1 day in Washington ideas please

[ems35]

Hi all

We are going to New York in April and are planning a 1 day trip to Washington, does anyone have any must do and must see things they can share

thank you!

[Florida again]

With 1 day I would suggest you look at seeing the monuments and whitehouse by walking the National Mall. Not sure you’ll have time for the museums etc.

[neilhd]

Originally Posted by Florida again

With 1 day I would suggest you look at seeing the monuments and whitehouse by walking the National Mall. Not sure you’ll have time for the museums etc.

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I second this. See the WH, then the National Mall starting at the Lincoln memorial and work your way back along to the Capitol building. Or, start at Capitol and walk down the Mall, doing the WH at the end.

That's the most iconic bits to see. Museums you won't have time for, unfortunately.

[short2005]

We have 2 nights there next year so 1 full day ,We are going to book a tour (plenty of great ones on TA ) which will enable us to visit a lot more that we would on our own

[Beth_Disney]

We went on a Segway tour and saw many of the major sights in a short space of time.

This was the tour we did - citysegwaytours/wash...ls-segway-tour

Please check your travel insurance covers Segways though as many don't.

[neilhd]

Originally Posted by Beth_Disney

We went on a Segway tour and saw many of the major sights in a short space of time.

This was the tour we did - citysegwaytours/wash...ls-segway-tour

Please check your travel insurance covers Segways though as many don't.

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That's a good idea. There's a ton of walking there!

[janey2000]

We went for a day and a half (but had an 8yr old slowing us down ) and my recommendation was going to be hire bikes. It meant we could see all the monuments much easier than on foot, plus it was fun too! Trip report below...

[ems35]

thanks all i love the segway idea but it says you have to be 16 my younger 2 kids arent going to be old enough

Em

[Team Jeans]

We arrived at 5pm, and only had the next day really, but managed to get on a Whitehouse Tour, visit Ford Theatre, walk the National Mall, visit 3 Smithsonians, and get to the Pentagon and Arlington (.via Metro). Very walkable city, with loads to do in a small area. We left the following day at 11am, (so 42 hours in the city )or else we woud have crammed another museum in.

[pink glitter]

Originally Posted by Team Jeans

We arrived at 5pm, and only had the next day really, but managed to get on a Whitehouse Tour, visit Ford Theatre, walk the National Mall, visit 3 Smithsonians, and get to the Pentagon and Arlington (.via Metro). Very walkable city, with loads to do in a small area. We left the following day at 11am, (so 42 hours in the city )or else we woud have crammed another museum in.

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Hi there, do you mind me asking where you applied to get on the Whitehouse tour please? Everywhere I look it’s saying that UK citizens can’t get on 😞

Thanks in advance x