Activities in Shenandoah + The Blue Ridge Mountains

The Warehouse District shop sells flirty silk tops and Frye boots.

On summer Saturdays, take in concerts at the outdoor amphitheater.

A dimly lit college watering hole.

For more than 40 years, folks have flocked here for hand-rubbed, air-cured meats. Sandwiches are piled high with silky slices; pick up a bone-in whole

The music scene was fertile here B.D.M.B.—that is, before the Dave Matthews Band, which formed in Charlottesville in the early 1990s. These days, alte

Chuck Miller turns corn into Virginia Lightning, using an old family recipe and one of the state’s only legal moonshine stills.

Cross Country International, which plans deluxe horseback adventures in Ireland, Peru, and beyond, recently introduced its first trip in Virginia: the

Artisanal cheese from nearby farms

Friday nights at the Floyd Country Store, a "jamboree" of bluegrass music starts at 6:30 and ends around 10:30. The performers are mostly amateurs fro

Take ahalf-day ride to 2,310-foot Kennedy Peak, overlooking other Blue Ridge peaks to the east. The excursion comes with a brown-bag lunch.

A network of self guided tours takes in four key Civil War battlefields.

Located in Rappahannock County, Virginia, this small, family-run vineyard was founded in 2004. Owned by Bill and Aleta Saccuta Gadino, who began makin

The shop spikes its ganache bonbons with ancho chile and candied ginger.

Follow in George Washington’s footsteps with a visit to the grounds where his boyhood home once stood.

Luxuriate in the 98-degree waters of the hot spring–fueled Jefferson Pools, established in 1761.

Small children will love visiting for a 20-minute paddock ride on a friendly pony ($10).

Visit the grand plantation home of George Washington's sister Betty, just across the Rappahannock River from Ferry Farms, Washington's boyhood home.

A hive of shops perfect for supplying a picnic basket.

in 1770, Jefferson sold some of the land surrounding Monticello, his sprawling Palladian home up in the hills just outside Charlottesville, to an Ital

The just-opened Mountfair Vineyards focuses on small-batch, Bordeaux-style blends.

The music scene was fertile here B.D.M.B.—that is, before the Dave Matthews Band, which formed in Charlottesville in the early 1990s. These days, alte

Sustainability guru Joel Salatin leads Intensive Discovery Seminars—where you’ll learn about raising poultry and eco-friendly farming.

Join WBRF radio Friday evenings for live bluegrass broadcast from the historic theater.

The music scene was fertile here B.D.M.B.—that is, before the Dave Matthews Band, which formed in Charlottesville in the early 1990s. These days, alte