Download or read book Greater Than a Tourist Historic Triangle Virginia USA written by Valerie Orozco and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local author, it is never too late to visit The Historic Triangle. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the 'Greater Than a Tourist' series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. This guide book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead gives you knowledge that you may not find in other smaller print travel books. Experience cultural, culinary delights, and attractions with the guidance of a Local. Slow down and get to know the people with this invaluable guide. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to discover new activities at your next travel destination. Inside this travel guide book you will find: Visitor information from a Local Tour ideas and inspiration Save time with valuable guidebook information Greater Than a Tourist- A Travel Guidebook with 50 Travel Tips from a Local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and culture. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination.
Download or read book Jamestown Williamsburg Yorktown written by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and published by Colonial Williamsburg. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1607 to 1783, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown played an important role in our nation's development by serving as the stage for key ideas and events that shaped American history. Here the first permanent English settlement was established, ideas of independence took root, and the American Revolution was won. As our nation celebrates its 400th anniversary, what better time to visit America's birthplace? This lively and lavishly illustrated guide will help you make the most of your visit. More than 250 color illustrations and maps feature the area's must-see historic sites and attractions as well as hotels, restaurants, recreation, and more.
Download or read book Insiders Guide to Williamsburg written by Susan Corbett and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience America’s past and present-day glories in beautiful, historic Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. Written by a local, this guide includes: Comprehensive listings of restaurants, cozy accommodations, and attractions the whole family can enjoy, including candlelight ghost tours, Colonial reenactments, and amusement parks with thrill rides and waterslides Countless details on annual events, festivals, shopping, and kid-friendly entertainment Advice on how to live and thrive in the area—from recreation to education
Download or read book Insiders Guide to Williamsburg and Virginia s Historic Triangle written by Sue Corbett and published by Insiders' Guide. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than twenty years, the Insiders' Guide series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Written by locals and true insiders, each guide is packed with useful tips on places to stay, restaurants, events, attractions, fun things to do with the kids, nightlife, parks and recreation, real estate, education and childcare, retirement information, local history, and much more - as well as a comprehensive index and special sections on relocation.
Download or read book Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg written by Michael Olmert and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extensive guide to Colonial Williamsburg contains more than one hundred color photographs of the activities and attractions available in Virginia's restored colonial capital. Color-coded maps identify things to see and do and locate places to shop and dine. Building-by-building drawings help people tour easily. Short biographies about eighteenth-century inhabitants bring colonial society alive. Information about the museums and modern lodging and dining opportunities is included.
Download or read book Virginia s Haunted Historic Triangle written by Pamela K. Kinney and published by Schiffer Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a step back into ghostly history as you tour Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown in the Historic Triangle. Visit Jamestown Island where Captain John Smith and the first English colonists settled. Stroll around Yorktown and follow the same footsteps of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as they walked along Duke of Gloucester Street. Hear odd noises and see apparitions at the Peyton Randolph House, Cornwallis's Cave, Wells's Corner, Sherwood Forest, the Rosewell Plantation, and many, many other places. Be prepared to get to know the ghosts of this Historic Triangle and its surrounding areas. They're dying for you to read their stories.
Download or read book Historic Triangle Virginia written by Barbara Tibbetts and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Williamsburg Insiders Guide written by Mary Alice Blackwell and published by Insiders' Guide. This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than twenty years, the Insiders' Guide(R) series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Each guide is written by locals and true insiders and offers a personal, practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love. From fiery blacksmiths' shops and stately riverside plantations to inverted roller coasters and thrilling water rides, the towns of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown offer a multitude of ways to experience our country's past and present-day glories. Whether you prefer colonial reenactments and ceremonial powwows or lions, tigers, and bears and theme park excesses, let this authoritative guide lead you through the myriad things to see and do in the Historic Triangle. Inside you'll find: "countless details on how to live and thrive in the area, from the best shopping to the lowdown on real estate - traditional and contemporary "the inside scoop on renowned attractions such as Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens, and the Williamsburg Pottery Factory "comprehensive listings of restaurants, lodging, and recreational opportunities "sections dedicated to children, retirement, and more Whether you're planning a vacation, already living in the area, or looking to relocate, Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg will show you everything you need to know.
Download or read book Historic Virginia written by Laura A. Macaluso and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic Virginia: A Tour of the State's Top 75 National Historic Landmarks is a carefully curated travel guide, written by a local historian, featuring the most intriguing and significant of the state's nationally recognized historic landmarks. This guide provides interesting anecdotes and color photography of famous churches, the homes of Founding Fathers, and monuments of natural splendor amid the Blue Ridge Mountains. Tour the Old Dominion State and travel back in time with Historic Virginia.
Download or read book Colonial Williamsburg written by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and published by Colonial Williamsburg. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first all-new edition of the official guide since 1985, Colonial Williamsburg is the first guide to focus on the Revolutionary City. It includes a comprehensive history of Williamsburg's role in the Revolution, followed by site-by-site descriptions of what happened here and why it mattered and still matters. Also featured are: Photo essays highlighting key scenes from the Revolution, Biographies of Revolutionary figures, Architectural histories, Treasures of the Art Museums, Hotels, Taverns and Restaurants, Recreation, and Shopping. More than 500 color photos.
