Short honeymoon locations in VA

We're going to Williamsburg for our mini-moon. There's also beautiful places in Loudoun county and Charlottesville (both have great wineries- I can make recommendations if you want).

Resorts- Landsdowne and Salamander are both nice.

@Trish I would love recommendations! All I know about the wineries around here comes from my trips up and down 151.. haha! I haven't heard of Salamander, but I noticed Landsdowne on a list of possible places. I wasn't sure if it was a resort or not.

Landsdowne is a bit pricey, but look pretty! Salamander is also pretty. Horse drawn carriages and lots of nice scenery. A B&B in Loudoun I can recommend is Stone Manor. Spencer makes delicious scones!

If you go to Loudoun county, I would recommend Hiddencroft for wine, as well as Chrysalis, 50 West, Stone Tower, Fabioli, Tarara...I could go on

In Charlottesville, I loved Jefferson Winery! Dave Matthews owns Blenheim. And Barboursville is supposed to be good. In a non-political way, I would NOT recommend Trump. (Went years before he became President). Michael Shaps wine works, and Keswick.

Let me know if you want more

ETA: spelling

I can talk VA wineries for days!

@Trish We love Charlottesville and Blenheim! We actually got engaged at Monticello, so it might be special to look for a place close by just because of the sentiment.

I haven't been there yet. I would say maybe go someplace new and go to Monticello for an anniversary trip? I'm all about exploring

The Omni Homestead is a beautiful resort two hours west of Charlottesville. We'll be staying there for a mini-moon in between my residency interviews; there's plenty to do there! My parents went to Lansdowne for their 25th anniversary and had a wonderful time.

We've also stayed at Steele Tavern Manor, a wine themed B&B in Staunton, a lovely place. RockBridge Vineyards is nearby, offers extensive free tastings, and deliciously frugal wines.

Barboursville is an amazing winery! For $7 you get to try 18 wines, all are fairly reasonably priced. They have a restaurant and often have live music. I was there two weeks ago after hiking and had a wonderful time.

Best of luck with your search!

@Michelle I was just looking at details for the Omni Homestead, too! I wondered what people's experiences were with it.

Loved the Omni over winter. We went skiing (ok, it's a bunny hill) tubing, to the hot springs, dancing. But there's only one good restaurant besides the hotel

We went to the Omni Homestead for our minimoon. It was wonderful. I can't wait to go back for our anniversary!

The Omni homestead is

gorgeous

We went to Williamsburg for our mini-moon and loved it so much we just went back for our 1 year anniversary.I highly recommend the Williamsburg Inn, it's gorgeous, everything is pure perfection, and you are treated like royalty!

The Mimslyn Inn in Luray is absolutely gorgeous.

I would vote for Williamsburg!

I got a bed and breakfast at smith mountain lake. For a couple nights then our honey moon is going to be in June.

The BB is simple. Not to expensive

Might be farther than what you're looking for, but we did our mini-moon in Frederick, MD- stayed at an awesome B&B called 10 Clarke Place.

The Homestead is beautiful.

There is also Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, where Dirty Dancing was filmed.

ETA: The Greenbrier in West Virginia is also beautiful, and I believe is only about a 2.5 - 3 hour drive from central VA

Williamsburg, cabin on Lake Anna, wine country, Greenbriar in WV

We are doing our mini moon at Salamander. We fell in love with it (we were already huge middleburg fans and I am a horse fanatic). We wanted to do our wedding there but it was too expensive. You really cant go wrong with anywhere in Middleburg.

So excited to stay in Williamsburg after the wedding! And more excited for the actual wedding

I also agree with the Salamander. It’s really beautiful. Anything in Loudoun County is going to be more on the expensive side, but western LoCo is much prettier and quieter compared to the eastern side of the county.

I grew up in Loudoun, but I now live in Florida. It’s making me miss my home talking about it.