Amanda Polson

Review of Charlottesville Albemarle Conv...

Charlottesville is a beautiful and friendly town, ...

Charlottesville is a beautiful and friendly town, and the Visitor Center does a great job of helping people find their way around and locate the best lodging, dining, and entertainment.

Vibrant and thriving despite recent tragic events, Charlottesville offers incredible entertainment, art, and dining, wonderful shopping of all types, beautiful architecture, and so much more. The Downtown Mall pedestrian boulevard, where the Visitor Center is located, has over 50 restaurants as well as theaters, shopping, children's play areas, and more. There are a lot of small independent businesses as well as a weekly City Market that is a farmers market in the warmer months and a holiday craft market during the early winter. The University is a fantastic place to explore, with all sorts of pathways and gardens and interesting buildings beyond the famous Rotunda and Lawn. The surrounding countryside is stunningly beautiful, with vineyards, cideries, breweries, and distilleries open for tastings and picnics. Besides the Shenandoah National Park, there are numerous other hiking, strolling, horseback riding, and mountain biking trails nearby. And of course, Monticello as well as other important sites of the founding of the United States of America and the early days of our democracy.