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★ Washington, DC is one of the most walkable cities in the
US, with fascinating stories to be told round every corner.
Take a walking tour and discover some of the Capital city’s
hidden secrets.
Tours range from visits to neighbourhood heritage sites such
as U Street – Washington’s Black Broadway – where Duke
Ellington spent his boyhood, to hearing tales of espionage
and intrigue around Georgetown or Lafayette Square.
A self-guided tour, Civil War to Civil Rights: Downtown
Heritage Trail, follows
21 poster-sized
DAYS 9 & 10 WILLIAMSBURG AND THE HISTORIC
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In a single day at Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, visitors can
with historic images,
experience the beginning, middle and end of Colonial America. All three
while Tour of Duty:
places connect via the 23-mile Colonial Parkway.
Barracks Row Heritage
Jamestown dates from 1607 and was England’s fi rst permanent
Trail explores the
settlement in America. Nearby Yorktown saw the end of British colonial
military and political
rule on October 19, 1781, when Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George
history of Capitol
Washington’s besieging army.
Hill’s Barracks Row
Set between the two is Williamsburg, Virginia’s fi rst capital. T_h e town
neighbourhood
is famously well preserved, with fi ne examples of colonial shops, taverns
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homes and gardens. On the streets, folk wear period dress and visitors
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feel transported back in time to the Virginia of 300 years ago.
Jump back into the 21st century at Busch Gardens Williamsburg,
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