My husband and I have lived in Virginia for our entire lives and have never been to the Capitol. So today we decided to go and are glad that we did. You can tour the capitol for free and can choose to take a self guided tour or a guided tour, we did self guided. It was a Saturday in... More

We loved the menu---great choices, like gazpacho and sandwiches. We were there for Hot Dog Day--dog, sides and drink $5! We ate outside facing the famous building & watching people.

seven presidents from Virginia - most genuine statue of George Washington - Thomas Jefferson architecture - a gem of history

You can walk a few blocks from the Museum of the Confederacy to the grounds of the Virginia Capitol. We joined a tour group which was blessed with a very knowledgeable & enthusiastic guide. The building is impressive and very well maintained. An interesting feature is the dome which is not visible from the outside.

Don't miss an opportunity to visit this gem in center city Richmond. The guides are true experts and provide a year's worth of history in a few short hours. What was great about this? Everything. You will appreciate America's relationship with England, and see George Washington like never before.

Beautiful building radiating lots of history. I hope it will always illuminate Richmond, among all the new buildings.

The Capitol is a great freebie to walk the grounds and see the architecture. Easy going Capitol police even let you walk within a 100 yards of the Governors mansion that is on the grounds.

This sparkling state house is a lively likeness of the White House (and has been used in movies to stand in for it). The fairly new basement-type entry is elegant and massive and provides a decent introduction to the Capitol itself. The building is rife with US history, from early 19th C. to recent days.

We had a wonderful tour of this beautiful building by a great tour guide: Martha. She was very informative, engaged the young people and provided an excellent overview of the history of Virginia from the Revolutionary period and Civil War. She had extensive knowledge and took us through a absolutely excellent tour of the building. The one hour tour turned... More