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By Washington DC Legend Tours

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Free cancellation available
Price is €85 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Explore early American history on a guided walking tour led by world-renowned archaeologist and historian Dr. Yohannes Zeleke, offering expert insight and storytelling that elevates each stop along the journey.

    Visit historic grounds including preserved entrances to slave quarters, a historic well site, and key landscape features that reveal daily life on a colonial estate. A guided visit to the mansion is included, providing context on architecture, household life, and the people who lived and worked there.

    Optionally, learn about the quarry associated with George Washington and its connection to early American construction and enslaved labour.

    The tour continues into Old Town Alexandria, with optional time for lunch while exploring one of America’s most historic colonial port cities, including its ties to slavery and historic slave trade sites.

    Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

Activity location

  • George Washington's Mount Vernon
    • 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
    • 22121, Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hamilton Hotel
    • 1001 14th Street Northwest
    • 20005, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Mount Vernon & Old Town Alexandria Half-Day Tour with Admission

  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 09:00
Price details
€85.46 x 4 Adults€341.84
Total
Price is €341.84
Until Tue, 1 Sept
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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Mount Vernon Museum
  • Inclusions
    Cold water
  • Inclusions
    Admission to Mount Vernon
  • Inclusions
    George Washington's Mansion
  • Exclusions
    Lunch

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

George Washington's Mount Vernon

  • 4h
  • Admission ticket included
Walking tour through the plantation and the forest, slaves' quarters, visiting the mansion, the museum, and the education centre.

Old Town Waterfront

  • 1h
Walking tour of historic colonial houses of Old Town Alexandria.

George Washington Masonic National Memorial

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Optional visit.

Location

Activity location

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    George Washington's Mount Vernon
    • 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
    • 22121, Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Hamilton Hotel
    • 1001 14th Street Northwest
    • 20005, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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