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Drs. Baumgarten & Donnelly enjoy Rezzi's wedding (one of our LPNs)
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The bumper stickers say Virginia is for Lovers, and that's especially true if you're a sun or sea lover. Probably best known for the Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, and Shenandoah Mountains, our area is rich with outdoor and recreational opportunities. You'll discover white sand beaches that go for miles, a sailing season that lasts most of the year, and mountains to hike, climb, and ski. In fact, we're so close to the Outer Banks of North Carolina (just over an hour) that we even include that in our backyard.
Hampton Roads, aptly named for the old nautical term that denotes a port and major meeting of waterways, is made up of seven cities. Our residents, faculty and staff live in all seven cities, each with its own unique personality - from rural Suffolk, and sun and fun Virginia Beach to sprawling Chesapeake, commercial, cultural Norfolk and historic Portsmouth. The diversity of the area is also apparent in the many sports, cultural, and educational opportunities.
Cultural Activities 
- Virginia Opera - one of the nation's top regional companies
- Virginia Symphony - featuring renowned conductor JoAnn Falletta
- Virginia Stage Company - regional professional theater
- Willett Hall - a concert hall with some of the finest acoustics on the East Coast
- Norfolk Botanical Garden - featuring one of the largest collections of azaleas, camellias, roses, and rhododendrons on the East Coast.
Sports
Harbor Park - considered one of the finest stadiums in professional baseball, home of the Norfolk Tides, the AAA farm team of the New York Mets
Norfolk Nighthawks - arena football team
Norfolk Admirals - professional hockey team
Hampton Roads Mariners - professional soccer team
Professional beach volleyball (AVP)
Museums
Children's Museum of Virginia - has over 90 hands-on exhibits for kids of all ages
Chrysler Museum - listed as one of the top 20 museums in the country for its collections of ancient and major American and European art, and has the largest glass collection on the East Coast
Mariners' Museum - nationally renowned maritime museum
Virginia Air & Space Center - associated with NASA
Virginia Marine Science Museum - marine museum and aquarium
Education
- 11 universities and colleges including:
- The College of William and Mary
- Old Dominion University
- Hampton University
- Virginia Wesleyan College
- Christopher Newport University
- Tidewater Community College
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Olde Towne Portsmouth
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Home Sweet Home
Many of us choose to call Portsmouth home. In this historic, maritime community, we particularly like to boast about our Olde Towne district, the second largest collection of antique houses on the East Coast, dating back to 1752, featuring brick sidewalks and distinctive storefronts.
Right next door to Olde Towne is our downtown with antique stores on every block, art galleries, and six museums (including an amazing Children's Museum!), all within walking distance. There are also restaurants ranging from quiet cafes and coffee shops to upscale eateries on the waterfront. And if you come with a boat in tow, you can berth it at one of Portsmouth's seven deep-water marinas.
Regional
Whether with your own family or out-of-town guests, you'll enjoy the historic sites of Colonial Williamsburg and Yorktown, or the amusement parks (Busch Gardens, Kings Dominion, Water Country USA), all just a hop-skip-and-a-jump down the road (1-2 hours away). In the resort area of Virginia Beach, you can swim, snorkel, surf and enjoy frequent oceanfront festivals and outdoor art shows.
And if you've got more than a day, you can choose between an urban adventure - Washington D.C. - or a rural retreat - the Shenandoah Mountains, with their scenic Skyline Drive, Appalachian Trail, snow skiing and caves. Both are less than four hours away. Just a few more reasons that Virginia is for lovers of fun!
More information about the Hampton Roads area is available here.
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