DC Walkabout offers free, tip-based tours throughout DC!Friday, August 17th
Free, tips-appreciated
Tours take place rain or shine
Note: This weekend - no tours on Saturday or Sunday
DC Walkabout is relatively new in town and I'm excited to let you know that they offer several free, tip-based walking tours of DC! Grab your comfy shoes and head on out to one of these tours this weekend! Learn more about the stories behind the monuments and buildings and engage first hand with knowledgeable tour guides who share a passion for DC!
Whether you live here or are visiting, these tours are sure to add to your DC experience. The only one that you need to RSVP for in advance is the American Scandal tour on Friday night, for the day time tours you can just show up, though advance registration is requested, it is not required. If you have any questions, you can call 202.421.4053 or email info@dcwalkabout.com. When you show up for the tour, just look for the guide with the DC Walkabout logo shirt and a safari hat on! Tours take about two hours each and are held rain or shine. You can also follow DC Walkabout on facebook and @DCWalkabout twitter.
Friday, August 17th
Daytime Tours:
Capitol Hill 10:00am - 12:00pm
Big Five Memorials 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Evening Tour:
American Scandals Tour 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Note: RSVP Required for Scandals Tour
Tour Descriptions:
American Scandals Tour
Which congressman held a press conference from an exotic dancing club? Who shot his wife's lover and got away with it? Who challenged the press to dig up dirt on him and lost? Lurid "tails" and excesses of human nature abound unapologetically at every turn. Washington DC is as famous for its dastardly deeds as for its architectural beauty or even the work done on Capitol Hill. Travel through time on our adults-only American Scandal walking tour, which serves as a humorous stroll through the indiscretions of our Founding Fathers all the way up to present day political high jinks. Disclaimer: Rated R (for Ridiculous) Note: Reservations Required for this one.
Metro: McPherson Sq or take the S2 or S4 bus down 16th St
See the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, FDR Memorial, MLK Jr. Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial. Walk around the Tidal Basin as you visit the memorials to these great American figures.
Meet at center of field on road side of Jefferson Memorial (1 East Basin Dr, SW)Metro: Smithsonian is the closest station, still about 1 mile walk (see map)
Capitol Hill
Major Sights include the Capitol Building, Ulysses S Grant Memorial, Supreme Court, Library of Congress and Union Station. You'll also have a chance to take in the grand structures of the Legislative and Judicial branches of government, see the Neptune Fountain, and gaze across the National Mall.
Meet at corner of 3rd and Pennsylvania Ave, NW same corner as the Grant Memorial (see map)
Metro: Judiciary Square
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