Download or read book Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction written by Muzaffer Uysal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stay ahead of your customers as their service expectations change! In Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction, experts from the field explore customer satisfaction strategies, examining both the long-term and short-term results. This vital tool shows you new and effective approaches for understanding customer satisfaction and providing quality service at all levels of the hospitality and tourism industry. Hospitality and tourism faculty and students as well as professionals will find this book useful for improving and providing quality service management. This book illustrates the complex relationship between customer and service provider, offering practical advice and techniques for maximizing consumer contentment. Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction contains models for meeting—and even surpassing—consumer expectations to increase the value of the customer’s experience. This essential resource includes various methods for managers to anticipate consumer needs and perceptions, reducing dissatisfaction. This book helps you: incorporate existing and alternative measurements of satisfaction measure and improve service quality create and maintain social interaction linkages between staff and customer identify the destination performance of your hotel and other destinations or attractions evaluate consumer satisfaction with lodging services increase cross-cultural service satisfaction and much more! Tables and figures throughout the text help demonstrate the strategies, and bibliographies at the end of each chapter offer further reading. While there are other books that focus on customer satisfaction, Current Issues and Development in Hospitality and Tourism Satisfaction is rare in that it covers satisfaction issues as they apply to both hospitality and tourism.
Download or read book Guide Book to Williamsburg Old and New written by William Clinton Ewing and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English settlers founded Williamsburg in 1632 as Middle Plantation, a fortified settlement on high ground between the James and York rivers. The city functioned as the capital of the Colony and Commonwealth of Virginia from 1699 to 1780 and became the center of political events in Virginia leading to the American Revolution. The College of William & Mary, established in 1693, is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the only one of the nine colonial colleges in the South. Its alumni include three U.S. presidents as well as many other important figures in the nation's early history. The city's tourism-based economy is driven by Colonial Williamsburg, the city's restored Historic Area. Along with nearby Jamestown and Yorktown, Williamsburg forms part of the Historic Triangle, which annually attracts more than four million tourists. Modern Williamsburg is also a college town, inhabited in large part by William & Mary students, faculty and staff.
Download or read book National Parks Legislation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pop Culture Places 3 volumes written by Gladys L. Knight and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 1773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume reference set explores the history, relevance, and significance of pop culture locations in the United States—places that have captured the imagination of the American people and reflect the diversity of the nation. Pop Culture Places: An Encyclopedia of Places in American Popular Culture serves as a resource for high school and college students as well as adult readers that contains more than 350 entries on a broad assortment of popular places in America. Covering places from Ellis Island to Fisherman's Wharf, the entries reflect the tremendous variety of sites, historical and modern, emphasizing the immense diversity and historical development of our nation. Readers will gain an appreciation of the historical, social, and cultural impact of each location and better understand how America has come to be a nation and evolved culturally through the lens of popular places. Approximately 200 sidebars serve to highlight interesting facts while images throughout the book depict the places described in the text. Each entry supplies a brief bibliography that directs students to print and electronic sources of additional information.
Download or read book The Virginia Landmarks Register written by Calder Loth and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virginia Landmarks Register, fourth edition, will create for the reader a deeper awareness of a unique legacy and will serve to enhance the stewardship of Virginia's irreplaceable heritage.
Download or read book Jamestown and Williamsburg written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts from colonists *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading John Smith is one of the most common names in the English language and akin to the use of John Doe, but every Briton and American is familiar with the explorer and mercenary Captain John Smith, who helped found the first permanent English colony in the New World at Jamestown in 1607. Jamestown is fondly remembered today for being the first permanent English settlement in the colonies, but it was not fondly remembered by those who lived and died there. The English quickly learned it would be difficult to establish a permanent settlement because of the poor weather, the swampy terrain, the hostile natives living nearby, and the general inexperience and ineptitude of the English settlers. During their first winter, everyone nearly starved, and more than half of the settlers died. By the end of the winter of 1609-1610, known as the "starving time," barely 10% of the settlers were still alive. Nevertheless, Jamestown is remembered today because the settlement did survive through the hardships and go on to serve as the capital of the English colony for much of the 17th century. At the same time, one of the biggest reasons for its survival and fame today can be attributed to the local Native Americans, particularly Pocahontas, who has added both a human and romanticized, mythological element to Jamestown. She was the daughter of the paramount chief (mamanatowick) Powhatan, leader of an Algonquian-speaking native group in eastern Virginia. It was this group that Smith and the other English settlers came into contact with, and Smith credited her with saving him from being killed by the Native Americans. After that, Smith was able to establish relatively friendly relations and trade with the local inhabitants, ensuring Jamestown's survival. As such, Jamestown has often been cast as the backdrop of this unique relationship, one that the colonists sought to portray as representative of relations with Native Americans. Along with Jamestown and Yorktown, Colonial Williamsburg is known today as part of the Historic Triangle of Virginia, but all three of these old Virginian sites are known for vastly different reasons. While Yorktown was the scene of the final climactic battle of the American Revolution and Jamestown is remembered for being the first English settlement to survive in Virginia, Colonial Williamsburg is now best known as a bridge to the past. Williamsburg got its start as a fortified site, which was vitally necessary for English settlers to heavily outnumbered by nearby Native Americans, many of which were at times hostile. Known originally as Middle Plantation, the site served as the capital of the colony for much of the 18th century, and it bore witness to seminal events in the history of Revolutionary era America, including the Gunpowder Incident, which nearly coincided with the Battles of Lexington and Concord to the north. However, once the capital was again moved, Williamsburg lost much of its prominence, and by the end of the 19th century it was best known for hosting the College of William and Mary. As fate would have it, a major initiative during the 20th century would restore Williamsburg to a place of prominence, literally. In one of America's most ambitious building projects, efforts were undertaken to reconstruct the main parts of Colonial Williamsburg and restore it to a more original appearance, whether it was constructing new buildings with the old architecture or renovating colonial buildings. In doing so, Williamsburg was transformed from a sleepy (albeit historic) town into the biggest tourist destination in Virginia, and America's most famous living-history museums. In the 20th century, it was used to teach students about American history and even current events, and it is now a place full of exhibits.
Download or read book Fodor s Virginia Maryland written by Caroline Trefler and published by Fodors Travel Publications. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on accommodations, restaurants, historic sites, recreation, and shopping
