Fran’s guidebook
Sightseeing
Brown's Island
South 7th StreetBeautiful views of Richmond and nice trails for walking.
Byrd Park
600 Lakeview AveA great outdoor space for relaxing.
Beautiful park, zoo and historical Victorian era house with gardens. Spend the day here and see what Richmond looked like 100 years ago.
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Maymont
1700 Hampton StBeautiful park, zoo and historical Victorian era house with gardens. Spend the day here and see what Richmond looked like 100 years ago.
Food scene
This historical area has shops, restaurants and supermarkets.
Colorful Carytown is a bohemian district centered around a stretch of West Cary Street, with indie boutiques, record stores, and vintage emporiums. Quirky murals brighten alleyways and buildings housing cool cafes, bakeries, and health-conscious lunch spots, while evening crowds fill farm-to-table restaurants and craft cocktail bars. Operating since 1928, the Byrd Theater screens movies in opulent surroundings.
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Carytown
Colorful Carytown is a bohemian district centered around a stretch of West Cary Street, with indie boutiques, record stores, and vintage emporiums. Quirky murals brighten alleyways and buildings housing cool cafes, bakeries, and health-conscious lunch spots, while evening crowds fill farm-to-table restaurants and craft cocktail bars. Operating since 1928, the Byrd Theater screens movies in opulent surroundings.
Revitalized, hip Scott’s Addition is the hub of the city’s brewing scene, with cideries, taprooms, and distilleries housed in converted warehouses. Bold street murals and string lights brighten the area, and seasonally focused destination restaurants, a retro bowling alley, and a cinema make it a popular evening hangout. Nearby, the Science Museum of Virginia has high-tech astronomy shows in its Dome theater.
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Scott's Addition Historic District
Revitalized, hip Scott’s Addition is the hub of the city’s brewing scene, with cideries, taprooms, and distilleries housed in converted warehouses. Bold street murals and string lights brighten the area, and seasonally focused destination restaurants, a retro bowling alley, and a cinema make it a popular evening hangout. Nearby, the Science Museum of Virginia has high-tech astronomy shows in its Dome theater.
Neighborhoods
Spend the day in this historical industrial neighborhood where old factories are now craft breweries and restaurants.
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Scott's Addition Historic District
Spend the day in this historical industrial neighborhood where old factories are now craft breweries and restaurants.
The area is dotted with row houses in the grand Queen Anne-style and Tudor Revival mansions. There are Museums, local owned restaurants and Virginia Commonwealth University in this area.
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Fan District
The area is dotted with row houses in the grand Queen Anne-style and Tudor Revival mansions. There are Museums, local owned restaurants and Virginia Commonwealth University in this area.