Hop-On, Hop-Off
Tourmobile offers all day hop-on, hop-off service to 21 sites on or near the National Mall including Washington Monument, the White House Visitor Center and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History as well as to Arlington Cemetery. The buses travel in a loop and serve each stop every 15 to 30 minutes. Tourmobile is authorized by the National Park Service, and their informative narrators provide commentary about sights along the route.
Tourmobile
(202) 554-5100
www.tourmobile.com
Old Town Trolley tours give visitors all day access to three on/off loops around the city. In addition to the monuments, memorials and Arlington Cemetery, the trolley serves locations away from the Mall including the National Zoo, National Cathedral, Georgetown and Dupont Circle.
Old Town Trolley
(202) 832-9800
http://www.trolleytours.com
Gray Line runs a 25-stop hop-on, hop-off tour on open-top double-decker buses. Their ticket offers two consecutive days of unlimited use. In addition, Gray Line provides visitors with the chance to see the monuments illuminated at night on the "DC After Dark" tour. Stops include the US Capitol and the Memorials.
Gray Line
(800) GRAYLINE
www.grayline.com
History and More
Urban Communications Tours arranges a variety of topic-based four-hour tours around Washington DC. Their "Jacqueline Kennedy at Home in Washington Tour" introduces some of Jackie O's favorite sites while she lived in DC as a middle school student and as First Lady. The "African America Historic" Tour takes visitors to Howard University, the nation's oldest historically black college, the former neighborhood of Duke Ellington and the African American Civil War Memorial. The "Washington DC: Always in Bloom" tour visits Rock Creek Park, the National Arboretum and the National Botanic Gardens.
Urban Communication Tours
(202) 526-3384
http://www.uctours.com/
Something Different
Gray Line and the International Spy Museum offer the interactive 2.5 hour "Spy City Tour" to over 25 espionage-related sites around the city. The tour includes same day admission to the International Spy Museum.
Gray Line
1.800.GRAYLINE
www.grayline.com
On Location Tours takes you to more than 30 locations from 50 movies and television shows including True Lies, The Exorcist, St. Elmo's Fire, Wedding Crashers, Thank You For Smoking, West Wing, X Files, Independence Day, Forrest Gump, The Godfather II, and Mission Impossible III. The 2.5 hour tour is led by local actors.
On Location Tours
(212) 209-3370
http://www.screentours.com/tour.php/dc/
