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Richmond, VA, uniquely combines a 400-year-old history with a blossoming food, drink, fashion and art scene to create a weekend getaway that checks all of the boxes. 

Affectionately known to locals as RVA, the city has endless ways to enjoy the great outdoors, including the country’s only urban class III-IV whitewater rapids. Foodies will love diving into some of the best restaurants around. Richmond is home to one of Bon Appetit’s Hot 10 Best New Restaurants in America 2019 — Longoven, which touts bold, unexpected dishes with a Virginia twist.

From sophisticated to casual, breweries to botanicals, RVA is the 4.5 hour drive you didn’t know you needed to take.

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