All About Bus Tour Washington DC

Taking a bus tour Washington DC is a unique way of exploring some of the most popular sights and sounds of this thriving city. You can enjoy a Washington DC riding tour aboard an open top double-decker sightseeing bus a turn mobile or an old town trolley. These sightseeing tours last for nearly 7-9 hours and cover various city landmarks. These include some top city attractions such as Air and Space Museum American History Museum Jefferson Memorial Lincoln Memorial National Gallery of Art Washington Monument Vietnam Veterans Memorial and White House Visitor's Center.

More about hop-on and hop-off bus tour in Washington

Among the three riding tours mentioned above you will find the hop-on hop-off tour aboard an open-top double-decker bus particularly interesting. This tour begins at eight in the morning and lasts until five in the evening. You can either opt for a single day tour or choose to tour on this bus for two consecutive days as per your convenience. During the course of this tour you will cover more than fifty places of interest in the city including museums historical buildings and monuments famous eateries as well as shopping venues.

The flexibility offered by the hop-on and hop-off option enables you to choose the stops you want to get down at and the places you wish to explore. Thus you can create your own sightseeing itinerary as per your penchant and cover these places at leisure. Though a bus tour Washington does not include hotel pick-up and drop-off facility some of the stops of this tour are very close to some popular city hotels. Thus you can board the bus at a stop that is located close to your hotel.

In case you are a family vacationer and traveling with kids you will have to pay for the tickets of your kid aged between 4 and 12 years as per the child rates applicable. There is no ticket required for children under the age of 4 years. You can save a considerable amount of money on your ticket bookings for this bus tour by opting for the family rate that covers two adults and two children and comes at a discounted rate.
The tour operators for the hop-on and hop-off bus tour in Washington DC offer the facility of wheelchair accessibility as well if the tickets are booked 72 hours in advance. In order to make a group booking for twenty people or more it is highly recommended that you make the reservations 48 hours in advance. Apart from the exception of July 4 and some other important holidays and special events in the city this tour operates on a daily basis.

These tours operate along three different routes the Red Loop Yellow Loop and Blue Loop that you can select from as per your key sightseeing interest. While the Red Loop covers major sights across the city the Yellow Loop is ideal for exploring places of interest along the National Cathedral and Georgetown route. On the other hand the Blue Loop bus tour Washington DC covers various city attractions along the Arlington and Pentagon route.