Best Things Nearby:
This resort is located inside Virginia's Historic Triangle, made up of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. Colonial Williamsburg, the College of William and Mary, the original Jamestown Settlement, the Yorktown Victory Center, the Shirley Plantation, and the Berkeley Plantation along the James River offer a chance to "relive" America's history. The Virginia Living Museum is very close and should not be missed. A day-trip to Virginia Beach with a stop at the Cape Henry Lighthouse provides a fun outing. For those more interested in modern-day pleasures, there are many shopping centers and specialty stores, such as the Williamsburg Winery, the Candle Factory, and the Williamsburg Doll Factory. Amusement parks, including Busch Gardens and Water Country USA are also very close. There are several challenging golf courses nearby. Historic Air Tours, at the Williamsburg/Jamestown Airport, and the Miss Hamilton II offer exciting ways to explore this historical area, too.
Best Things About the Resort:
The resort itself is large and spacious, with lovely, well-maintained grounds. You can enjoy tennis, swimming, outdoor grills, a jogging trail, a playground area, horseshoes, a restaurant, and conference facilities. Our unit had a dishwasher, double sink, garbage disposal, microwave, toaster, blender, a complete set of dishes and cooking utensils, a large refrigerator/freezer, air-conditioning, two televisions, telephone, washer and dryer, fireplace, a small, outdoor patio with a barbeque, a shower, and a separate room with a whirlpool/hot tub. Domesticated ducks and geese frequent a small lake near the children's playground area at the front of the resort. There is ample parking near each residence. Recreational vehicles are not allowed to park overnight on the property, though.
Resort Experience:
The resort itself is great. With all the amenities listed above, we had everything we could possibly need to enjoy our stay, except possibly more time. There is so much to see and do in the nearby area that we immediately realized that a 2-week stay was not going to be long enough. Every morning we got up early, ate breakfast, and rushed out for a new adventure into the past. We spent 2 weeks getting a crash course in American history on the actual sites where the events took place. At Colonial Williamsburg, people obviously in love with what they were doing, portrayed early American patriots, settlers, storekeepers, tavern owners, soldiers, frontiersmen, and Indians while we walked among them and "witnessed" our history being made, sometimes being offered a chance to participate in the live dramas.
Each evening, we returned to the resort and to the comfort of modern times, ever more grateful to those who had made it all possible. Originally we planned to take a day or two in Washington, D.C., while we were on the East Coast. We found so much to see and do in the immediate area around the resort that we decided we would see the nation's capital on another vacation.
- Unit Type: 1 Bedroom
- Activities: Very Good
- Amenities: Excellent
- Unit Satisfaction: Excellent
- Family Friendliness: Excellent
- Service: Excellent