Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg
- ISBN-10
- 0879351845
- ISBN-13
- 9780879351847
- Category
- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-01-01
- Authors
- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Michael Olmert, Suzanne E. Coffman
Description
This extensive guide to Colonial Williamsburg contains more than one hundred color photographs of the activities and attractions available in Virginia's restored colonial capital. Color-coded maps identify things to see and do and locate places to shop and dine. Building-by-building drawings help people tour easily. Short biographies about eighteenth-century inhabitants bring colonial society alive. Information about the museums and modern lodging and dining opportunities is included.
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