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Old Town Trolley Tours Washington DC 4.2

1-Day Old Town Trolley Tour

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.

As seat of the government and an icon for the nation, Washington, DC is a place to learn about history and watch it in the making.

• Hop On & Off at 15 Old Town Trolley Stops
• You may start your tour at any of our convenient stops
• Tour length: 1 hour and 30 minutes
• Fully Narrated Tour of Washington DC
• “One of the 10 best hop-on hop-off tours in the world” - Forbes
• "Top-rated hop-on hop off tour in DC" - Washington Post
• BEST VIEW! Tallest vehicles allowed by law with stadium seating
• Our trolleys are all weather - rain or shine, we got you covered
• Exclusive history monitors - windows to the past
• Comfortable padded seats
• Over 100 points of interest
• American-owned and operated
• Certified, experienced & entertaining tour guides

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.

Old Town Trolley Stops in Washington DC

• 1 stop Union Station
• 2 stop National Japanese American Memorial
• 3 stop U.S. Capitol
• 4 stop Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
• 5 stop The Wharf - Boarding for Water Taxi Boat Cruise
• 6 stop International Spy Museum
• 7 stop Washington Monument
• 8 stop Jefferson Memorial
• 9 stop FDR Memorial/ MLK Jr. Memorial
• 10 stop Lincoln Memorial
• 11 stop National Museum of American History
• 12 stop National Portrait Gallery/African Art Museum
• 13 stop Washington Welcome Center
• 14 stop The White House
• 15 stop National Archives

Booth Locations

Stop 1 – Union Station 50 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002 See in Google Maps

Stop 13 – Welcome Center 1001 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004 See in Google Maps

Old Town Trolley Tours

March 1 – January 1: Daily. January 2 – February 28: Thursdays – Sundays only. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays.

Hours: 9am – 4pm.

Closures: Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. July 4: Closed. Closed for Army Ten Miler.

Old Town Trolley Tours of Washington DC

Monuments, memorials, museums, picturesque scenery and magnificent architecture are abundant in Washington DC, and for visitors, Old Town Trolley Tours offers the best way to see it all.

Welcome to Washington

Washington DC has so many important points of interest that for most travelers there is just so much to see and do. Old Town Trolley Tours of Washington DC makes visiting all the sights of our nation’s capital easy, convenient and fun with fully narrated tours that provide entertainment and fascinating facts about the city and United States history as well as convenient stops where you may hop on and off.

Board the orange and green trolley and visit the United States Capitol Building, the Supreme Court, and several of the Smithsonian Museums. See for yourself why so many people are in awe of the Lincoln Memorial and learn the touching stories behind the Vietnam Veterans and World War II Memorials.

Take your time to stroll through the Museum of American History and learn more about Ford’s Theatre and that fateful night when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. The past, present, and future are alive on every corner in Washington DC where history has been continually made and where our forefathers worked to protect our freedom.

On Old Town Trolley Tours, you’ll also have time to hop off for shopping, dining and relaxing throughout the city at several of the area’s best stores and restaurants. You’ll feel free to stay as long as you wish at any of the stops along the way – as another trolley will soon come by to pick you up. Enjoy all that Washington DC represents at your pace. For more than 30 years, Old Town Trolley Tours has been the tour of choice for so many guests, young and old, delighting them with our own brand of Transportainment.

• Hop On & Off at 15 Old Town Trolley Stops.
• Unlimited hop-on & hop-off as often as you like all day long.
• Fully Narrated Tour of Washington DC.
• “One of the 10 best hop-on hop-off tours in the world” – Forbes.
• “Top-rated hop-on hop off tour in DC” – Washington Post.
• Over 100 points of interest.

Here are just a few reasons why Old Town Trolley is the best sightseeing tour in town:

• Riding around the Beltway for over 30 years as DC’s longest-running city tour!
• All our tours are 100% live in real time – No pre-recorded narration
• The finest, most highly-trained and knowledgeable guides
• Proudly owned and operated in the United States
• The only tour authorized to enter the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery (Must have separate ticket to enjoy the Arlington National Cemetery guided tour aboard our vehicles)
• Exclusive foreign language tour app offered in 7 languages
• BEST VIEW! Tallest vehicles allowed by law with stadium seating
• Every seat is the best seat!
• All-weather trolleys – rain or shine! Our vehicles get the job done
• Onboard monitors display historical imagery
• Comfortable padded seats for a pleasant tour