Top Attractions in Charlottesville•Art Museum - The University of Virginia Art museum is nationally acknowledged for its rich collection of American and European art exhibits. Indulge your senses in the ancient paintings, photographs and sculptures.
•Rotunda - At the heart of the University of Virginia is the Thomas Jefferson designed Rotunda. Take one of the student led rounds of this magnificent replica of the Pantheon in Rome.
•Monticello - It is Virginia's first plantation to be built on a mountain instead of the then typical, by the riverside. The vision centre would be a good point to start touring this colonial house of Thomas Jefferson.
•Appomattox Court House National Historical Park - Nearly 20 or so original and reconstructed houses make up this national monument. Take a walk in the lanes of its rustic stillness where the surrender of the village took place during the American civil war.