Loudoun is a time machine. Step into the past in a historic town or village; leap into the future in dynamic, tech-driven hubs and fast-growing suburbs. LEESBURG Loudoun’s county seat is a fashionable burg with a historic downtown buzzing with craft breweries, cocktail bars, artisanal coffee shops, farm-to-fork restaurants and chic boutiques and home décor stores. Stay in a luxe Potomac River resort and dine on oysters, tacos, wine and cheese plates on King Street, Leesburg’s “restaurant row”. Soak up the storied ambiance of a town that’s been home to icons such as General George C. Marshall of Marshall Plan fame, and is now residence to artists, designers, musicians and tech entrepreneurs. Founded in 1758 at the crossroads of two Native American trails near the Potomac, Leesburg is bookended by the grand mansions and landscaped grounds of Morven Park to the north and Oatlands Historic House & Gardens to the south. Cyclists, joggers and equestrians are drawn to the scenic Washington & Old Dominion Trail that perfectly bisects the town, while lifestyle and residential precinct The Village at Leesburg attracts visitors for sidewalk dining, big screen movies and retail therapy. It’s that historic downtown though – handsome 18th and 19th century buildings repurposed as bars, breweries, restaurants, galleries and boutiques – that epitomizes Leesburg’s current cool. Photo opposite page: Mom’s Apple Pie in Leesburg Photos from top: The plaza at Village at Leesburg; Morven Park picnic (Shalini Navale); Historic downtown Leesburg; “LOVE” Sculpture (@skyethebernedoodle) Scan for a video about Leesburg
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