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Hampton Roads is the name for the southeastern region of Virginia.  The area got it’s name from the nautical term “Hampton Roads” meaning safe harbor.  The area is bordered  on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, where the James River, Nansemond River, and Elizabeth River meet the Chesapeake Bay.

Hampton Roads has been ranked the 31 largest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States.  Our area is home to 1.6 million people.  Hampton Roads includes seven major cities: Norfolk,  Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton, and Portsmouth.

 Hampton Roads is an excellent family community.  Beautiful parks, beaches, museums and other recreational facilities are available.  Many seasonal festivals are held annually including the Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk Azalea Festival, AFRAM Festival, Suffolk Peanut Festival, Chesapeake Jubilee, Portsmouth Seawall Arts Festival, Hampton Bay Days and Virginia Beach Neptune Festival and more!

                                                    Sports

1.    Norfolk Tides 

2.     Norfolk Admirals         

                                                Museums

1.       Mariner’s Museum                           

2.       Nauticus                           

3.       Jamestown Settlement                    

4.       Yorktown Victory Center                

5.       Virginia Living Museum                   

6.       Chrysler Museum of Art                  

7.       Virginia Air and Space Center         

8.       Children’s Museum                          

9.       Virginia War Museum                      

0.       Peninsula Fine Arts Center    

                                                   Shopping

1.      MacArthur Center                            

2.      Chesapeake Square Mall                 

 3.      Military Circle Mall                           

4.      Pembroke Mall                                 

5.      Greenbrier Mall                                

6.      Lynnhaven Mall                                

7.      Patrick Henry Mall                           

8.      Coliseum Mall       

                                Music and Shows

1.      Ntelos Pavilion Harbor Center        

2.      Virginia Beach Amphitheater                      

3.      Town Point Park                               

4.      Virginia Stage Company                  

5.      Norva                                                 

6.      Virginia Musical Theatre   

                                          Family Entertainment

1.      Ocean Breeze Waterpark                 

2.      Busch Gardens Williamsburg                       

3.      Water Country USA                         

4.      Virginia Zoo                                      

5.      Spirit of Norfolk Cruises       

                                   Schools

1.     Norfolk Public Schools

2.     Virginia Beach Public Schools

3.     Chesapeake Public Schools

4.     Portsmouth Public Schools

5.     Suffolk Public Schools

6.     Hampton Public Schools

7.     Newport News Public Schools

8.     Private Schools