- Discover -

  • Discover the amazing history of The Williamsburg Inn. John D. Rockefeller Jr. financed the refurbishment of an 18th-century structure into the Williamsburg Lodge to help faciliate the growth of Colonial Williamsburg.

  • Visit a historic house such as the Market Square Tavern, frequented by Patrick Henry and a young Thomas Jefferson as a law student, and the Nicholas-Tyler Office, which was once owned by U.S. President John Tyler.

  • Journey over to the Jamestown Settlement nearby. This historic destination is a state-operated living history museum that commemorates the first place where English settlers landed in Virginia.

- Explore -

  • Explore Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum that inspires the Williamsburg Lodge’s 323 central guestrooms.

  • See the Wren Building, a National Historic Landmark first constructed in 1695 as the signature building of the College of William & Mary.

  • Tour Colonial Williamsburg from the Governor’s Palace to the Capitol building. Colonial Williamsburg was once the administrative heart of Virginia during its early days as a colony of England.

- Experience -

  • Enjoy the traditional Anglican hymns of Bruton Parish Episcopal Church, an 18th-century historic church.

  • Learn to shoot like a minuteman at Colonial Williamsburg Musket Range.

  • Enter the circa-1750 George Wythe House, once owned by a prominent attorney and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

- Taste -

  • Enjoy fine French brasserie fare with American influence in a sunny space at the Blue Talon Bistro.

  • Taste historic, 18th-century confectionaries at the Wythe Candy & Gourmet Shop.

  • Try cozy colonial Southern cuisine surrounded by faithful furnishings at the reconstructed 1766 Josiah Chownings Tavern.