dc sight seeing tours

he Historic Old Town Food Tour in Alexandria offers this unique food tasting and cultural walking tour that will take you into the area’s most historic and significant neighborhoods. While tasting an array of dishes from locally owned and operated restaurants, you’ll learn from highly trained guides about the neighborhoods’ architecture and history.

Old Town Alexandria is bursting with life. It’s a thriving, yet laid back community located only across the Potomac from Washington DC. Teaming with restaurants, nightlife and other activities while being surrounded by 18th and 19th century buildings, the area is an ideal combination of old and new and will be enjoyed for years to come.

On this tour, all dishes are included in the price and enough food is served that most participants will not need dinner after the tour. All dishes are served sitting down in order for you to enjoy the ambiance of each restaurant while trying their specialties and hearing their unique stories. The restaurants and dishes have been meticulously chosen to showcase the culinary variety that exists within Old Town and the different meals will compliment each other as you progress throughout the tour.

Feel like a guest of honor, as you speak with the owners or their families, and taste their specialties. After the tour, you will have the confidence to navigate the colonial streets, and eat and live like a local. So book today and see what makes this former port town so charming, unique and delicious.

his fully interactive wax attraction offers a chance to test your knowledge with historical quizzes.

Touch and feel history in the Presidential Gallery.

Shake your booty with Beyonce and putt with Tiger Woods.

Go “Behind the Scenes” to learn how our life-like wax figures are meticulously sculpted and maintained, as well as explore the exciting life story of the founder, Marie Tussaud.

Open 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Closing time varies by season and day of the week.

Regular hours:
10:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Thursday
10:00 am to 6:00 pm Friday through Sunday

However, extended hours of operation during peak times.

It may also close early, due to special events.

The Mount Vernon and Old Town Alexandria Tour follows the Life and Times of George Washington, the Father of our Country. Visit the State of Virginia and the Home of George Washington. Step off the coach to visit: Christ Church (not available during church services), George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens which stretch over 500 open acres along the scenic Potomac River.

View from the coach: the quaint seaport town of Old Town Alexandria, Fort Washington, The Pentagon, and Crystal City, VA.

Travel through picturesque country to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, a town steeped in historic interest.

The day is devoted to a tour of the town and the historic battlefield. The Gettysburg Diorama, one of the largest Miniature Military Dioramas in the United States, gives a narrated history of the Battle, accompanied by sound and light effects. The commentary of the tour guides will help you to understand more clearly than ever before the story of the largest battle ever fought on U.S. soil.

View Cemetery Ridge where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address. Visit the restored home of George Washington Shriver and see where Confederate sharpshooters were killed – where Civil War bullets and medical equipment were discovered 133 years later. You will stop near General Pickett’s, where you can enjoy lunch on your

Enjoy a day of sightseeing on the Monticello and Thomas Jefferson Country Tour.

Travel to Charlottesville, Virginia and view the panoramic scenery en route to the University of Virginia, one of Thomas Jefferson’s architectural design masterpieces. There is an option to purchase lunch, on your own, at Michie Tavern.

After lunch, the tour continues up the mountainside to Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, President, inventor, surveyor, musician and artist.

Among the historic streets, manicured gardens, and Victorian row houses of DC’s finest neighborhood, lies deep, dark secrets about a forgotten past. Walk through darkened streets, visit historic haunts, and challenge your strange guide to conduct a seance, read your mind, cast a voodoo spell, and see your Tarot future.

It’s a family friendly, creepy, cosmic and sometimes comic crawl through Paranormal Gerogetown — Washington D.C.’s most historic and absurdly haunted neighborhood!

Do you hear angry voices from inside the shuttered-shut 1766 Old Stone House on M Street? Is that man growling on N St. really Abraham Lincoln’s accursed son? The sobbing woman in the dark glasses — is she the spirit of the glamorous widow of Camelot? Are there really a gaggle of ghosts, a vampire, and nighttime levitations on display in the ancient, always-for-sale, behemoth Halcyon House on 34th and Prospect — near the demonically vertiginous Exorcist Steps?

Can your notorious psychic, Andrew Mysterious, really conact Georgetown’s dead?

This tour is conducted entirely outside and ends in a cemetery.

