phone: 804-966-7223
Colonial Downs, where thoroughbred and harness racing are a part of the action at this local track. The race schedule varies seasonally beginning in late April to mid-summer, with a new season in early September and through October.
Colonial National Historical Park - Cape Henry
583 Atlantic Avenue / phone: 757-898-2410
Part of the Colonial National Historical Park, this small plot is home to a lot of history. the Cape Henry Memorial Cross commemorates the first landing of settlers in April of 1607. In 1781, off-shore the Battle of the Capes led to victory at Yorktown.
Dewitt Cottage
Atlantic Avenue and 12th Street / phone: 757-437-8432
The oldest remaining structure on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, it now houses the Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum. This cottage features historical wildfowl artifacts and additionally depicts the early history of Virginia Beach.
Dockside Seafood & Fishing Center at Lynnhaven
3311 Shore Drive / phone: 757-481-7211
At the mouth of Lynnhaven where it enters the Chesapeake, Dockside is an ideal place to rent a boat, find a deep sea fishing charter or dolphin cruises. Fishing equipment, licenses and bait can be obtained here!
Edythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House
160 W Virginia Beach Boulevard / phone: 757-623-1223
Home of the Virginia Opera Company, the venue is also used for ballet and headliner performances.
False Cape State Park
4001 Sandpiper Road / phone: 757-426-7128
Located in southern Virginia Beach, False Cape State Park is a mile-wide barrier spit between Back Bay & the Atlantic Ocean. No vehicles allowed, access is through the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge & is limited to hiking, bicycling or boating.
Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
3550 Cellar Door Way / phone: 757-368-3000
Outdoor Amphitheater with headliner concerts
Ferguson Center for the Arts
1 University Place / phone: 757-594-7448
Two new theaters with the larger 1700 seat concert hall for major productions and headliners on the campus of Christopher Newport University. Events also include plays, dance, symphony performances and the Ella Fitzgerald Music Festival.
First Landing State Park
2500 Shore Drive / phone: 757-412-2300
State park on the Chesapeake Bay, First Landing commemorates the 1607 landing of the Virginia Company on Cape Henry. The park has beaches, hiking & bike trails and boat launch areas as well as beach front on the Chesapeake Bay.
Fisherman's Wharf Marina
524 Winston Salem Avenue / phone: 757-428-2111
Marina in Rudee Inlet with direct access to the Atlantic Ocean. The marina has Ocean Charters, slip rentals with all the amenities and is home to Dirty Dicks Crabhouse.
Fort Monroe / Casemate Museum
20 Bernard Road / phone: 757-788-3391
Stone fort facing the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, built in the 1830s, Fort Monroe is currently is part of an active army post. Civil War history, connections to Poe, & a citadel guarding Hampton Roads, the fort has an amazing history to be explored.
Francis Land House
3131 Virginia Beach Boulevard / phone: 757-385-5100
An historic home built in the late 18th century in the Georgian style. Its gambrel roof harbors original interior paneling, floors & period furnishings. The beautiful & award-winning landscaped gardens have been lovingly maintained by local garden clubs.
Granby Theatre
421 Granby Street / phone: 757-961-7208
A theater revamped into a club atmosphere, with seating, dining and weekly dance parties.
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
3100 Desert Road / phone: 757-986-3705
Over 110,000 acres of forested wetlands on the Virginia - North Carolina border, the Great Dismal Swamp also contains lake Drummond, the largest natural lake in Virginia. Trails for hiking and seasonal canoe trips are allowed in the park.
Great White Water Sports
2800 Shore Drive / phone: 757-450-4096
Offering personal watercraft rentals, jet skis & wave runners, this is the only one launching from the sandy beach directly into the Chesapeake Bay. / Must be 18 years or older, children may ride as long as the feet can reach the bottom of the watercraft.
Hampton Coliseum
1000 Coliseum Drive / phone: 757-838-5650
Venus for national headliner concerts, the Hampton Jazz Festival, rodeo, trade shows and circus performances.
