Central Virginia Tours

Explore beautiful and historic Central Virginia with chauffeured transportation and one night in a ca. 1830 home

Itinerary 1: Sights & Sips (age 21 and above)

Itinerary 2: Sights & Bites (age 18 and above)

Tour with single occupancy lodging: $525/person

Tour with double occupancy lodging: $313/person

Included in Both Itineraries:

Chauffeured transportation in SUV or mini-van, depending on number of guests in your group
Charlottesville/Fredericksburg pickup Friday afternoon or Saturday morning, drop-off following day
Visits to:
- Montpelier, home of US President James Madison and owned by the DuPont family for 83 years
- Orange, seat of Orange County since 1749; site of Civil War battle and encampments; home to beautiful houses, antique stores, fine dining
- Gordonsville, founded 1794; charming tourist destination; home of Exchange Hotel Civil War Hospital Museum
- Barboursville, location of the ruins of a mansion designed by Thomas Jefferson for Governor James Barbour; site of award-winning Barboursville Vineyards
- Depending on timing, a working farm or America's largest corn maze
One night lodging in the Holladay House in Orange. Each room has one queen bed and its own bathroom
Exchange Hotel Museum admission, driver-guide tip
Coffee + cold breakfast items
Transportation to your choice of local restaurants for lunch, dinner

Not included: cost of dinner, lunch or full breakfast (if desired)

Photo: Barboursville Vineyard, courtesy Iron & Twine Blog

For guests 21 years old and above, this itinerary includes all of the above, as well as:

For guests 18 years old and above, this itinerary includes the standard package at top, as well as:

Visit to Culpeper, a town that George Washington surveyed at age 17 and was hotly contested during the Civil War; its cute downtown is home to great shops and restaurants
Visit to Cedar Mountain Civil War battlefield, first battle of Robert E. Lee's successful 1862 Northern Virginia Campaign

Photo: Montpelier, by Carole Buckwalter