U.S. Capitol
- Address:100 Constitution Avenue NE, at 1st Street NW, Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.
- Hours:Open Mon - Sat 8:30am - 4:30pm. Closed Sun
- Admission:Free
U.S. Capitol Reviews
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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.
Disappointing. Tour operator was OK but as the tour went on and it got colder, he was not at the appointed meeting places on time so guests were cold and feel he was late so he would not have to drive around again in order to avoid being told to move by the police. It just seemed to be too much effort on his part so we are the ones who suffered. White House Visitor Center was a virtually useless stop and way too long. Never got to Ford's Theater as it was closed for an event - just drove by. Smithsonians interesting but nothing was easy walking distance from drop off. Think there should be at least 2 drop off points with time limits for pick up. Older people on the tour cannot walk as much and don't get to see what they want. Capitol tour was just about the only worthwhile tour.
We arrived at Union Station at 0745 to be told we could not go if there were less than ten people. In the end they relented and took the five of us that wanted to go. The tour was billed as being for 9 hours. We were with the guide for less than two hours, were taken to various sites such as The Capitol, The White House, Museums, etc and told we would be picked up in 1 hour, 2 hours, depending on what there was to see. We could effectively have arranged the tour ourselves - certainly not worth the £50 odd we paid.
Funny, knowledgable tour guide. Got to see all the highlights and especially enjoyed seeing the Iwo Jima Marine memorial with the Lincoln Memorial, Wash Monument, and Capitol lit up in a line behind it.
good trip.. guide was v good he had knowledge n told all history nicely n had humor content also.. capitol can be visited bit late to see it after sunset :)
Maybe it was due to the crowded holiday weekend, but trolleys were very crowded. The driver said there would be another trolley coming in 15min. People waiting said "That's what the last driver said." So those of us on the trolley did not want to get off. I saw only the Capitol and the Viet Nam Memorial.
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The Washington D.C tour was really good and the descriptions by Barbara Ann was excellent. She seems more knowledgable and was explaining all questions. Over all the TRIP was good and one suggestion I can make is cut short the Potomac River tour and extend time for Capitol building and other memorial. Potomac River tour may not be needed for all. Please compile all your revierw comments from all customer and see each one must be saying the same " to cut short the potomac revier tour and extend capitol building tour"
Didn't actually do much driving for a bus tour! You basically get taken to a few places - Capitol, National Mall and one of the major museums and explore yourself. You don't go across to Arlington or to the Cathedral.
For the short time we were on the bus our driver Bob was very informative and amusing...but we could have self-guided quite easily around what we saw during the day.
Great trip, wish we could go to the Capitol after dark again - maybe make a slightly longer one? Great opportunity to see these monuments all at one time when its hard to get to them all with out walking for hours. Would do it again!
Very informative for what we did see, but a bit disappointing as we did not get to go inside the capitol building (due to National Police Week events that closed off the area) nor the Washington Monument (without explanation, even though it was listed as a place we would visit on the tour informaion--not just pointed out on the skyline).
Before leaving I called and spoke with their customer service to ask where we could locate the bus stops. The lady stated that at each location there would be a sign that had the tour operator name on it and that they would be easy to find. So upon our first stop which was the capitol building we searched all over for the signs. We spent an hour looking before we decided to call again to then be on hold for 20 minutes. Finally we got a representative and asked again where we get on the trolley tour. All we wanted was an address and they could not provide us with one. She then stated there were no signs you just had to be in front of the building. Finally we find our trolley which took over two hours out of our planned day. Once on the trolley we were given a map of the route. which might I add is COMPLETELY different than the map on their website. They still had all the same stops just not in the same order which completely messed up our route. So don’t go off the map on here. At one point you have to switch from one trolley route to the other if you want to see everything else which is fine however when we switched routes we had to wait for almost an hour just sitting on one trolley because there was a shift change and we had to wait for our new driver. While waiting the current driver had to move the trolley and completely backed the trolley into a news stand – Thankfully we didn’t have to ride with him. On the plus side all the drivers were really fun and informative but overall just an awful company. There needs to be bus stop signs at all locations so people know where to go!! Very Disappointed!!!
Was a bit disappointed as first, as due to construction, the tour didn't include the FDR nor the Jefferson memorials. But once the guide started the tour, loved seeing Wash DC all lit up and he was very informative. Just one suggestion: since most people taking the tour are tourists, please,please add a note that the meeting place is NOT the Post office museum near the Capitol!
This is a great tour if you only have a limited time in DC. You get taken to all the major monuments including white house, capitol building etc. It also alows you to find yourself in DC in the event you want to revisit any of the monumnet's areas of DC. Tour was easy to find and left on time. Enough time was spent at each location and you had the flexibility to follow the guide or walk around at your leisure.
I thought from the picture we were going to Arlington - that didn't happen. It was a very hot day and the bus driver really only acted as a well informed taxi driver. We were dropped at the Smithsonian, dropped at Capitol Hill, dropped at Ford Theatre - to stand in queues 50 deep. Really could have gone by taxi and seen only what I wanted.
Guide "Bob" was excellent detailed, articulate, humorous in good taste same as mine. Tour started at 8 but first stop was at 9, perhaps 15 minutes away. An hour was not necessary to get there. Tour covers main places but not enough time. Capitol tour three rooms! Ford Theater is a good talk but nothing else. Not a tour issue. Probably next time I would do the off and on tour for several days and set my own timing!