Harbor Park
150 Park Avenue / phone: 757-664-6464
Home of the Norfolk Tides minor league baseball team, the venue is also used for large concerts
Hermitage Museum & Gardens
7637 North Shore Road / phone: 757-423-2052
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens consists of an early 20th century historic house museum with a world-wide art collection and contemporary exhibition galleries, surrounded by twelve acres of formal gardens and natural woodlands.
Historic Jamestowne
Colonial Parkway / phone: 757-229-1733
In the steps of Captain John Smith & Pocahontas, explore Americas beginnings where the first English representative government met & where the first arrival of Africans to English North American was recorded in 1619. Jamestown, the Beginning of America.
Historic Jamestowne (Jamestown Island)
western end of the Colonial Parkway / phone: 757-229-1733
NPS and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities manages the original site of the 1607 colony. The recent Jamestown Rediscovery Project found the site of the original fort. Remains of the 17th century city foundations are also on site.
Historic Palace Theatre
305 Mason Avenue / phone: 757-331-2787
Built in 1941, the theater has been renovated and is still being updated. Home of The Arts Enter Cape Charles, this group brings in live entertainment and arts classes for residents of the area and uses the theater as a performing arts center.
Inlet Station Marina at Rudee Inlet
227 Mediterranean Avenue / phone: 757-422-2999
A convenient location on the south end of the resort strip, Rudee Inlet provides a great little harbor for ocean going vessels. At Inlet Station look for sports fishing charters & boat rentals, Rudee’s Waterfront Restaurant & Rockafeller’s Restaurant.
Jamestown Settlement
218 Jamestown Road / phone: 757-253-4838
Virginia's recreation of the first settlement at Jamestown with the palisade fort, Indian village, the first three sailing ships and a interpretive museum covering the years before and after the settlement from both perspectives, Old and New World.
Kimball Theatre
Duke of Gloucester Street / Merchants Square / phone: 757-565-8588
Seasonal offerings includes performances by the Williamsburg Symphonia and the Williamsburg Women Chorus as well as other live events and art films. Also a venue for Colonial Williamsburg programs, lectures and presentations.
L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center
Norfolk State University - 700 Park Avenue / phone: 757-823-2063
One of the area’s newest concert halls, the L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center is located on the beautiful campus of Norfolk State University. The Center, which seats 1,800 people, has curvilinear and elegant designs.
Langley Speedway
3165 N Armistead Avenue / phone: 757-865-7223
Short track, late model and modified division racing, most race events held on Saturday evenings with prelims starting in the afternoon.
Little Theatre of Virginia Beach
550 Barberton Drive / phone: 757-428-9233
The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach has been serving Hampton Roads since 1948.
Lynnhaven House
4401 Wishart Road / phone: 757-431-4000
Built in 1725 & retains about 85% of its original story-and-a-half structure. A kitchen herb garden & several beds of native flowering plants highlight gardens around the structure. Stewardship of Lynnhaven House was passed to Virginia Beach by the APVA.
Military Aviation Museum
1342 Princess Anne Road / phone: 757-721-7767
The Military Aviation Museum, located at the Virginia Beach Airport is home to one of the largest private collections of World War 2 and Korean War era fighters, bombers, trainers and seaplanes.
Mount Trashmore Park
310 Edwin Drive / phone: 757-473-5237
Mount Trashmore encompasses 165 acres and is comprised of two man made mountains, two lakes, multiple playgrounds, a skate park and multi-use trails. The park is a venue for city events.
Nauticus
1 Waterside Drive / phone: 757-664-1000
A museum & marine science center on the waterfront in downtown Norfolk with the Battleship USS Wisconsin moored along side & open for tours. Inside Nauticus, the focus is on the world’s largest Navy as well as global maritime commerce.
Norfolk Academy
1585 Wesleyan Drive / phone: 757-461-2223
A college prep day school located near the Norfolk & Virginia Beach city line. They have an active arts program and are a venue for community music and art events.
Norfolk Botanical Garden
6700 Azalea Garden Road / phone: 757-441-5830
The Garden has grown from humble beginnings as a WPA project to an 155-acre garden filled with thousands of plants. More than thirty themed gardens are spread across site.
nTelos Wireless Pavilion
901 Crawford Street / phone: 757-393-8181
Live outdoor concert venue in Downtown Portsmouth bringing in top performance artists in season, as well as hosting local festival events.
