Williamsburg Recommendations

WILLIAMSBURG RESORTS

Wyndham Governor’s Green

• 2.7 miles to Colonial Williamsburg
• 3 pools (has both indoor & outdoor pools) & 2 hot tubs
• Amazing magic show
• Better for just adults
• Building 24 closer to pool & activity center
• Buildings 12 – 17 are newly renovated
• Fancy
• Has adult tranquility pool
• Newer resort
• One hour from beach
• Quiet
• Rooms more spacious
• Spa

Wyndham Kingsgate

• Per day resort fee per unit
• 2 miles to Colonial Williamsburg
• 3 pools
• 7 miles to Busch Gardens
• 10 miles to Jamestown
• 12 miles to Yorktown
• Activities area is centrally located
• Adult pool (quiet area)
• Buildings 11, 12, or 13 are good for seeing wildlife from your balcony
• Free arcade (included in the resort fee)
• Great for kids
• Grounds well kept
• Has fun activities for kids
• Large outdoor family pool plus it has adults only pool
• Nicer pool area
• One-bedroom units are small but nice
• Request upper floor units (if in lower level units you can hear the people above you)
• Restaurant on site
• There is a little movie theater on site
• Two-bedroom deluxe units are small
• Video gaming complex

Wyndham Patriots Place

• 1.2 miles to Colonial Williamsburg
• Large units
• Needs to be updated
• Nice areas to walk
• Nice not fancy
• Not much for kids to do, more for adults
• Outdoor pool
• Units are decent
• Very quiet

Parkside Williamsburg

• 1, 2, 3 & 4-bedroom units

Bluegreen Patrick Henry Square

• Studio, 1, 2 or 3-bedroom units
• Indoor saltwater pool
• Fitness room
• Game room

WILLIAMSBURG RESTAURANTS/FOOD

• Aberdeen's Barn (great steaks)
• Aroma’s Coffeehouse, Bakeshop, & Café (good breakfast)
• Astronomical Pancake House (for breakfast)
• Beach Delly (Yorktown)
• Berret’s Seafood Restaurant & Taphouse Grill (10% off through Perks) (amazing seafood)
• Black Bird Bakery (for sticky buns)
• Blue Talon Bistro
• Captain George’s Seafood Restaurant
• Cheese shop
• Chickahominy House
• Christina Campbell
• Craft 31 (great burgers & pizza)
• Duck Donuts
• El Taptio Mexican Restaurant
• Fat Canary
• Fat Tuna Grill & Oyster House (awesome seafood) (probably should make reservations)
• Fireside Chophouse
• Food for Thought Restaurant (1647 Richmond Road, Williamsburg, VA)
• Francesca’s
• Golden Corral Restaurant
• Jose Tequilas
• King’s Arms Tavern (for lunch or dinner) (great peanut soup)
• Mama Steves (breakfast)
• Market Square (has many restaurants)
• Mongolian Grill
• Oceans & Ale (great fish tacos)
• Old Chickominy House (for breakfast)
• Old City BBQ
• Pekin House (Suffolk, VA) (one-hour drive)
• Peking Restaurant (in Kmart shopping center) (Chinese buffet)
• Pierce’s Pitt Bar-B-Que
• Plaza Azteca Restaurant
• Red Hot & Blue (Memphis Style BBQ)
• Riverwalk Restaurant (in Yorktown)
• Rocco’s Smokehouse Grill (on RT 60 near Waller Mill Road) (great corn muffins) (best BBQ)
• Sal’s by Victor (great Italian food) (good portions & good price)
• Salsarita’s Fresh Mexican Grill (Fredericksburg, VA) (2-hour drive)
• Seafare of Williamsburg
• Second Street American Bistro
• Shorty's Diner (for breakfast)
• Sno To Go (shaved ice & ice cream)
• Southern Pancake & Waffle House
• The Cheese Shop (downtown) (at Merchants Square)
• The Dirty Buffalo (Norfolk. VA) (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives) (one-hour drive)
• The Jefferson
• The Jeffersonian
• The Trellis (in Market Square)
• Virginia Diner (Wakefield, VA) (good southern comfort food) (1-1/2-hour drive)
• Whaling Company (near Busch Gardens)

WILLIAMSBURG BARS

• Alewerk’s Brewing Company
• Virgina Beer Company (on 2nd Street)

