Monticello, The Home of Thomas Jefferson - Charlottesville Sightseeing
- Address: PO Box 316, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
- Phone: +1 434 984 9800
- Email: publicaffairs@monticello.org
- Website:www.monticello.org
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Monticello, The Home of Thomas Jefferson
PO Box 316Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Monticello, The Home of Thomas Jefferson Details
Descriptions from Across the Web
- Monticello, presidential and citizen home of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States. - Explore Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop home, gardens, and plantation. - Monticello is owned and operated ... more on MuseumStuff.com
- Monticello and its many historical rooms, gadgets, furniture, buildings, and artifacts tell us a lot about Thomas Jefferson, the ... more on TripAdvisor
- Guided tours of the Monticello house are conducted continuously throughout each day. Tours cover the rooms on the main floor and last about 30 minutes. ... more on Monticello.org
- No other home in the United States more accurately reflects the personality of its owner than Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's architectural masterpiece and beloved mountaintop home. Guided tours of the house are offered daily throughout the year; outdoor gardens and plantation tours are offered da... more on Virginia.org
- Pronounced "Mon-ti-chel-lo," the home Thomas Jefferson built over 40 years from 1769 to 1809, is a highlight of any visit to Virginia. This architectural masterpiece was the first Virginia plantation manse to sit atop a mountain rather than beside a river. Because it was British, Jefferson reject... more on Frommers
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Amazing Home
Toured Monticello in March, 2007. Monticello was the home of Thomas Jefferson. Pronounced "mon tih chello," it means "little mountain" in Italian. It was built on the top of a hill on the rolling hills/small mountains of south central Virginia. Was a working 5,000 acre plantation in Jefferson's t... capsfan2002, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
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A wonderful day of history...
I recently spent the day at Monticello during a business trip that took me to the area. I arrived early in the morning right at opening and was able to take the house tour immediately upon my arrival. Later in the day there was a two-hour wait! The plantation tour, which focused on slavery, was l... Anita40, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
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Great Afternoon
I recently spent the afternoon at Monticello. We arrived on a Saturday around 12:45 and could not get a ticket for a tour until 2:20. This was no probelm at all! We took the plantation tour, which was a very interesting tour about the life of slaves on Jefferson's plantation. Then we walked aroun... sedonico, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
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Still a great attraction
A tour of Monticello is a great way to spend a relaxing summer afternoon. The wait can be quite long for the actual house tour, but the grounds, garden, and views are specatacular. If you're killing time before the (much shorter, more formal) house tour, be sure to listen in on the Plantation tou... k99js06, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
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Get to "Know" Thomas Jefferson
You can not leave this place without having a sense of Thomas Jefferson, the man. The incredibly preserved facility and excellent tour information make for a wonderful experience. You can see his passion for invention, books, education, architecture, agriculture, and life. You can also why he ado... sundans, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor
Directions
Monticello is located in Albemarle County in the Piedmont region of Central Virginia. Monticello is on Va. Route 53 near the intersection of Interstate 64 and Va. Route 20, approximately two miles southeast of Charlottesville, seven miles from the Univers
Off Va. 53
Hours
Mar-Oct daily 8am-5pm; Nov-Feb daily 9am-4:30pm. Mandatory 30-min. house tours run continuously
Miscellaneous
- Admission: $14
Other Web Resources
- www.monticello.org
- http://www.virginia.org
- http://www.visitloudoun.org
- http://www.visitbgohio.org
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