Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach specializes in spirit-lifting. Like exploring miles of beach and boardwalk, nature and adventure. The joy of shopping for that perfect find, getting nose-to-fin with marine life, reveling at an outdoor crab feast or just walking the shoreline. Groups have long found their way to our shores,including the first permanent English settlers, who landed here at Cape Henry before settling Jamestown.