WILLIAMSBURG ATTRACTIONS/ACTIVITIES

• Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum
• Alliance Tall Ship Cruise (Yorktown)
• American Civil War Center at Tredegar (Richmond, VA)
• Antique Mall
• Appomattox Court House National Historic Park (Appomattox, VA) (2-1/2-hour drive) (use Route 460)
• Bassett Hall (Rockefeller home) (open only two days a week)
• Busch Gardens (one of the most beautiful theme parks in the world) (has great fireworks with best view on
• Bridge between Germany & Italy)
• Campus of Williams & Mary College (lot of history there)
• Carriage rides in colonial area
• Colonial Williamsburg (is privately owned attraction) (need 2 days to see it all)
• Concerts at Virginia Beach & Hampton Roads
• Day trip to Richmond, VA (one-hour drive)
• Ghost Tour of Williamsburg
• Go Ape Freedom Park (ziplines)
• Governor’s Palace (history museum) (home for the colonial governors)
• Historic Jamestowne (part of Colonial National Historical Park Virginia) (plan a 1/2 day to see all of it)
• Jamestown Discovery Boat Tour
• Jamestown Discovery Center (not part of the national park)
• Jamestown Discovery Pontoon Boat Tour (jamestowndiscovery.com)
• Jamestown Fort (active archaeology site) (historicjamestowne.org)
• Jamestown Settlement (1st permanent English settlement) (not part of the national park) (plan a 1/2 day to see all of it) (do the park ranger tour & archeologist tour)
• Luray Caverns (Luray, VA) (3-hour drive)
• Magic show at Governor’s Green
• Mariners Museum & Park (Newport News, VA) (1/2-hour drive)
• Monticello (Thomas Jefferson’s home) (Charlottesville, VA) (2-hour drive)
• Museum in Colonial Williamsburg (on Dog Street, one block off Duke of Gloucester Street)
• National Museum of the Civil War Soldier (Petersburg, VA) (one-hour drive)
• Naval Station Norfolk Bus Tour (Norfolk, VA) (one-hour drive)
• Norfolk Fort tour (Norfolk, VA) (one-hour drive)
• Norfolk Naval Ships Cruise Tour
• Pamplin Historical Park (Petersburg, VA) (one-hour drive)
• Petersburg, VA (site of the longest military event in the Civil War) (292-day siege) (one-hour drive)
• Plantation tours
• Revolutionary War Museum (Yorktown)
• Richmond National Battlefield Park (13 sites along an 80-mile route)
• Ripley’s Believe It or Not
• Scenic drive between Williamsburg, Jamestown, & Yorktown (www.myscenicdrives.com/drives/virginia/colonial-national-historical-parkway)
• Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park (scenic drive)
• Shirley Plantation (Richmond, VA) 
• Smithfield, VA (great little town) (one-hour drive) (use free ferry from Jamestown)
• Spirit of Norfolk Dinner Cruise
• The Cheese Shop (downtown)
• The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg (downtown)
• Tours on the Potomac
• US Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis (Newport News, VA) (1/2-hour drive)
• Virginia Beach (40-minute drive)
• Virginia Executive Mansion Tour (oldest continually occupied governor’s residence) (Richmond, VA)
• Virginia Living Museum (Newport News, VA) (1/2-hour drive)
• Virginia Zoo (Norfolk, VA) (one-hour drive)
• Virginia Museum of Fine Art (Richmond, VA)
• Virginia State Capital Tour (designed by Thomas Jefferson) (Richmond, VA)
• Wakefield, VA (nice town to visit) (on Route 31) (1-1/2-hour drive)
• Water Country USA
• White House of the Confederacy (Jefferson Davis’s home during the Civil War) (Richmond, VA)
• Williamsburg Pottery Factory
• Williamsburg Winery (tours & tastings)
• Yankee Candle Flagship Store (2200 Richmond Road)
• Yorktown Battlefield (part of Colonial National Historical Park Virginia) (plan one day to see all of it)
• Yorktown Riverwalk (mile long pedestrian walkway)

WILLIAMSBURG GROCERY STORES

• Food Lion (1/2-mile from Kingsgate)
• Kmart (next door to Kingsgate)
• Super Walmart (down the road from Kingsgate)
• Target
• Trader Joe’s (1-1/2-mile from Kingsgate)

WILLIAMSBURG OTHER INFO

• Bounce Pass for tickets to Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens, & Water Country USA for one price
• Cannot share the facilities between the three resorts
• Check Groupon for discounts
• Check Perks for discounts on Colonial Williamsburg tickets
• Get AAA book for descriptions of venues & options
• Historic Triangle Pass (includes Jamestown, Yorktown, & Colonial Williamsburg) (ticket provides admission to Jamestown Settlement, Historic Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown Battlefield and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown for 7 consecutive days of unlimited visits)
• Richmond, VA airport closer to Williamsburg & mush easier than DC airport
• visitwilliamsburg.com
• www.colonialwilliamsburg.com

WILLIAMSBURG ADDRESSES

Wyndham Governor’s Green
4600 Mooretown Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone: 757-564-2420

Wyndham Kingsgate
619 Georgetown Crescent
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone: 757-220-5702

Wyndham Patriots Place
220 House of Burgesses Way
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone: 757-220-5300

Bluegreen Patrick Henry Square
249 York Street
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone: 757-229-9540

Parkside Williamsburg
1827 Merrimac Trail
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone: 757-345-5573

NOTE: This is information I have compiled from comments posted on this site and other timeshare Facebook sites. I have been to some of these places (with * at end of name) and the others are recommendations from other people.