subject: Experience History: Visiting Yorktown, Va [print this page] If you are looking for a trip filled with learning activities for your family there is no better location than Yorktown Virginia with several attractions bring the history of America to life. When making arrangements you will want to make sure you stay at a Langley Air Force Base hotel to take advantage of the proximity to these attractions. Staying at TownePlace Suites Newport News Yorktown will ensure you have the best location with a spacious suite to relax the nights away.
Your first stop in historical Yorktown should be where the first settlers decided to make a colony, Jamestown Settlement. When you step into this town you are taken back to 18th Century America. The homes and shops of this town have been restored giving you a glimpse into the lives of the first colonist. You can take guided tours through the city or on three replica ships depicting their travel to America from London.
For another glimpse into history you will not want to miss Colonial Williamsburg which is also located near your Langley AFB hotel. Much like Jamestown Settlement you will get a glimpse into the lives of early settlers.
Just a few minutes from Colonial Williamsburg is your next stop, Lee Hall mansion. Lee Hall was built by a prominent planter in the 1800s Richard Decauter Lee and is one of the last antebellum homes on the Virginia Peninsula and was used as headquarters for confederate generals.
There is no better historical journey through America than a trip to Virginia. Book your room at TownePlace Suites Newport News Yorktown and spend your next vacation on a historic journey through early America.
by: Corningstone
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