Busch Gardens

1 Busch Gardens Blvd Williamsburg, Virginia 23185

Phone: (800) 343-7946

With dozens of thrilling rides and attractions, ten main stage shows, a wide variety of authentic foods and shops, and a magical children's area, Busch Gardens Williamsburg is the ticket to a world-class adventure.

Chrysler Museum of Art

245 W. Olney Road Norfolk, Virginia 23510

Phone: (757) 664-6200

The Chrysler Museum of Art combines, under a single administrative umbrella, one of America's great fine arts museums and two significant historic houses. In addition to maintaining a distinguished permanent collection, the Chrysler offers a comprehensive program of changing exhibitions and education activities for visitors of all ages. Our goal is to bring people and original works of art together. We believe that a visit to a museum should be both educational, providing visitors with a chance to learn more about themselves and their world, and fun.

Kings Dominion

16000 Theme Park Way, Doswell, Virginia 23047

Phone: (804) 876-5000

Kings Dominion brings the best of Hollywood entertainment to the Mid-Atlantic with one of the largest coaster collections on the East Coast; two children’s areas; and WaterWorks, a 19-acre water park included with admission.

Mariner's Museum

100 Museum Drive, Newport News, Virginia 23606

Phone: (757) 596-2222

You’ll find one of the largest international maritime history museums filled to the crow’s nest with prized artifacts that celebrate the spirit of seafaring adventure. Explore over 60,000 square feet of gallery space with rare figureheads, handcrafted ship models, Civil War ironclad USS Monitor artifacts, paintings, small craft from around the world, and much more.

Nauticus

One Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia 23510

Phone: (757) 664-1000

What exactly is Nauticus? What goes on there? Who's involved? Find out here. Plus, got a question for us? Email us and we'll respond as quickly as possible.

NAUTICUS inspires and educates with engaging & interactive experiences that celebrate our connections with today's maritime world. Nauticus is a contemporary museum that uses the natural setting of Norfolk's harbor to showcase global maritime commerce and the world's largest Navy.

Ocean Breeze Fun Park

849 General Booth Blvd. Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451

Phone: (757) 422-4444

Ocean Breeze Waterpark is Virginia Beach's ONLY water park. Located just 1.5 miles from the Oceanfront area, it's a quick trip from wherever you are!

Ocean Breeze Waterpark offers 16 waterslides, the 1 million-gallon Runaway Bay wave pool, the Buccaneer Bay children's area and other fantastic attractions. While visiting Ocean Breeze Waterpark, check out the West Indies BBQ, Island Trader Gift Shop, or Shipwreck Island Arcade.

Open daily from Memorial Day through Labor Day each summer.

Virginia Air & Space Center

600 Settlers Landing Rd, Hampton, Virginia 23669

Phone: (757) 727-0900

Take flight to the Virginia Air & Space Center, the visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. Your imagination will soar as you launch a rocket, pilot a space shuttle, come face-to-face with the Apollo 12 Command Module, and a DC-9 passenger jet. Experience a 3D IMAX film in the Riverside IMAX Theater...you have to see it to believe it! There is always something new landing at the Virginia Air & Space Center!

Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach Visitors Center, 2100 Parks Avenue, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451

Phone: (800) 822-3224

Try on another way of living...

There's more to this than soft sands and rolling waves. It's the way you feel when your lungs fill with salt air and the possibility of a day all to yourself. Or the sensation of the warm sun as it evaporates tiny drops of ocean from your skin. There's the echo of birds and laughter that cause you to wonder what you'll see when you open your eyes. You might be dreaming, you might be feeling this for the first time in a long time. You might be more yourself than ever.

Virginia Living Museum

524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News, Virginia 23601

Phone: (757) 595-1900

The Commonwealth of Virginia is blessed with an “uncommon-wealth” of natural wonders, among the most diverse in the country. At the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News, Va., this natural heritage comes alive.

In 1987, the museum became the first living museum east of the Mississippi, combining the elements of a native wildlife park, science museum, aquarium, botanical preserve and planetarium.

Today, the Virginia Living Museum continues to be a museum leader in its use of native wildlife to present its message - stimulating knowledge, awareness and appreciation of the living world.

Water Country USA

Water Country USA, 176 Water Country Parkway, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187

Phone: (800) 343-7946

Water Country USA, the mid-Atlantic's largest family water play park, features the world’s latest, greatest, state-of-the-art water rides and attractions, spectacular entertainment, shopping and restaurants -- all set to a colorful 1950's and '60s surf theme.

The park offers a surf shop and gift shop, seven food service areas, locker rental, bathhouse facilities and free use of life vests and inner tubes. Guests also are able to purchase plastic swim diapers for their little swimmers, which are now required throughout the park. On cooler days, pools are heated to an inviting 82 degrees! In addition, more than 1,500 lounge chairs are available throughout Water Country USA for sun-worshipers and those needing a break from all the excitement.

Waterside Festival Marketplace

333 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia 23510

Phone: (757) 627-3300

A day in Hampton Roads would not be complete without visiting The Waterside...it's exciting, it's memorable and an entirely unique shopping, dining, and entertainment adventure. Poised at the mouth of the Elizabeth River on Norfolk's downtown waterfront, The Waterside offers major restaurants, specialty retail shops, an international food court, and exciting nightlife with music, dancing, and live entertainment.