White House
- Address:1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington D.C.
- Hours:White House Visitor Center: 7:30am - 4pm every day
- Admission:Free
White House 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.
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!
Excellent tour covering a lot of sites with added atmosphere at night. Tour guide very good. Only disappointment was that the tour only took us to one side of the White House and I didn't get a chance to go back as only a short visit to Washington.
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.
Didn't stop at the White House!
The day of our tour it was snowing, for some remarkable reason 4 hours before we where scheduled to be there it stop and cleared up to be a beautiful night, Cold but wonderful. Showed up singed and gave our credit card. Was not a big deal, they explained the card would only be charged if we stole or ruined a segway, I mean they are $8000.00 brand new. Our guide was introduced, he was obviously very comfortable on the Segway and showed us the basics which were not too hard to learn. Let me say my father, who is 65 years old mastered the segway in minutes and was cruising the alley like a pro. The tour was very informative and our tour guide had phenomenal information on the sites we saw. Other than the cold weather this was great, would recommend hats and gloves if you’re going when possibly it’s cold. Washington was beautiful lit up. Unfortunately the White House was trick or treating so we were not able to go all the way up but our tour guide got as far as we could, Spot light and an officer asking us to turn around area was closed. 100% effort to make this tour awesome and it showed. Recommended this to everyone, will add one more thing my 65 year old dad was able to run the Marine Corps Marathon the next day, no effort involved to a segway just getting over the nerves, great way to get around and see DC!
Very nice! Heard many stories and the tour guide was very knowledgeable, I wish that we were to see the front side of the white house and capital, but I understand there were some restrictions. I would definitely go with this tour company next time and do the daytime tour.
We enjoyed the tour. Loved the T. Rosevelt garden - saw our friends name at the Viet Nam Memorial - Korean Memorial was impressive...all part of the tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly.
Through no fault of the tour, I'm afraid we left DC with a feeling that somewhere we have lost our "freedom". We have not been to DC since 1976 at which time, we could visit Congress, both House and Senate sitting in the spectator seats, we could visit the White House, etc. and now so many things are "off limits" to us "American Citizens".
Thanks for the tour ! J Adam
This was a great tour to get your bearings and to tick off all the big ticket items, ie. White House, major memorials etc. Our tour guide was very good and informative. I didn't see any value in the boat trip as you don't see anything interesting or of significance from the boat, but I suppose it gave you a chance to recharge - although to me, this was just a waste of time. Overall, the tour was good and the guide was very informative and made for a fun day.
This was the best tour of our whole vacation. Our guide was so well informed on all areas of Washington, DC. The highlight for us defineately was seeing the White House.
Very nice ride, where you had seen it all. However, the White House visitor center is not exciting, it would be better that there was time for a trip up past the White House if necessary with a stop.
The tour guide was knowledgeable and shared interesting facts related to the monuments. Missed seeing the FDR memorial and didn't even do a drive by of the White House. We were told to look "to your left" to see the South Portico of the White House. Really? The most famous home in the country and it isn't even on the tour route!
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.
The tour guide was very good. Would have liked a better view of White house, but for an over view it was great. Pleanty of time for monuments and helped decided if you wanted to go back. Very comprehensive
not great. didn't even show white house from the front