Ocean View Beach Park
100 W. Ocean View Avenue / phone: 757-441-2345
Under the auspices of the Norfolk Park system, the live entertainment at this park is provided by the city's FestEvents organization.
Oceana Naval Air Station
1750 Tomcat Boulevard / phone: 757-433-2366
Navy Air Station Oceana is the East Coast's only Master Jet Base and encompasses almost 6,000 acres and is the host to Commander, Strike Fighter Wing, Atlantic and five Carrier Air Wings.
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
583 Atlantic Avenue / phone: 757-422-9421
Built in 1792, the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse was the first lighthouse financed by the Federal Government at the bequest of Virginia and Maryland to keep navigation secure for ships entering and exiting the Chesapeake Bay.
Olde Towne Portsmouth
High Street between Effingham Street and the river / phone: 757-405-3500
Historic district, with three centuries of historic homes and a history dating back almost another 100 years. Cobbled streets, antique shops, galleries and some museums can be found in the area.
Regent University Theatre
1000 Regent University Drive / phone: 757-226-4303
Performance theatre on the campus of Regent University, site for Virginia Symphony concerts, theatre arts, lectures and concerts.
Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
201 Market Street / phone: 757-385-2787
Performing arts venue with an indoor 1,300-seat theatre, an outdoor performance plaza for festivals & rehearsal rooms for various arts groups. Headliner venue year round, as well as Virginia Symphony & a Virginia Arts Festival location.
Scope
215 E Brambleton Avenue / phone: 757-664-6464
Coliseum arena in Norfolk, the complex also has theatre additions. Scope arena hosts ice hockey, the circus and national acts and Virginia Arts Festival events.
Shore Drive Parasail
3311 Shore Drive / phone: 757-478-8246
Parasail where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Chesapeake Bay, with vistas of the Bay Bridge Tunnel, the Cape Henry Lighthouses and Bay beaches. On a clear day you can see forever! They have USCG certified licensed captains and passenger safety is paramount.
Simon Family Jewish Community Center
5000 Corporate Woods Drive # 100 / phone: 757-489-1371
The Jewish center in Virginia Beach and host to arts and entertainment events.
TCC Roper Performing Arts Center
340 Granby Street / phone: 757-822-1452
Theater venue at Tidewater Community College, site for Hurrah Players productions, Virginia Ballet Theatre, Virginia Arts festival & Todd Rosenlieb Dance
Ted Constant Convocation Center
4320 Hampton Boulevard / phone: 757-683-4444
Arena venue on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk that showcases ODU basketball and sports events as well as major rock and music concerts.
The American Theatre
125 East Mellen Street / phone: 757-727-2787
A unique and intimate venue offering renown live performances and concerts from all over the world as well as national stage company theater presentations.
The Attucks Theatre
1010 Church Street / phone: 757-622-4763
Historic restored theatre complex, the center is named for Crispus Attucks, an African American man who was the first American patriot to lose his life in the Boston Massacre of 1770.
The Children’s Museum of Virginia
420 High Street / phone: 757-393-5258
The Children's Museum of Virginia offers a host of adventures for children. Re-opened in May of 2011, the museum has been enlarged & completely rebuilt with new exhibits for children of all ages including their renown model train collection.
The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia
2200 Parks Avenue / phone: 757-425-0000
The center is art gallery, museum and sponsor of the annual Boardwalk Art Show, the center also hosts classes and educational programs in the arts.
The Little Theatre of Norfolk
801 Claremont Avenue / phone: 757-627-8551
Community theater venue
The MacArthur Memorial
MacArthur Square / phone: 757-441-2965
General's and Mrs. MacArthur’s final resting place, the MacArthur Memorial also houses a museum honoring the legacy and life of Douglas MacArthur.
The Mariner's Museum
100 Museum Drive / phone: 757-596-2222
One of the largest maritime collections in the world, the Museum is also known as America's National Maritime Museum and is home to the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor artifacts, the collection of August F. Crabtree miniature ships and a huge parkland.
