Washington, D.C.: The Capital Tour

• Day 1: Washington, D.C.

  Meet your Tour Director at your destination

  Explore Washington, D.C. highlights. May include:

  • Photo stop at the White House
  • Lafayette Square and Black Lives Matter Plaza
  • Photo stop at the Washington Monument
  • WWII Memorial
  • Jefferson Memorial & Tidal Basin

  Visit the Smithsonian museum of your choice, which may include:

  • National Museum of Natural History
  • National Museum of African Art
  • National Museum of American History
  • National Museum of the American Indian

  Add this in-depth excursion:

  Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

  Discover the wonder of air and space as you visit the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, which maintains the world’s largest and most significant collection of aviation and space artifacts. 

  Take a guided night tour of Washington, D.C.

  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial

• Day 2: Washington, D.C.

  Visit Arlington National Cemetery

  • Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
  • Kennedy gravesites
  • Women In Military Service For America Memorial

  Make a photo stop at the Marine Corps War Memorial

  Visit the Pentagon Memorial

  Add this in-depth excursion:

  The Enslaved People of Mount Vernon Tour

  Listen to the stories of the enslaved people who built and operated Mount Vernon as you explore the real spaces in which they lived and worked. Conclude your tour with a tribute at the Slave Memorial and Cemetery.

  Visit Mount Vernon

  • Estate, museum, and education center
  • Mansion (subject to availability)
  • George Washington's tomb
  • The Slave Memorial

  Enjoy an evening activity

• Day 3: Washington, D.C.

  See the U.S. Capitol and Visitor Center

  Make a photo stop at the Library of Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court

  Depart for home

Experience even more

• Day 3: Washington, D.C.

  See the U.S. Capitol and Visitor Center

  Make a photo stop at the Library of Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court

  Visit the National Archives

  Visit the Smithsonian museum of your choice, which may include:

  • National Museum of Natural History
  • National Museum of African Art
  • National Museum of American History
  • National Museum of the American Indian

  Add this in-depth excursion:

  Dinner and dancing on the Potomac

  Enjoy a buffet dinner, then dance the night away with friends on a boat cruise down the historic Potomac River, a waterway that was explored by Captain John Smith in 1608.

• Day 4: Washington, D.C.

  Make a photo stop outside Ford's Theatre

  Visit the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

  Visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Remember the Children: Daniel's Story exhibition

  Visit the Kennedy Center and the permanent Art and Ideals Exhibit

  Add this in-depth excursion:

  Theater performance

  Experience Washington, D.C.’s performing arts scene firsthand with a live theater performance.

• Day 5: Washington, D.C.

  Visit the International Spy Museum

  Depart for home