I have to be honest: even though I’m a Baltimore gal, Virginia easily wins over Maryland for best small towns. Its history is mush better preserved and there’s a diverse landscape from the bayside to the Blue Ridge Mountains (a place said to be among the most beautiful in the entire world).

I’ve been to Virginia several times, but I decided to go around, driving to the state’s small towns to experience them for myself. These are the ones that made the cut to this blog post, the ones I found most charming and worthy of a recommendation.

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Chincoteague, Virginia is one of the mid-Atlantic’s hidden gems. Shadowed by Ocean City, Maryland, Chincoteague (also called Chincoteague Island) a small town located on the Atlantic Ocean. Like neighbouring Assateague Island, Maryland, Chincoteague is known for its wild ponies and the annual pony swim (details below). We opted to visit Chincoteague as a social distancing trip and it became one of my favourite places on the eastern shore.

The History of Chincoteague

Despite being named after the Chincoteague tribe, Native Americans are not known to have inhabited this specific area. Very few European settlers lived on Chincoteague Island, which was … Continue reading