The Old Coast Guard Station
2400 Atlantic Avenue / phone: 757-422-1587
Housed in the 1903 Life-Saving Station on the Beach, the museum has a collection of 1,800 artifacts & over 1,000 photographic images of the United States Life-Saving & Coast Guard Services, & the resort community of Virginia Beach.
The Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts
110 W. Finney Avenue / phone: 757-923-0003
Performing arts venue in downtown Suffolk, which brings in world class and local talent, in stage, dance and music. This also a venue for viewing and offers classes in the fine arts.
Town Point Park
1 Waterside Drive / phone: 757-441-2345
Festival and seasonal activities park on Norfolk waterfront, scheduled events organized by Norfolk FestEvents.
Trinity Episcopal Church
Court & High Streets / phone: 757-393-0431
With a history dating back to 1761, this church has served the downtown community of Portsmouth for well over 200 years. The church is also a venue for arts presentations as well as a popular stop for the Virginia Arts Festival.
Upper Wolfsnare
2040 Potters Road / phone: 757-491-3490
This 18th-century Georgian-style house reflects the gentry class life style of its builder, Thomas Walke III.
VAF Theater / Clay and Jay Barr Education Center
440 Bank Street / phone: 757-282-2800
Clay & Jay Barr Education Center, Norfolk is a new theater opened in Ocotber 2010, within the Virginia Arts Festival headquarters building. It is a venue for the Governor's School of the Arts as well as Arts Festival perfomances.
Virginia Air & Space Center
600 Settlers Landing Road / phone: 757-727-0900
The original Mercury Seven astronauts trained at Langley NASA. This museum has taken the NASA collection of space memorabilia and added to the areas historical connection to early flight and created an amazing space! An Imax theatre is also on site.
Virginia Beach Boardwalk
Atlantic Avenue from 2nd to 40th Streets / phone: 800-822-3224
Resort Strip boardwalk runs along Atlantic Avenue from Rudee Inlet to 40th Street. Unique points of interest on the Boardwalk are two statues, the The Norwegian Lady, a memorial gift given by Moss, Norway & a colossal bronze King Neptune at 31st Street.
Virginia Beach Fishing Center
200 Winston Salem Avenue / phone: 757-491-8000
Located at Rudee Inlet at the south end of resort strip, it's the place to go for charter boat fishing & they provide everything from ice to bait & tackle. Sight-seeing & dolphin watching boats are also located here, as are parasailing, watersports & more!
Virginia Beach Oceanfront
Atlantic Avenue / phone: 800-861-7873
Beachfront beaches that runs from Rudee inlet north to Cape Henry, it is one of the longest resort beaches in the world.
Virginia Living Museum
524 J Clyde Morris Boulevard / phone: 757-595-1900
Displaying the flora and fauna of Virginia in living displays, the museum is accredited with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the first in Virginia to be so honored. Special indoor-outdoor summer exhibitions are designed to delight all ages.
Virginia War Museum
9285 Warwick Boulevard / phone: 757-247-8523
A collection of War memorabilia, weapons, uniforms and historic items from the Colonial period through current conflicts.The museum also oversees two historic houses in the city and sponsors historic preservation of Virginia war sites.
Wells Theater
101 E. Tazewell Street / phone: 757-627-1234
Virginia Stage Company performance venue.
Willett Hall
3701 Willett Drive / phone: 757-393-5144
Willett Hall is a 2,000 seat entertainment facility with outstanding acoustics. It proudly features concerts, guest speakers, theatrical performances, musicals and dance performances.
Williamsburg Lodge
310 S England Street / phone: 757-565-4036
Hotel property operated by Colonial Williamsburg, the Conference Center - Virginia Room is a venue for programs and arts presentations.
Williamsburg Winery
5800 Wessex Hundred / phone: 757-258-0899
The award winning Williamsburg Winery produces almost one-quarter of all wine in Virginia. With over 50 acres of vineyard on site, tours & tastings are offered year round. Offering dining, the winery is a venue for special events, concerts & entertainment.
Yorktown Victory Center
260 Water Street / phone: 757-253-4838
The Victory Center is an Interpretive museum within earshot of the last battle of the American Revolution, galleries relate to the impact of the Revolution on citizens on both sides, and houses artifacts from British ships lost during the 1781 siege.
