Travel + Leisure magazine has placed Richmond, Virginia on its annual Best Places to Travel to list for 2016. This recognition is another trophy on the shelf for Richmond, which also holds titles for most artistic mid-sized city in the country, America’s #1 River City and one of the top cities to explore on two wheels.
Virginia’s capital, with its Civil War monuments, distinctive architecture, and intriguing galleries, has started to draw a cosmopolitan crowd. For an ideal weekend trip, start by checking in to the new Quirk Hotel, in a former department store. Then tour nearby Jackson Ward, a beautiful neighborhood that was once the epicenter of Richmond’s black culture, and roam the many restaurants and galleries of Broad Street on foot or on a hotel bicycle. —Sara Ruffin Costello’s commentary on Richmond (see full review)
RVA was one of only three other U.S. cities to make the top ten places.
Image: Kip Dawkins, Travel + Leisure, Richmond’s Quirk Hotel
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