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Old Town Trolley Tours Washington DC
4.3
For over 30 years, Old Town Trolley Tours has provided Washington DC sightseeing tours highlighting the best of the city.
Hop aboard one of our trolleys and you’ll experience Transportainment®, a delightful combination of transportation and entertainment.
Monuments by Moonlight: Experience the beauty and awe of our country’s most stirring monuments in a whole new way… by moonlight.
For over 30 years, Old Town Trolley Tours has provided Washington DC sightseeing tours highlighting the best of the city. Hop aboard one of our trolleys and you’ll experience Transportainment®, a delightful combination of transportation and entertainment. Our friendly conductors narrate the tour with a fascinating and fun mix of trivia and humorous stories. It will be our pleasure to guide you through the nation’s capital on one of our orange and green trolleys.
Old Town Trolley Tours is the best way to see the city. Because we cover the entire city, you can avoid costly parking and city driving. The tour is also designed so that you can hop on and off and explore on your own at any time. With frequent pickups at all our stops, this helps you avoid walking long distances.
Visit our Union Station, the most visited destination in DC, serving as a transportation depot and retail center since 1908. See the Capitol building, Supreme Court, and Library of Congress on the East end of the mall. Visit the Smithsonian, the National Gallery, and the Museum of Natural History.
Learn about some of the country’s most significant presidents at the Jefferson Memorial, FDR Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial. Check out the International Spy Museum and the Koshland Science Museum. Don’t forget to check out that large white building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue too.
Discover Washington, D.C. at your own pace with our self-guided and GPS-driven walking tours. Explore the historic White House loop or stroll through the iconic Washington Mall, home to the Lincoln Memorial, all through your smartphone. Experience the capital like never before!
When the sun goes down, Washington turns into a different city, and Old Town Trolley Tours knows just the right way to show off the Capitol City at night! Experience top-rated Washington DC Night Tours with experienced tour guides.
Our professional tour guides will take you right to some of the city’s most popular monuments and let you see the city in a different light.
Along the way, you’ll be transported back in time as you ride along the same streets the presidents have traveled, and hear historical tales and anecdotes about the city’s fascinating history, such as The Curse of the Hope Diamond and its legacy of death and despair and the Medal of Honor winner who donated his amputated leg to a museum and often visited it!
Our 2 1/2 hour Washington DC Monument Tours depart nightly.
1. Union Station
2. National Japanese American Memorial
3. U.S. Capitol
4. Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
5. The Wharf – Boarding for Water Taxi Boat Cruise
6. International Spy Museum
7. Washington Monument
8. Jefferson Memorial
9. FDR Memorial / MLK Jr. Memorial
10. Lincoln Memorial
11. National Museum of American History
12. National Portrait Gallery / African Art Museum
13. Washington Welcome Center
14. The White House
15. National Archives
Stop 1 – Union Station
50 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
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Stop 13 – Welcome Center
1001 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004
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Open Daily
9am – 4pm
Closures
Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
July 4: Closed.
Closed for Army Ten Miler.
Open Daily
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm.
Length of Tour:
2.5 hours.
Closures
Thanksgiving and Christmas Day
July 4
Army Ten Miler
Boarding
The Washington Welcome Center
1001 E Street NW
Tour times are subject to change without notice. Please contact 202-832-9800 to make a reservation.
*Monuments by Moonlight: Reservation based tickets are non-refundable. You may reschedule up to 24 hours in advance of tour time. Tours do not have to be taken on the same day.