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    DC Trails

    3,357 Reviews
    #41 of 160 Tours in Washington DC
    City Tours, Historical & Heritage Tours, Tours, More
    478 L-Enfant Plaza SW,, Across from US postal service building, Washington DC, DC 20024-2114
    +1 202-339-0333
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    Dc Trails offer live guides or pre-recorded commentary of Washington DC. Featuring our beautiful double decker open top buses. We offer a 24 hours Hop on Hop off, the 48 hours Hop-on Hop-off bus tour, Twighlight Tour and Mt. Vernon Tour of Old Town Alexandria.

    About DC Trails

    Dc Trails offer live guides or pre-recorded commentary of Washington DC. Featuring our beautiful double decker open top buses. We offer a 24 hours Hop on Hop off, the 48 hours Hop-on Hop-off bus tour, Twighlight Tour and Mt. Vernon Tour of Old Town Alexandria.
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    3,357 reviews
    • Excellent73%
    • Very good10%
    • Average6%
    • Poor4%
    • Terrible7%
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    Suggested Duration: More than 3 hours
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    478 L-Enfant Plaza SW,, Across from US postal service building, Washington DC, DC 20024-2114
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    Day Trip to Mount Vernon from Washington DC
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    "through groupon"
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    "great tour"
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    "great driver"
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    "mount vernon"
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    "arlington cemetery"
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    "his knowledge"
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    Reviewed 2 days ago
    Hop on & off bus tour

    I really enjoyed my experience with the twilight bus tour. Micheal was a great host on the bus he was very knowledgeable on American & foreign History his personality & charisma was wonderful. I enjoyed going to the different monuments seeing the historical buildings at...More

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    Reviewed 2 days ago via mobile
    Tour

    Brittany was informative, friendly and great !! Our family enjoyed the tour !!! Defiantly a must if you visit DC . I am coming back to to visit in the spring and going to request Brittany !!! She was also funny and resourceful ! Thank...More

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    Reviewed 4 days ago via mobile
    Twilight Tour

    Brittany and Charles were excellent. I fully suggest taking this tour. Charles was an excellent driver and Brittany was a very well spoken and knowledgeable tour guide.

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    Liliana T, Owner at DC Trails, responded to this reviewResponded 3 days ago

    Thank you for the raving review, Bill! We are so glad you enjoyed your tour with Charles and Brittany. We hope to see you again in the future. Best, DC Trails

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    Reviewed 4 days ago
    Hop on Hop off 48 Hr and Twilight Tour were both outstanding

    Day Use of Hop on Hop Off: My teenage daughter and I chose this option for getting around to all the places in DC we wanted to visit this July and were not disappointed. Buses ran fairly regularly, slower during peak traffic times (as to...More

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    Liliana T, Owner at DC Trails, responded to this reviewResponded 3 days ago

    Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Sinikka! We are so glad you enjoyed our tours and we hope to see you again the next time you are in DC. Best, DC Trails

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    Reviewed 5 days ago
    Amazing

    DC Trails was great. We enjoyed our rides a lot. The drivers were great and the tour guides were awesome.

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    Liliana T, Owner at DC Trails, responded to this reviewResponded 4 days ago

    Thank you for the kind review, Peggy! We are so glad you enjoyed our tour and we hope to see you again in the future. Best, DC Trails

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    Lola F
    July 23, 2018|
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    Response from stang55 | Reviewed this property |
    You must have read someone else’s review. I did not say we had a crappy time.
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    July 4, 2018|
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    Response from Dctrailsontour | Property representative |
    We have a total of 21 stops, the loop is 1:45mints.
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    mt1027
    May 8, 2018|
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    Response from Dctrailsontour | Property representative |
    Yes, all the open top double decker buses has restroom.
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