WHERE TO STAY
Presidential Retreat
DOUBLES FROM $800. NETHERS; 540/675-3800
Inn at Little Washington
DOUBLES FROM $370. MIDDLE AND MAIN STREETS WASHINGTON; 540/675-3800; www.theinnatlittlewashington.com
Inn at Vaucluse Spring
This 15-room inn, located in the Shenandoah Valley, has a log cabin suite facing a spring-fed pond. DOUBLES FROM $145. STEPHENS CITY; 800/869-0525
WHERE TO EAT
Graves' Mountain Lodge
DINNER FOR TWO $45. RTE. 670, SYRIA; 540/923-4231
Timberlakes Drug Store
LUNCH FOR TWO $10. Don't miss the deviled eggs and cherry limeade at this old-fashioned drugstore lunch counter. 322 E. MAIN ST., CHARLOTTESVILLE 434/295-9155
Fleurie
DINNER FOR TWO $120. Attractive, upscale French restaurant on a quiet side street. 108 THIRD ST. N.E. CHARLOTTESVILLE; 434/971-7800
Palladio
DINNER FOR TWO $108. Northern Italian menu and local estate wines. 17655 WINERY RD. BARBOURSVILLE; 540/832-7848
Mrs. Rowe's Restaurant
DINNER FOR TWO $25. Fried chicken, spoonbread, and butterscotch pie. EXIT 222 OFF I-81 AT RTE. 250 STAUNTON; 540/886-1833
SHOPS AND SITES
Luray Caverns
970 U.S. HWY. 211 W., LURAY; 540/743-6551; www.luraycaverns.com
People's Drugs (Murray's Fly Shop)
1212 MAIN ST., EDINBURG; 540/984-4212
Monticello
A yearlong exhibition commemorates the Lewis and Clark bicentennial. RTE. 53, CHARLOTTESVILLE; 434/984-9800; www.monticello.org
Kluge Estate Winery, Vineyard& Farm Shop
3550 BLENHEIM RD. CHARLOTTESVILLE; 434/984-4855
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