So, I'm on vacation and might hit one of these on the way home. Maybe both, I dunno yet. I've got two routes I can take where each is only a minor detour, and I think it would be cool to go to.

Anyone been to either? Both? Have a preference, or something I should see while i'm there?

7/4/2011 11:18:40 PM

Monticello for sure. You have all the vineyards and wineries right there where you can see both the Monticello home but also try a few wines and maybe buy a bottle to take home. Appomattox doesn't have anything else nearby really and although it's a cool site its a bit underwhelming (i thought anyways)


if you can do both, do both. But if you have to choose, Monticello is where it's at.

7/5/2011 1:17:26 AM

I went to Monticello earlier this year, it was pretty cool (second time being there). I didn't spend all day there, but the tour was interesting. There are some pictures on my travel blog here: http://mikeallover.travellerspoint.com/78/

7/5/2011 1:19:24 AM

Monticello for sure.

7/5/2011 8:31:39 AM

Parents used to live on Lake Monticello just a few minutes from the Monticello. We went a few times and really enjoyed it. Definitely check it out.

7/5/2011 12:09:32 PM

Monticello gets my vote. It's been years since I've been, and I'd like to go again.

7/5/2011 12:23:09 PM

Monticello. ACH is cool if you're a history buff, but there isn't much there IIRC. You can be satisfied there in an hour or two . . . it isn't like a Gettysburg that takes days to tour or even a Chancellorsville which would take a full day to fully appreciate.

7/5/2011 1:24:33 PM

lol the 2 years i lived in the C'ville area, I never went to M'cello

but i went on a field trip in high school

7/5/2011 2:10:04 PM

Based on what I saw on the ij ternet, it does look like Appomattox is underwhelming as some one out it, not a lot to see... but at the same time I expected that, I just wanted to stand in the place where on of the most significant events ever took place.

With all the Monticello votes, i'm leaning toward that.

7/5/2011 5:25:28 PM

so you never went w/ Fike?

7/5/2011 5:26:37 PM