Norfolk

Norfolk, Virginia is situated at the mouth of the James, Elizabeth, and Nansemond rivers near the outlet of Chesapeake Bay on the Atlantic Ocean. With the cities of Hampton, Portsmouth, and Newport News, Norfolk forms the port of Hampton Roads - one of the greatest natural harbours in the world. Norfolk is a major national seaport and an important military centre, having one of the world's largest concentrations of naval installations as well as important US Marine, Coast Guard, and NATO facilities and an Armed Forces Staff College. Norfolk is the site of the Chrysler Museum, the Mariners Museum, an opera company, a symphony orchestra, and the Virginia Stage Company. Nearby you can visit Colonial Williamsburg.