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Bill Lohmann - Backroads and Byways: Backroads and Byways of Virginia : Drives, Day Trips, and Weekend Excursions 0 ebook PDF, FB2

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Want to Get To Know Virginia? The best way to do that Is to exit the highway and take a look around. With Backroads & Byways of Virginia as your guide, you'll see and experience a state steeped in history and brimming with local culture. The 19 itineraries within these pages feature fantastic restaurants, orchards and farms where you can pick the freshest produce, and places you'll want to linger a little while longer-a friendly roadside diner, a cabin in the mist-covered hills, or a vineyard near Jefferson's home at Monticello. The Backroads & Byways series is the shortest route a visitor can take to explore like a native. All the suggested drives include choice lodging and dining options, things to do, and overview maps. With their insider perspectives, these books provide unique insights into well-known areas and help you capture the rich flavor of spots known only to a select few. Book jacket., Want to get to know Virginia, gateway to the South and a state steeped in history? In the revised and updated Backroads & Byways of Virginia, you'll find 19 itineraries for scenic drives, day trips, and longer adventures for the whole family. Follow the Crooked Road Heritage Music Trail; hit all the points in the historic triangle of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown; and wend your way along the Blue Ridge Parkway through some of the loveliest scenery the region has to offer. Visit Mount Vernon, where George Washington really slept; witness the genius of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. If you're looking for great places to go beyond the DC suburbs and Virginia Beach, reach for this guide. Interstate highways will bring you through Virginia, but only the backroads will bring Virginia to you!

Backroads and Byways: Backroads and Byways of Virginia : Drives, Day Trips, and Weekend Excursions 0 by Bill Lohmann ebook EPUB, FB2, PDF

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