Charlottesville, VA
Weekend Vacation Getaway
Destination Overview
Two other presidents, Madison and Monroe had homes here that are major tourist attractions and this city of 45,000 residents has a vibrant music scene, wonderful art galleries, ACC college sports, nationally recognized wineries, terrific shops and cafes in a Downtown Pedestrian Mall, great golf courses and a host of other indoor and outdoor recreational activities.
Known affectionately by the locals as C-Ville, Charlottesville is one of those places you visit where you think, "I could live here". Physically it is a small town with small town manners, but it's got big city lodging, dining and activities, making it a perfect weekend getaway. See my Scrapbook for pictures of Charlottesville.
Making Your Travel Plans
To make your travel plans you can go to our Weekend Planner for all the contact information.
Getting There
When To Go
Getting Around
Accommdations/Dining
There’s no longer any need to roll the dice on where you stay or to settle and stay at a “safe” national chain. BestWeekends Travel Advance Team takes the worry out of where to stay when you go away.
The BestWeekends Travel Advance Team does
all the work for you. We research each destination by scouring the guidebooks, articles,
blogs, reviews and rating systems. Then we visit the destination and stay in
the properties. Finally, we talk to the locals to be sure we didn’t miss
anything. The result: we post on our site only the best of what we experienced.
You can book with confidence knowing that “we’ve been there” and that no one
pays us for a review. Inside see our Featured Properties.
When you are away on vacation, there’s few things worse than
a bad dining experience. We agree, so we follow the same process for identifying
restaurants as we do for accommodations, but with an extra step. We believe that
the best dining experience has the strongest combination of food, ambiance and
service. Good food is a given in our recommendations, but the best food in the
world just doesn’t taste as good in a poor setting and the best setting with
poor service just doesn’t cut it for us. The BestWeekends Travel Advance Team only
presents those restaurants that meet our strict criteria. Mangia….enjoy! Inside see our Featured Restaurants.
Things To Do
BestWeekend' s Exclusives
After selecting our favorite places to stay and eat, we sat down and made a list of all the other things that would save you time and make your stay more enjoyable. The result is “Special Things” and “Good To Know, Good To Go,” BestWeekends Exclusives.
Special Things identifies unique, fun and romantic things for couples to do together in a particular destination. Good to Know is our list of the “best” of everything from breakfast to burgers, cocktails to after dinner fun and much, much more. Why stumble around trying to find the “best”….we’ve already done it for you!
Don't Miss
- Jefferson's Monticello
- Stroll the UVA campus and take the Rotunda tour
- The Downtown Mall
- Lunch at Palladio at Balboursville Vineyards
- Dinner on the Terrace at Fossett's
- A visit to Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard
- City Market, Saturdays, April-October