Visit Wine Country On The East Coast
The Virginia state license plates even exclaim it “Virginia is for lovers.” With roughly 1900 Virginia romantic inns and vacation spots to pick from, you and your significant other should soon find out the truth of it if you come to Old Dominion for your honeymoon or other romantic rendezvous.
The fall months are an outstandingly good time to reserve cabin rentals or stays at any one of the charming Virginia romantic travel inns scattered over the state. One explanation is the fall colors. As part of this nation’s Eastern Woods biome, Virginia is covered in deciduous hardwood forests that explode into wonderful technicolor around mid-September, and there is almost nothing more romantic than looking out at the autumn leaves from your window of a lovely Virginia country inn.
The another reason is that fall would be the “off-season;” no matter which of Virginia’s five main geographic areas you happen to be visiting, you’re destined to discover helpful savings on vacation rentals of all kinds.
As a final point, there is a plethora of autumn festivals throughout the state, ranging from celebrations of this region’s wine and cuisine to festivals of the arts and concerts as well as literary and historical commemorations. For example, did you know that American gothic writer Edgar Allen Poe was a native son of Virginia? As one might imagine, October is “Poe Month” in Virginia. Just before Halloween, the Edgar Allen Poe Museum in Richmond holds their once a year “Unhappy Hour,” a costume party that has a theme centered around one of Poe’s short stories (2010 was Fall Of The House of Usher). On Halloween evening, take a cemetery excursion at historic St. John’s Church nearby, where Poe’s mother is buried.
If October belongs to Virginia’s most famous literary author, November is given over to the state’s wineries as the holidays approach. Every one of Virginia’s five major regions from Chesapeake Bay to the Blue Ridge have first-rate wineries, and you’ll find wine-tasting celebrations every weekend in November all of which offer exceptional food as well as live music in addition to local vintages.
Regardless of one’s religious beliefs, December is one Festival of Lights after another and nowhere is this more true than romantic Virginia as coastal areas from Richmond to Hampton Roads present displays that will humble the Griswolds. The fun begins on the weekend before Thanksgiving with Hampton’s Coliseum Central Holiday Parade located in the south and then Norfolk’s Grand Illumination Parade further north. The party goes on for a full six weeks in the capitol city of Richmond with the GardenFest of Lights that begins at the end of November and runs all the way until the second week of January. In the second week of December, you can get yourself a taste of Christmas Victorian-style at the historic Maymont Mansion. The $25 per person features a moonlit journey from a horse-drawn carriage down a brightly-lit street towards the Civil War-era home of a famous Confederate officer not to mention a splendid tour of his mansion, carol singing and of course drinks. This romantic Christmas experience is very well-liked, so make certain to register well ahead of time.
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