Jefferson Memorial
- Address:900 Ohio Drive SW, National Mall, Washington D.C.
- Hours:Open 24 hours a day
- Admission:Free
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Guide, driver and tour were great. Very disappointed we didn;t "hop off" at the Jefferson Memorial as advertised.
Tour guide was very knowledgeable about the various sites and very friendly. The only thing I would like to see done differently is the addition of the Jefferson memorial
This is a very good orientation tour. I thought we would only stop for photos, but we actually had time to visit the WWII, Jefferson, Vietnam Veterans, Lincoln, Korean and Iwo Jima Memorials. While we only toured the exteriors of the Capitol, White House and Washington Monument, our tour guide, Brian, provided interesting information at every stop. We also liked the cruise and lunch on the Potomac. We were very pleased with this tour.
Wasn't as good as the first time I went on this. Didn't stop at Jefferson Memorial; many of the 'drive by' places/statues were not pointed out. too much time at MLK due to miscommunication between guide and driver; only got 5 minutes at iwo jima. still the best night tour due to small group size and big van windows; they have bottles of water which is nice. All depends on the guide you get.
This was a nice way to visit many (though not all) of the major monuments and memorials, and the persepctive experienced at night was quite memorable. Would have preferred nixxing the FDR Memorial in favor of the Jefferson, and maybe getting out to view the White House rather than just drive by. But all in all, tour was worth it. Sitting on the left or right of the trolley didn't really seem to matter in re: which side had the better views, contrary to reviews we'd read before the trip. Our guide Darin was very good - his restaurant recommendations were spot on!
Outstanding tour! Tour guide, Bill Thomas was exceptional: friendly, well informed and articulate. The memorials we saw sparkled in the darkness and the three stops during wish we had time to get out of the bus and spend time were inspiring. We walked around 1. FDR and MLK, Jr. memorial, 2. Lincoln, World War II and Viet Nam memorials and 3. Iwo Jima statue. From the bus we saw and learned the history of Arlington Cemetery (the Lees,
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the eternal light flickering at JFK's gravesite), Jefferson Memorial and other historic areas.
It was an awesome and educational night and
I recommend it with enthusiasm.
False advertisement is all I can say. We chose the tour because it said it was going to stop at the Jefferson Memorial. It did not! We were at MLK and the guide pointed out the Jefferson memorial and said we were viewing it from here. This memorial is difficult to reach without a vehicle. The website needs to be changed. I would not recommend this tour.
Starting a D.C. tour at 7:30 does not work in the summer time. Our tour was late starting because they had no driver. It lasted so long that we missed the last Metro and it cost me a $30 taxi ride. Had they started on time we would have had no problem. at the Jefferson Monument we had to circle the area 3 times because the bus could not stop.
Paid to be on a van of max of 35. Ended up on a bus of over 50. Missed the bus pick up at our hotel as it did not have company name on it and no one got off to call out or even put up a sign. We then were rushed on and off due to the large amount of people and thy finally skipped the Jefferson Memorial and never even said why, but I think it was because they ran out of time. Over all it would have been a great trip, and the staff was nice, but is not what they advertised and not what we paid for
We met at the designated location to board our tour bus. The group was to be no larger than 35 people, but was much larger. Due to the large number, we were moved from a smaller bus to a large bus. Because of this, we ran short on time and did not get to get out at the Jefferson Memorial, due to needing more time to load and unload the large bus. This was disappointing. At our first stop, a light rain began to fall. We were prepared for this but others were not. By the time we reached our second stop, our guide decided to have the group wait, in the rain, while those who needed umbrellas bought them. We were not happy with this choice, since we knew this tour went rain or shine. I understand our guide's intention to be helpful, but for those of us who were prepared, it was a waste of 20 minutes. Our guide was very knowledgeable about what we were seeing. However, it would have been helpful, if the driver had squeegeed the tall windows during our stops so that we could see what he was talking about. All said, the tour was very enjoyable and inspiring. We had viewed the same sights during the day, but had a new appreciation for their beauty seeing them illuminated.
It was a greta tour. Our tour guide, Bill, was very knowledgable about the area. We stopped at the Iwo Jima memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial. Fun and informative at the same time!!!
The monuments at night are a definite highlight of DC. There's a lot of stops to make and so it felt a bit rushed, particularly at the Jefferson Memorial because you had a bit further to walk from the parking area. But unless the tour were to go quite a bit later I don't really know how this could be changed without eliminating a stop.
Good tour guide, Nick, funny and friendly. Not too much in the way of history to be had though.
If you want to see all the monuments in one evening, I recommend this tour.
If you want to take your time really admiring and taking in the grandeur and the solemnity of the memorials, I recommend you don't do a tour at all.
This tour shouldn't be allowed. The tourguide gave false facts repeatedly (e.g., Thomas Jefferson died on April 14th) and could not answer questions from the patrons. It also started at 7:30 and was supposed to end at 10:30, but it ended at 11:20PM--a tough time with so many children on the bus. While it was nice to see the monuments at night, and out tourguide was friendly, the historical inaccuracies and lack of knowledge by the tourguide was unacceptable.
While the information was pretty good, the tour guide spent much of her time looking things up on her iPod before telling us about them. She also was not a very good speaker and all her "uh's and um's" became annoying after a while. Seeing the Lincoln and World War II and the Jefferson at night were wonderful; however the Vietnam and Korean memorials are definitely better in the day light.
I was very disappointed in the trip as we did not stop by as many places as were advertised. Moreover, we had to wait out in the cold as the tour started more than 30 minutes late. In addition, the reps that were present were not very organized in how they directed people onto the different buses. The tour guide got some of his information wrong, had a bad attitude and was not very engaging nor entertaining. He did not seem to want to be there. The bus accidently forgot one of the customers and so we had to wait an extra long time at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial as the bus driver had to go back and pick up the stranded tourists. In all, I thought this was a complete rip off and would never recommend this tour to anyone.
