Our recommendations
When you come to Charlottesville for your balloon ride, you may want to round out your visit with some other activities. We want to help make your entire trip an adventure to remember, so here are a few of the places we suggest you include on your itinerary.
Michie Tavern
Michie Tavern and General Store Savor a hearty Midday Fare in a rustic tavern setting Michie Tavern’s dining room, enjoy your favorite beverage in the 1784 Pub, or browse the General Store housed within the [...]
James Madison’s Montpelier
James Madison's Montpelier From the Montpelier website: Welcome to Montpelier, the home of President James Madison, the Father of the Constitution and Architect of the Bill of Rights, and Dolley Madison, America’s first "First Lady."The [...]
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James Monroe’s Highland
Experience Highland, the official residence of fifth President James Monroe and his wife, Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, from 1799 to 1823.
The Clifton
Few boutique hotels capture both the rich heritage and chic, modern wine country lifestyle of Charlottesville, VA like The Clifton.
Devil’s Backbone Brewery
We think being slow by nature is of mighty importance. It’s why we take our time brewing our lagers and it’s why we’re smack dab in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Three Notch’d Brewery
Much like the people mentioned above who left their marks on all of us, our brewery’s mission respects the inalienable rights of man, and we want to celebrate these with each and every one of our patrons.
Mount Ida Reserve
From our small-batch wines to our masterfully constructed event venues, luxury getaway rentals and country estates, Mount Ida Reserve is a destination within Charlottesville.
Chisholm Vineyards at Adventure Farm
Over the past 60 years the town of Charlottesville has grown, but Adventure Farm is still the bucolic paradise it’s always been.
Monticello
Monticello is the autobiographical masterpiece of Thomas Jefferson—designed and redesigned and built and rebuilt for more than forty years—and its gardens were a botanic showpiece, a source of food, and an experimental laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world.
Blue Mountain Brewery
Set in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of Central Virginia, Blue Mountain opened in 2007 as the region’s first rural brewery. Today, we’re still focused on making an inspired range of the highest-quality beers that can be enjoyed at our two locations in beautiful Nelson County, or in bottles and cans throughout Virginia and beyond.
King Family Vineyards
King Family Vineyards From the King Family Vineyards website: Beginning with carefully selected estate grapes, winemaker Matthieu Finot creates wines inspired by the old world, but are uniquely expressive of Virginia. Our passion is the [...]