Charlottesville

Charlottesville needs 1 day: touring Monticello, the neoclassical mansion Thomas Jefferson designed and lived in for 40 years, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and strolling through the University of Virginia's academic campus, also designed by Jefferson and holding the same UNESCO status, the same afternoon. April-June and September-October bring the mildest weather. It's mid-to-upper priced for Virginia. Monticello and the university campus are among the few sites in the US with dual UNESCO recognition for their architectural value, and Jefferson's estate continues to research and document the lives of the over 600 people he held enslaved.