Wonderful, wonderful Williamsburg. If you?re looking for a lovely weekend or week-long fall getaway with the family, or as a couple, you will love the slow pace and friendly atmosphere of Greater Williamsburg. Plus, you?ll learn a lot here, so you can feel extra-good about choosing an educational destination?. just don?t tell the kids. Colonial […]The post Curious Traveler’s Best Way to Spend a Weekend in Williamsburg appeared first on Pursuitist.

Wonderful, wonderful Williamsburg. If you?re looking for a lovely weekend or week-long fall getaway with the family, or as a couple, you will love the slow pace and friendly atmosphere of Greater Williamsburg. Plus, you?ll learn a lot here, so you can feel extra-good about choosing an educational destination?. just don?t tell the kids.Colonial WilliamsburgYou will love Colonial Williamsburg. It?s like stepping inside your 4th grade American History textbook, but there?s no test at the end. There are dozens of preserved and restored 18th century buildings and gorgeous gardens to explore, and you?ll learn what life was like in the early colonist days. From the blacksmiths to the tailors to the courthouse to the apothecary to the market square, you?ll learn that sometimes life was easy and not so easy for the colonists. The historic area is about a mile long, along Duke of Gloucester Street, and it?s surprisingly fun to chat with the ?residents? in-character. I especially enjoyed the ?Barber and Peruke Maker? Shop (a peruk...