Founded in 1931 by late psychic Edgar Cayce, the "father of holistic medicine", the ARE is Virginia Beach's premier center offering spa services, sleep clinics, and a variety of holistic treatments. The Visitor Center, located off Pacific Avenue in the Virginia Beach resort area, hosts tours, movies, and lectures based on Cayce's readings. Want to know more? Click Here

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• 17.6-mile long CBBT, considered one of the seven man-made wonders of the world, connects Virginia Beach with Virginia`s Eastern Shore.
• Two tunnels and a high bridge allow ships to use the waterway while vehicles pass over or under them.
• Some of the best sport fishing areas in Chesapeake Bay are adjacent to CBBT.

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• 62,000 square foot exhibition hall open in March 2004 with new displays and activities.
• Aviary showcases more than 16 species of birds that either breed in Virginia or fly along the coastal flyway, including pelicans, cormorants, egrets, herons, ibis and ducks. Approach the aviary on a new 800-foot boardwalk 11 feet above Derr Park Lake and into the treetops.
• Daily programs change and include astronomy and planetarium, summer programs for children and teens and fossial collecting.

• From early May to late October, world famous artists and groups from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Dashboard Confessional.
• Seating under the pavilion roof and lawn spaces.
• Beer and wine (with valid photo id); food service.

Tickets from Ticketmaster or at the Harbor Center box office

• Displays show how men of the life-saving service risked their lives in storms and surf to rescue shipwrecked seamen.
• Built in 1903, the former U.S. Life-Saving Station/Coast Guard Station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
• Maps and displays of shipwrecks off the Virginia coast.

Year-round, daily June to September
Closed Mondays in October
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Ev

• Elegent 2,500 seat theater is home to the Virginia Symphony and Norfolk Forum lectures.
• Broadway at Chrysler Hall series brings touring productions of popular Broadway shows to Norfolk.
• Chrysler Hall hosts a wide range of performances and event throughout the year.

Open year-round

• Home of the Virginia Opera.
• 1,632 seats means that everyone is close to the stage.
• Forget Italian! Opera comes with subtitles so everyone understands.

Open year-round

• Largest three-masted topsail schooner under U.S. flag.
• Narrated tour of Norfolk Harbor and the world`s largest naval base.
• Legend is that the distinctive red sails were a sailmaker`s mistake, but that the owners liked and kept them.

Daily narrated 2/3 hr, day/evening cruises April 17-late Oct

• No sitting! There are a few chairs scattered around, but most people stand.
• State-of-the-art V-DOSC sound system for bigger, better and clearer sound; beer, wine and soft drinks; pizza, hamburgers and hotdogs.
• 1,500 people can crowd into the NorVa`s three levels.

Great musicians and performers year-round

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• Home to over 300 Navy aircraft including F/A-18 Hornets, screaming F-14 Tomcats, and 50 other commands.
• 12 aircraft are on display at the Aviation Historical Park.
• Tours include a stop at the flightline; 11:30 tour stops at Officer`s Club for buffet lunch.

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• Outstanding example of early, unaltered 18th-century brick masonry home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
• Francis Thelaball II built his house with its massive chimneys in 1725. Costumed docents point out the hall-parlor plan with molded ceiling joists and a closed string Jacobean-type stair.
• Visit the small Revolutionary War cemetery and the traditional flower, vegetable and herb gardens.

• Artists have their own studio areas which doubles ad exhibit space.
• Talk with the artists, look at the work, or buy a piece.
• Art classes are available for both children and adults.

30 Studios where artists create and sell fine art

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• Houses one of the worldâ??s great collections of glass (including outstanding works by Louis Comfort Tiffany).
• Special exhibitions and programs throughout the year.
• Guides and audio tours available.

• The little Theatre of Virginia Beach is the city`s oldest continually operating all-volunteer community theatre.
• Five shows plus a summer musical.
• Live theatre at affordable prices.

Year-round Drama and Musicals
Friday and Saturday, and Sunday matinees
Call box office for schedule
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• Jamestown Settlement interprets the culture of 17th-century colonial Jamestown, America`s first permanent English settlement, and the Powhatan Indians.
• Yorktown Vistory Center interprets the impact of the American Revolution on the people of America and the development of the new nation.
• Yorktown battlefield is where General George Washington defeated England`s General Cornwallis in 1781.

• Home of the Virginia Stage Company, the region's only fully professional theatre company.
• Now a restored example of Beaux-Arts Classicism décor and a National Historic Landmark, the Wells opened in 1913.
• For a while in the 60`s, the Wells was an X-rated movie house with a notorious gin mill and brothel in the backstage area.

Year-round live theater productions

• Scope is home to the AHL Norfolk Admirals hockey team and Arean Racing USA.
• When the circus, skating shows, and rock concerts come to twon, you'll see them at Scope.
• "Scope" was originally named "Kaleidoscope" when it opened it 1972.

Year-round sports events, conventions, concerts and shows

• Narrated cruise of Norfolk Harbor and world`s largest naval base on reproduction of 19th-century Mississippi riverboat.
• Captain Mark started working on the boat at the age of 15. He is very knowledgeable and cruise ships entering the port will often request he give a tour to the ship`s passengers.
• Carries B. has been giving tours of Norfolk Harbor since 1959.

Daily narrated 1.5/2.5 hr, day/evening cruises: April to Oct
Ticket fee

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• Excellent example of a "star fortress", Fort Monroe was built between 1819 and 1834. "Casemates" are storage and living areas within the fortress walls.
• Point Comfort (Fort Monroe) has been fortified since 1609 when it protected the Jamestown settlement.
• Display and artifacts show history of the Coastal Artillery Corps which was housed at Fort Monroe from 1901 to 1946.

• 18th-century plantation home of the privileged Land family features period rooms and tours by costumed docents; listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
• Extensive 18th-century style herb, vegetable, and flower gardens.
• History park and trail wanders 1/8 mile through wooded wetlands.

Open year-round.
Closed Mondays and major holidays.
Admission charged.

• Restored 1945 art deco movie theater.
• THX and Dolby Digital sound system.
• Sandwiches, pizza, desserts, wine, beer, sodas ordered by phone directly from your table while watching a first run movie.

1st run movies with food/beverage table and balcony seating