From its celebrated symbols of patriotism to its undiscovered neighborhoods, the sights and sounds of the nation’s capital inspire millions of visitors every year. These sights and sounds are quite impressive, all lit up during the evening.

Packed with famous sights, Washington DC offers year-round inspiring experiences. When Pierre Charles L’Enfant gazed northward along the banks of the Potomac River in 1791, he envisioned a “pedestal waiting for a monument.” Since that day, Washington DC has evolved into a fascinating, lively city.

Your DC by Twilight open top bus tour provides a unique “birds eye” view of the Capital of the United States, visiting many of the key locations.

Our segway tour is the perfect tour for both those new to the city and those locals looking to experience Washington DC with an effortless glide.

For the newbies to DC, this tour will offer you a fantastic orientation and give you an opportunity to see virtually all of the sites you’ve read about.

For the veterans, we’re positive you’ll learn new facts and stories about Washington that you’ve never heard. And we’re sure you’ll agree that riding a Segway is the best way to see the “Capital City.”

pecial Schedule Notes

There are no tours scheduled on July 4th, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Eve/Day.

Weight Limit
There is a recommended limit of 265 lbs. per person and riders must be within a reasonable range of this limit.

Tour Highlights
changes in tour route may be necessary due to construction and security related issues.

The White House - possibly the most photographed building in the world and the greatest symbol of power. Every president except George Washington has lived in this Executive Mansion.

The Capitol Building - the government moved to ‘Jenkins’ Hill’ in 1800 and the building has been in constant development since. The only public building in the city where they don’t know the exact cornerstone.

Smithsonian Castle Building - established by British scientist, James Smithson, who sent his fortune in 100 bags of gold for, the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Serving as the first endowment of the Smithsonian Institution which has grown to 15 buildings and complexes.

Smithsonian Air & Space Museum - in only three decades this the most visited museum in the world. Learn why the Smithsonian Institute had to build another museum 40 miles away. The museum on the Mall houses the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world!

National Galleries of Art - find out which museum was the site of our country’s first presidential assassination. Pieces from the world’s finest artisans over the last 3 centuries.

Smithsonian Natural History - the second most visited museum in the world. Hear the mystique behind the Hope Diamond and so much more.

Smithsonian American History Museum - How could they call a museum America’s Attic? This museum collects anything possible, but got its start with the original flag for the United States and the story behind it.

The Washington Monument - the pinnacle structure dedicated to the founder of our country, George Washington. The centerpiece of the National Mall.

Also see Ford’s Theater, US Navy Memorial, National Archives Building, Old Executive Building and more!

FAQ’s

What is a Segway?
~ The Segway, Human Transporter is the first of its kind, a self-balancing, personal transportation device designed to go anywhere people do. Easy to use and operate, the two-wheeled Segway sports high-tech gyroscopes that automatically respond to your body’s movements, “sensing” when it should speed up and slow down. You stand on a small platform between left and right wheels as you hold onto handlebars at a comfortable waist height. The Segway handles the balancing for you, so that you’re always upright as you glide through any environment.

Are the tours cancelled in case of rain?
~ No, our tours run rain or shine. We have ponchos available for anyone that needs them and the Segways themselves run just fine in all weather.

Do we go inside the museums and monuments?
~ We do not enter the museums and monuments since the Segways are so much fun! We will give you a great orientation however, and you’ll know exactly where you want to go after the tour.

Are Segways safe for children or people with disabilities?
~ Although riding a Segway is relatively easy, the District of Columbia requires that all riders be at least 16 years of age. Each of our tours begins with a 40 minute orientation session in the plaza and park next to our office. We will practice on the Segways so that everyone feels comfortable and ready to go out and conquer Washington DC.

Note: All riders will have to complete and sign a liability waiver (those under 18 will need to have an adult sign for them).

Safety
Your safety is always our highest priority, therefore each of our tours begins with a 30-minute orientation session. We will practice on the Segways until everyone feels comfortable and is ready to conquer DC. Riders must weigh at least 100 pounds and not exceed 260 pounds. Anyone suspected of being under the influence of alcohol will not be permitted to ride. Unfortunately, pregnant women will not be permitted to participate.