Elliot Schorr

Less than 3 miles south of downtown Charlottesville, the Virginia city's brick buildings and cobblestone streets give way to rolling hills that rise into sloping peaks of the Appalachian Mountains. And at Carter Overlook, a small lookout set along the Saunders-Monticello Trail, you can take in sweeping views from the foothills that'll make you forget that one of Central Virginia's biggest cities is just a stone's throw away.

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Ask a room full of Richmonders where to take visiting family or friends, and they'll all agree: Carytown is where you go for a day (or night) on the town. Nestled amid the city's most historic districts, where intact Victorian townhouses sit primly on tree-shaded streets, Carytown is a lively strip where many of Richmond's best boutiques, eateries, and bars occupy mural-splashed storefronts squeezed shoulder to shoulder on dense city blocks.