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DC Trails

3,565 Reviews

#41 of 176 Tours in Washington DC

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478 L-Enfant Plaza SW,, Across from US postal service building, Washington DC, DC 20024-2114

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Washington DC Essential Hop-On Hop-Off plus Bonus Tour

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Washington DC Twilight Tour

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Day Trip to Mount Vernon from Washington DC

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4.5 3,565 reviews

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Average6%
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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...more

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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+1 202-339-0333

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Washington DC Essential Hop-On Hop-Off plus...

221 Reviews

from $42.00

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Washington DC Twilight Tour

231 Reviews

from $45.00

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Day Trip to Mount Vernon from Washington DC

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from $56.00

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DC Trails Guided City Tour

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from $64.00

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George Washington, Martha Washington & family..

Review of: Day Trip to Mount Vernon from Washington DC

Had a great time. Our driver was amazing. He educated us along the way from DC to Mt. Vernon- home of George & Martha Washington. Our bus driver Charles- was so knowledgeable about every aspect of our venture. He made our trip so much fun...More

Date of experience: March 2019

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Janet S

Reviewed 2 days ago

Tour to Mount Vernon from DC with an Enthusiastic Tour Guide

Review of: Day Trip to Mount Vernon from Washington DC

Our tour from Washington DC to Mount Vernon to George Washington’s homesite was a wonderful experience. Our tour guide was Charles with DC trails and he was a very honorable, knowledgeable, and entertaining tour guide filled with historical facts. He involved the whole bus with...More

Date of experience: March 2019

Thank Janet S

Thank you for the review, Janet! We are so glad you had a wonderful tour with us and we hope to see you again in the near future. Best, DC Trails

Larry M

Reviewed 2 days ago

Tour guide is who males the tour

Review of: Washington DC Twilight Tour

Many buses drive around and see the same things .. which is great .. but the key to a good trip is who the company hires. Our guide Drey ( sp ) was fantastic .. knowledgable would be an understatement .. the amount of detail...More

Date of experience: March 2019

Thank Larry M

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Larry! We are so glad you had a wonderful tour with Dre and we hope to see you again in the near future. Best, DC Trails

hollysN1603DV

Reviewed 2 days ago via mobile

Awesome!

Review of: Washington DC Twilight Tour

We did the twilight tour and it is definitely something I would suggest doing! We are not from D.C, so we weren't familiar with the metro systems, but the metro bus is a great way to get to L'enfant plaza. We were early, so we...More

Thank hollysN1603DV

Thank you for the kind review! We are so glad you had a wonderful tour with us and we hope to see you again in the near future. Best, DC Trails

GirlyGirl03231989

Reviewed 3 days ago via mobile

Fun Mt. Vernon 1/2day tour

Review of: Day Trip to Mount Vernon from Washington DC

Husband booked us on the DC Trails tour with Charles. It ended up being a small group (only 7 guests), but the small size made it feel more intimate. Started a few minutes late but the commentary and guided drive through Alexandria and to Mt....More

Thank GirlyGirl03231989

Thank you for the review! We are so glad you had a wonderful tour with Charles and we hope to see you again in the near future. Best, DC Trails

H1729JIkimh

Great Bend, Kansas

204

Reviewed 6 days ago via mobile

Mt Vernon bus tour exceeded expectation

Review of: Day Trip to Mount Vernon from Washington DC

Charles was our driver/tour guide and kept us entertained to and from. He is a walking encyclopedia filling us with interesting facts along the way. Loved the stop at George Washington’s church in Alexandria. Mt. Vernon didn’t disappoint! Very well preserved with an amazing museum...More

Thank H1729JIkimh

Thank you for the raving review! We are so glad you had a wonderful tour with us and we hope to see you again in the near future. Best, DC Trails

AB352

Dallas, Texas

499

Reviewed 6 days ago via mobile

Two-Day Ticket was a Bust

We bought four two-day tickets to tour the sights around DC. The first day, our bus didn’t depart on time and did a loop around the block starting us off at least 20 minutes late on our day. On our second try hopping on after...More

Date of experience: March 2019

1 Thank AB352

I'm sorry to hear your experience with us did not go as planned. Customer service is extremely important to us and we want each of our guests to feel welcome to a great experience. We take feedback like yours very seriously and we hope you...More

artcarte

Oregon Coast, Oregon

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Best tour ever

Review of: Day Trip to Mount Vernon from Washington DC

My friend and I have dreamed about going to DC forever. So this trip was literally a dream come true. Unsure of how to see all the different sights, we booked a bus tour of mount Vernon. Let me say we had a blast! Our...More

1 Thank artcarte

Thank you for the review! We are so glad you had a wonderful tour with us and we hope to see you again in the near future. Best, DC Trails

LouiseBFl

Reviewed 1 week ago

Disappointing

Review of: DC Trails Guided City Tour

I'm glad we bought tickets through groupon because this is not worth what they charge. It was very disappointing that the entire tour was prerecorded and repetitive. I thought we would have a live guided tour however all the driver ever said was to please...More

Date of experience: March 2019

Thank LouiseBFl

Hello Louise, Thank you very much for your feedback. From reading your review it looks like you took our hop-on, hop-off tour not our Guided City Tour. Please note that the hop-on, hop-off tour does have one or two buses that may have recorded commentary....More

cwright1951

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Mt Vernon day tour

Review of: Day Trip to Mount Vernon from Washington DC

Charles was excellent guide and by the end of the trip he felt like a great friend. When we come back, we will look him up again. Knowledgeable, friendly, and very personable!

1 Thank cwright1951

Thank you for the kind review! We are so glad you had a great experience with us and we hope to see you again in the near future. Best, DC Trails

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