The musts of D.C.


Trip description

It's difficult, and even impossible, to visit even the city of D.C in a few days, there are so many things to see! If you stay there for only 3 or 4 days, this is a planning idea which will give you a good overview of the capital.

Day 1: Georgetown and Dupont Circle

Day 2: The National Mall, the White House and the Capitol

Day 3: U Street, Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights

Day 4: D.C's surrounding.

Day 1 : Georgetown and Dupont Circle

Day1 : Georgetown and Dupont Circle ©Granitepeaker - Fotolia


Boat ride on the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal, shopping and lunch in the charming Georgetown district, promenade on the campus of its prestigious university and evening dinner in the Dupont Circle area offering a wide choice of restaurants and bars.




Day 2 : The National Mall, the White House and the Capitol

Day2 : The National Mall, the White House and the Capitol ©Patricia Hofmeester - Fotolia


First select the museums you want to visit on the Mall, because they are numerous... for example the exciting but huge National Gallery of Art, the Air and Space Museum. Then for a little break and discover the long lawn of the National Mall, go from memorial to memorial. Dinner in the heart of Chinatown.




Day 3 : U Street, Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights

Day3 : U Street, Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights ©Dave Newman - Fotolia


You will wander in the heart of Washington's different communities while making a green break at Meridian Hill Park. The Ethiopian restaurants and jazz clubs abound so as to spend spicy and exotic evenings.




Day 4 : D.C's surrounding.



Why not going to Alexandria, Annapolis or Baltimore and discovering the famous crab cakes, the culinary speciality of the corner?




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