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I went to school there (William and Mary) an dlived there for a while as well. Suggestions-- be sure you take the tour of the Wren building, the oldest building on the campus. Thomas Jefferson walked the stairs there. The Wren building is at one end of Duke of Glocester St. From there you can walk the entire length of Colonial Williamsburg. Be sure to go to the Colonial Capital building and the Governor's mansion. Tour the gardens behind the buidling. See the glass blowing and try to take in the parade (if they have it). Don't know when you are planning on going, but it is lit up beautifully for Christmas time. Away from Colonial wiliamsburg, be sure to go to Yorktown, but DO NOT speed on the Colonial Parkway. Busch Gardens is OK, I prefer the tour of the brewery myself. If you can afford it, or care to, stay at the Williamsburg Inn. If you can't stay there, plan dining there for one evening, and eat lunch at the King's Arms, and dinner also at the Raleigh Tavern. Williamsburg is beautiful in the Fall. If I could make a living there, I would like to live there.

Enjoy.

Can't add much to that, except I would also suggest Jamestown. It is very moving to stand on the ground that was once trod by the first English people in the New World. If you are a Civil War buff, try to make it up to Petersburg, it is unbelievable. Definitely have dinner at the Kings Arms Tavern inside the historic village. The campus of William and Mary is beautiful too. Have a great trip - fall is the best time to visit Williamsburg.

stay at the Williamsburg Inn.

Whenever I visit, it has become a tradition to take our families out for a final evening's dinner at the Wmsburg Inn. We stroll the grounds afterward or sit in the huge lounge and sip cognac. My sister-in-law plays Fur Elise on their grand piano. I feel like I've slipped back 300 years into a salon at the Palace of Versailles ... (never mind the anachronistic reference to Beethoven)