Overview

This Full-Day Mount Vernon & Old Alexandria with Night-Time Sightseeing of Washington DC is your premier combo experience to see all the monuments, museums and memorials located in the Capital area by moonlight as well as famous historical sites such as George Washington's Mount Vernon.

Begin your day at 2pm with an afternoon visit to the historical estate of George Washington, Mount Vernon. Along the way, pass sites throughout Old Alexandria including the childhood home of Robert E. Lee. Spend a couple hours exploring the estate and grounds, and return back to DC just in time for your night-time tour of the city. Pass by historic sites including Arlington National Cemetery, Supreme Court, Washington Monument, & National Archives. You'll be able to get off the bus and explore 8 major DC sites.

Stops at 8 top Attractions:
• White House
• US Capitol
• Franklin Roosevelt Memorial
• Martin Luther King Memorial
• Lincoln Memorial
• Korean War Memorial
• Vietnam Memorial
• Nurses Memorial

Description

Pass By: Washington Monument, 2 15th St. NW, Washington DC, District of Columbia 20560

The Washington Monument is an obelisk within the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built in 1848–1854, 1879–1884 to commemorate George Washington.
Height: 555 ft (169 m).

Pass By: George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia

Drive through to old Alexandria and Mount Vernon. The George Washington Memorial Parkway, colloquially the G.W. Parkway, is a 25-mile-long parkway that runs along the south bank of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, Virginia, northwest to McLean, Virginia, and is maintained by the National Park Service.

Pass By: Boyhood Home of Robert E. Lee, 607 Oronoco St, Alexandria, Virginia 22314

Drive by and talk about the Robert E. Lee Boyhood Home. It is a historic house at 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Virginia. It served in the early 1800s as the home of Anne Hill.
Built: 1795.

Pass By: Alexandria's Christ Church, 118 N Washington St, Alexandria, Virginia 22314

Drive by it and talk about the Christ Church. It is an Episcopal church located at 118 North Washington Street in Alexandria, Virginia. Constructed as the main church in the Church of England's Fairfax Parish, the building was designed by Col. James Wren, a descendant of Sir Christopher Wren. To finance construction of the church, the Fairfax Vestry raised 31,186 pounds of Oronoco tobacco from parishioners. Construction began in 1765, under the direction of James Parsons. After four years, the church was still unfinished. The vestry relieved Mr. Parsons of his duties as overseer of the construction. John Carlyle accepted the position and handed the keys of the completed building over to the vestry in February 1773.

Stop At: U.S. Capitol, East Capitol St NE & First St SE, Washington DC, District of Columbia 20004

Stop outside the west front for up to 15 minutes. The United States Capitol Building is located in Washington, D.C., at the eastern end of the National Mall on a plateau 88 feet above the level of the Potomac River, commanding a westward view across the U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool to the Washington Monument 1.4 miles away and the Lincoln Memorial 2.2 miles away.

At the U.S. Capitol the Senate and the House of Representatives come together to discuss, debate and deliberate national policy; develop consensus; and craft the country's laws. As the nation has grown so has the U.S. Capitol: today it covers well over 1.5 million square feet, has over 600 rooms, and miles of corridors. It is crowned by a magnificent white dome that overlooks the city of Washington and has become a widely recognized icon of the American people and government. The U.S. Capitol's design was selected by President George Washington in 1793 and construction began shortly thereafter.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC, District of Columbia 20500

Stop at the north front for 20 minutes and drive by the south front of the White House, the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and their advisers.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: George Washington's Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121

Spend more than two hours visiting George Washington's home and Estate. Mount Vernon is an American landmark and former plantation of George Washington, the first President of the United States, and his wife, Martha. The estate is on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is located south of Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia and is across the river from Prince George's County, Maryland.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, 1850 West Basin Dr SW, Washington DC, District of Columbia 20242

Stop and walk through the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, a presidential memorial in Washington D.C., dedicated to the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, and to the era he represents. The memorial is the second of two that have been constructed in Washington to commemorate that president.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Korean War Veterans Memorial, 10 Daniel French Dr SW, Washington DC, District of Columbia 20002

Stop an walk through the Korean War Veterans Memorial.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, 1850 West Basin Drive SW, Near West Basin Drive SW & Independence Ave. SW, Washington DC, District of Columbia 20024

Stop and walk through the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, a national memorial located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved by sculptor Lei Yixin.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 5 Henry Bacon Dr NW, Washington DC, District of Columbia 20002

Stop and walk around Vietnam Veterans Memorial, located north of the Lincoln Memorial near the intersection of 22nd St. and Constitution Ave. NW.

The Memorial is free and open 24 hours a day.

The memorial includes the names of over 58,000 servicemen and women who gave their lives in service in the Vietnam Conflict. The memorial includes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial "Wall," the "Three Servicemen Statue" and the "Vietnam Women's Memorial."

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Lincoln Memorial, 2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington DC, District of Columbia 20002

Stop and go inside the Lincoln Memorial, a US national memorial built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument, and is in the form of a neoclassical temple. The memorial's architect was Henry Bacon. The designer of the memorial interior's large central statue, Abraham Lincoln (1920), was Daniel Chester French; the Lincoln statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers.[3] The painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin, and the epithet above the statue was written by Royal Cortissoz. Dedicated in May 1922, it is one of several memorials built to honor an American president. It has always been a major tourist attraction and since the 1930s has sometimes been a symbolic center focused on race relations.

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 101 Callahan Dr, Alexandria, Virginia 22301

View it as we cross King Street in Old Alexandria. The George Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria, Va.), is a museum designed to educate the world about George Washington: the man and the Mason.