Head off on vacation with your pup in tow this summer! Virginia offers several dog friendly beaches perfect for your four-legged friend.

Kids are major stakeholders in summer vacation, and there’s no better place to get their buy-in than Virginia. A state that caters to every conceivable interest and personality, this is heaven on earth for everyone from water babies to science nerds to adrenaline junkies.

When the 85-ft. sailing vessel Edna E. Lockwood docks in Colonial Beach, Virginia, June 6-9, during the Potomac River Festival, she will be captained for the first time in her long life by a woman.

Enjoy a day commemorating and honoring the veterans and history of World Wars I and II. Colonial Beach, Virginia, is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of World War I and the 75th

Colonial Beach’s northern neighbor, Prince William County, is home to ten military installations in or around the County. Altogether, nearly 800,000 veterans and over 115,000 active duty and reserve members of the military reside in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Go back in time and stay at a refurbished retro, 1950s vintage inn. Budget travelers enjoy the simple life at our local motel. For families and groups, there are more than fifty beach cottage vacation rentals.

The National Ocean Service describes the Great Loop as a continuous waterway that recreational mariners can travel that includes part of the Atlantic, Gulf Intracoastal Waterways

In a recent article “10 Secret East Coast Beach Vacations“, Family Vacation Critic, a subsidiary of TripAdvisor, named Colonial Beach, Virginia, #4 on the list and listed Riverview Inn as the Recommended Hotel.

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Megan Wilson planned to stay in Colonial Beach, Virginia, for only one night. But, like so many visitors to CBVA, the writer for Richmond Magazine fell in love with our little town, extending her stay through the weekend.

YouTube user Phantom32 takes an aerial tour of Town of Colonial Beach at dawn. Watch here.

Cover photo: Cindy Vaughan The Town of Colonial Beach, Virginia (CBVA) and the surrounding area have a rich and colorful history. Recovered artifacts document a Native American presence dating to 500 BC.

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In a recent episode, Best Restaurants on the Potomac River, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Grubbing hosts Annie and Alana visited Dockside Restaurant & Tiki Bar!

Chris Militzer, photo editor for Alexandria Living Magazine, had heard of Colonial Beach; he’d taken his daughter camping in nearby Westmoreland State Park numerous times. But it wasn’t until he started seeing photos of the Town on Instagram and Twitter–gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, sandy beaches and marinas, and more–that Chris decided to have a look for himself.

In addition to hotels, motels, inns, B&Bs and vacation rentals, Colonial Beach has traditional camping facilities where you can park your RV or pitch a tent. But for those seeking more luxurious accommodations in the great outdoors, there’s “glamping.”