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Fredericksburg's
visitor center
at 706 Caroline St (daily: summer 9am-7pm; rest of year 9am-5pm; tel 540/373-1776 or 1-800/678-4748,
) can provide maps of walking tours and details about discounted tickets to the area's attractions. Thanks to a lot of weekend activity, the town has several good places to
eat
and
drink
. The closest contemporary equivalent to the bawdy
Rising Sun
is probably
Sammy T's
, 801 Caroline St (tel 540/371-2008), a popular bar and diner with substantial sandwiches and a huge range of bottled beers.
Smythe's Cottage
at 303 Fauquier St (tel 540/373-1645) serves up tasty southern cooking in an early nineteenth-century cottage. For a cappuccino, head diagonally across from the visitor center to
Java Connection
at 615 Caroline St. Heading north out of town at 2200 Princess Anne St,
Carl's
is one of the region's few surviving original ice cream parlours. The cozy pub in the basement of the eighteenth-century
Kenmore Inn
, 1200 Princess Anne St (restaurant closed Sun, also Mon lunchtime; tel 540/371-7622,
; $75-100), serves old-fashioned steaks and fish, occasionally accompanied by live jazz, and has B&B rooms furnished with antiques. Another of Fredericksburg's many old-fashioned
B&Bs
is the
Richard Johnston Inn
, 711 Caroline St (tel 540/899-7606; $75-100); for a nice
motel
try the
Fredericksburg Colonial Inn
, 1707 Princess Anne St (tel 540/371-5666,
; $50-75). Other useful information
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