Gardens and historic properties on Virginia’s scenic Eastern Shore await. View the sunrise on the Atlantic Ocean and the sunset over the Chesapeake Bay while exploring the 70-mile-long peninsula. The Eastern Shore is renowned for its rich history, scenic farms, pristine preserved coastlines, seafood, and warm hospitality. Quaint towns dot the way north from Cape Charles to the Maryland state line. Our 2023 tour focuses on the northern part of the peninsula. Anchoring the tour to the south, perennial tour centerpiece and National Historic Landmark, Eyre Hall, is an acclaimed ancestral property displaying some of the country’s oldest continuously maintained gardens.