The U.S. capital city of Washington, D.C., is an outdoor museum that comes to life after dark. A tour at midnight shines a spotlight on the national memorials and monuments including the towering Lincoln Memorial and expansive Reflecting Pool. According to The District, the tourist's guide to Washington, D.C., the best way to visit the monuments is on a guided tour such as those offered on bikes or sightseeing buses.
Old Town Trolley Tours offers the Monuments by Moonlight Night Tour every day except for Christmas Day, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July. The tour begins at 7:30 pm from Union Station and lasts for approximately two hours. A trolley ride takes you to visit Iwo Jima, FDR, Lincoln, Vietnam Veteran and Korean War memorials. During the tour, you are given a social studies lesson by the tour guide about the memorials, monuments and the formation of Washington, D.C., through stories and factual information.
Historic Tours of America
201 Front St. Suite 224
Key West, FL 33040
202-832-9800
trolleytours.com/washington-dc
D.C. Tours presents the Washington, D.C., After Dark Tour on a daily schedule, and it departs at 7 p.m. from Union Station; the tour does not operate on major U.S holidays. Each tour lasts approximately three hours and you travel from monument to memorial on a coach bus. The monuments scheduled for the tour include the Jefferson, Lincoln, Vietnam Veteran, Korean and FDR memorials; the tour enables you to get off the bus and explore the monuments. From the bus seat, you will see the White House, U.S. Capitol, Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Supreme Court, House and Senate Office buildings, Federal Triangle, Pennsylvania Avenue, Reflecting Pool, Georgetown and Iwo Jima memorial. Children under 3 years old are admitted on the tour for free.
D.C. Tours
888-878-9870
dctours.us
For those visitors who are more adventurous, Segs in the City has the Sunset on the Mall Safari in which you ride on a Segway to visit the Washington, D.C., monuments. Starting at 7 p.m. from the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue, the Segs in the City location, the tour is available from April through October every day. Travel by Segway through the National Mall with visits to the Holocaust Museum, Engraving Bureau and various memorials including the Jefferson, Lincoln, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam Veteran. You will also pass the Tidal Basin, Reflecting Pool, Washington Monument, Smithsonian Museum and White House on your two-wheeled standing scooter.
Segs in the City
1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
800-734-7393
segsinthecity.com
