A TALE OF TWO CITIES DAY ONE Lunch Enjoy a picnic on the water at the Pagoda & Oriental Gardens with Portsmouth as your backdrop. Enjoy the view of the maritime traffic while dining in one of the local restaurants. P.M. Set sail along the Elizabeth River aboard the elegant American Rover Sailing Cruise for a two-hour narrated tour. Enjoy the spacious top decks or relax below in the climate controlled cocktail lounge. P.M. Upon your return from an afternoon on the calming seas, stroll through Town Point Park passing the Armed Forces Memorial where, cast in bronze are excerpts from 20 letters written home by U.S. service members who lost their lives in war. The letters are scattered across a portion of Town Point Park as if blown there by wind. Dinner Dine on Granby Street at Byrd & Baldwin Brothers Steakhouse, a traditional steak and chophouse restaurant housed in a circa 1906. Byrd & Baldwin Bros. serves only grain fed Midwestern all natural beef, aged on site to ensure only the finest product. Premier wine selection is available to ensure a memorable dining experience. Or just stroll down Granby Street to find over 20 locally owned restaurants that will satisfy anyone’s taste buds. Three Days/ Two Nights Where else can you explore a battleship, drive a race car, pet a shark, tour the galaxy and take a walk back in time? Come to Coastal Virginia and see for yourself two historic seaport cities divided only by the Elizabeth River, and joined together by their rich cultural history in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia!
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A TALE OF TWO CITIES
DAY ONELunch Enjoy a picnic on the water at the Pagoda & Oriental Gardens with Portsmouth as your backdrop. Enjoy the view of the maritime traffic while dining in one of the local restaurants.
P.M. Set sail along the Elizabeth River aboard the elegant American Rover Sailing Cruise for a two-hour narrated tour. Enjoy the spacious top decks or relax below in the climate controlled cocktail lounge.
P.M. Upon your return from an afternoon on the calming seas, stroll through Town Point Park passing the Armed Forces Memorial where, cast in bronze are excerpts from 20 letters written home by U.S. service members who lost their lives in war. The letters are scattered across a portion of Town Point Park as if blown there by wind.
Dinner Dine on Granby Street at Byrd & Baldwin Brothers Steakhouse, a traditional steak and chophouse restaurant housed in a circa 1906. Byrd & Baldwin Bros. serves only grain fed Midwestern all natural beef, aged on site to ensure only the finest product. Premier wine selection is available to ensure a memorable dining experience. Or just stroll down Granby Street to find over 20 locally owned restaurants that will satisfy anyone’s taste buds.
Three Days/ Two Nights
Where else can you explore a battleship, drive a race car, pet a shark, tour the galaxy and take a walk back in time? Come
to Coastal Virginia and see for yourself two historic seaport cities divided only by the Elizabeth River, and joined together by
their rich cultural history in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia!
CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATIONMelissa Hopper
800.368.3097
A.M. Take part in a guided bus tour of the world’s largest naval installation, Naval Station Norfolk. A knowledgeable, active duty Navy guide will give a narrated tour of the base highlighting the U.S. Naval Fleet, Admirals Row, and how the base is a working city.
A.M. Stroll through 5,000 years of art history at the Chrysler Museum of Art. Featuring the museum’s world-renowned Tiffany-glass collection, Art Nouveau furniture, works of art from African, Egyptian, Pre-Columbian, Islamic and Asian cultures, and an extensive European and American collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.
Watch works of art created right before your eyes in the glass blowing studio at the Chrysler Museum Glass Art Studio.
Lunch Board the paddlewheel ferry from Downtown Norfolk. A quick 10 minute ride brings you right to the streets of Olde Towne Portsmouth. Enjoy lunch at a River Side Café in Portsmouth with a view of the Downtown Norfolk skyline and perhaps a luxury cruise ship preparing to set sail to an unknown tropical paradise.
P.M. Imagine, wonder and explore at the Children’s Museum of Virginia. See the Lancaster Antique Train and Toy Collection which includes four running trains, numerous engines and cars that will amaze adults as well as children. Get whisk off to another galaxy in the Planetarium without the hassles of a hyper speed spaceship.
Dinner As the day draws to a close, relax and enjoy a quiet dinner in one of the many trendy restaurants found scattered throughout Historic Olde Towne Portsmouth.
P.M. After dinner, take a walk through history as you explore Olde Towne. In a single square mile you will see one of the largest collections of antique homes south of Alexandria, VA. During your tour, more than 300 years of American history will be unveiled and you will see many homes where influential leaders shaped the course of future events. As you ride the ferry back to Norfolk, relax on the decks as the setting sun warms your face.
DAY TWO
DAY THREEA.M. Spend the morning at Nauticus, a fun and exciting interactive science and technology center, exploring the power of the sea. Discover the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, where you will be introduced to over 200 years of naval activity in Coastal Virginia.
Walk the teak decks of Battleship Wisconsin, one of the last and largest battleships built by the U.S. Navy. Stand beneath her 16-inch guns and feel the excitement of being aboard a historic warship.
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