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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
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The cruise ship American Rover
docked at the Waterside Festival Marketplace in downtown Norfolk |
Cultural Activities
- 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
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
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Harbor Park |
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
- 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!
More information about the Hampton
Roads area is available here.
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