The Best Washington, D.C. Tours

The best Washington D.C. tours take visitors on comprehensive tours of the city by trolley, minibus, boat, segway, amphibious vehicle or on foot. Trained and licensed tour guides give an overview of the history of Washington and what each attraction is about so that the tourists can decide which they want to make time to see in more depth on their own time.
  1. Old Town Trolley

    • The Old Town Trolley company has been named "Washington's Best Tour" by Washingtonian Magazine. The tour takes 2 ½ hours and goes to the Lincoln Memorial, Georgetown, Washington National Cathedral, the White House, the various parts of the Smithsonian Institution and Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. They also operate a night time tour which also takes 2 ½ hours. This one goes to the Capitol Building, the White House, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument, the FDR Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, the Korean War Veteran's Memorial and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

    Washington DC Private Tours

    • Washington D.C. on Board offers private group tours of Washington. The tour will take six hours and can be extended for an extra fee. The customer chooses the time the tour leaves and the itinerary as well and the group will be picked up and dropped off at their hotel. They also offer private walking tours conducted by a licensed DC Tour Guide which includes an all day subway pass.

    Washington by Water Monuments Cruise

    • The Potomac River Boat Company offers a narrated Washington by Water Monuments Cruise that has the option of one or two way tickets. Those with round trip tickets can get off at different points and get back on the next boat. Narrated Tours depart from Alexandria or Georgetown, are daytime, sunset, evening and moonlight and go past the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

    Segway Tours

    • Segways get the customers into places buses cannot, the same places a walking tour will go but only faster. City Segway Tours offers narrated guided tours of Washington D.C. that are led by a licensed DC tour guide and lasts for three hours.
      The tour includes the White House, the Capital, Ford's Theater, Washington Monument, Supreme Court, National Archives, Smithsonian Castle, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, National Galleries of Art, Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Smithsonian American History Museum,Spy Museum, FBI Headquarters and the Old Executive Building.

    Duck Boats

    • Duck boats are amphibious vehicles that take the visitor on a land and water tour of Washington D.C. The tour from D.C. Ducks lasts for 90 minutes starting on land and then going on the Potomac River. The ducks depart from Union Station every hour, go through the city, out onto the river and then back on land for more sightseeing, ending back at Union Station.

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