North from Duke of Gloucester Street up Palace Street.

Site of Colonial Williamsburg's 18th-century shops and host to Fife and Drum Corps marches during warm-weather months.

Voted by Golf Digest as one of the top ten places to play in Virginia, the National is the only Jack Nicklaus-design in the state.

Twenty-three acres of outdoor sports and recreation including three lighted softball fields, 25-meter swimming pool, all-weather tennis courts, basketball courts and the Williamsburg Recreation & Sports Complex, a 28,000-foot facility.

Fifty-four holes of golf, designed by award-winning architect Dan Maples, is touted to be a true player's course, challenging the skills of pros and amateurs alike.

A comfortable respite can be found on the green between Queen and Palace streets along Duke of Gloucester. On this site, colonists bought and sold food. The site also served as the auction market for slaves.

Appropriate observation of Independence Day in this historic setting, with a reading of the Declaration of Independence, a garden party at the Palace and fireworks.