VIRGINIA - Last minute travel specials to Richmond, Williamsburg, Charlottesville, Norfolk, Roanoke, Newport News, and Virginia Beach.

Williamsburg - Williamsburg is in southeastern Virginia on a peninsula between the James and York Rivers, which run into Chesapeake Bay. Settled in 1632, it was Virginia's capital from 1699 to 1779. After time the city declined and it was not until the 1920's that the people took a real interest in Williamsburg. In fact, it was only in 1926 that the idea of excavating and restoring the colonial site of Williamsburg took bloom. The once known Williamsburg went through a complete transformation from an industrial town into a what is now known as Colonial Williamsburg.

Colonial Williamsburg bridges Virginias past and present, with remnants of the Confederacy preserved amid the cultural and commercial bustle of modern day. Colonial Williamsburg is the nation's largest and oldest outdoor living history museum and portrays 18th-century Williamsburg as it appeared on the eve of the American Revolution. Throughout the city, an engaging mix of sights, sounds and activities helps visitors reconnect with America's past and become active participants in 18th-century life. Not only can visitors enjoy the restored buildings, but also actors recreate the everyday lives of early settlers. On Colonial Williamsburg's 173 acres, 88 original 18th- and early 19th-century structures, such as the courthouse, have been meticulously restored. The site is bent on keeping to the period's authenticity from pieces of furniture, pottery, china, glass, silver, pewter, textiles, tools, and carpeting, to landscaping.

Richmond - History lovers will enjoy Richmond's own history and its access to historical locations in America. Jamestown, founded in 1607, is nearby. The Revolutionary War ended more almost 200 years later at Yorktown, also nearby Richmond. Richmond itself served as the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War, and its museums dedicated to the war and the Confederacy are among the best in the nation. Richmond's Court End District contains seven National Historic Landmarks, three museums, and 11 more buildings on the National Register of Historic Places - all within eight blocks.

Last minute travel to Virginia Beach - Located on the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach borders North Carolina and ranks as the largest city in Virginia. April 26th 1607 - Admiral Christopher Newport set the landing party ashore at the present site of Virginia Beach. Three days later they erected a cross at the landing site and conducted the first religious ceremony of the Church of England in America. Fearing the area was too susceptible to attack from the Natives and Spanish, Admiral Newport chose a small island on the James River to establish the first permanent English Colony in the new world, Jamestown. Fourteen years later the colonists settled in the area that is now Virginia Beach.

Abundant fishing and fertile soil assured the areas success but, founded in 1887, Virginia Beach developed as a resort following construction of a hotel and a railroad linking it with Norfolk After World War I it became an important base in the national coastal-defense system and today is home to Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, Oceana Naval Air Station, and Fleet Combat Direction Systems Warfare Training Center at Dam Neck. Today, with its excellent beaches and many fine hotels, it is one of the most popular resorts on the east coast and is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States.