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The Oceanfront at Virginia Beach

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 and Chesapeake Bay, our area is rich with outdoor and recreational opportunities.

You'll discover white sand beaches that go on for miles, a sailing season that lasts most of the year, and mountains to hike, climb, and ski just a few hours away. 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.

In Our Own Back Yard

Cultural Activities

The cruise ship American Rover docked at the Waterside Festival Marketplace in downtown Norfolk

• Waterside Festival Marketplace - restaurants, live concerts, ethnic festivals, specialty stores, and a marina
• Virginia Opera - one of the nation's top regional companies
• Virginia Symphony - featuring renowned conductor JoAnn Falletta
• Virginia Stage Company - regional rofessional 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

• 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
• 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

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 one to two 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 its 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!

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