Recommended: 100+ Walking Tours This Weekend
This weekend Cultural Tourism DC is hosting its semi-annual WalkingTown DC, a two-day event packed full of free walking tours of the District’s neighborhoods. More than 100 tours are scheduled in all corners of the city, making for a great opportunity to check out neighborhoods where your daily life might not otherwise take you. It’s also perfect for visiting some of the more off-the-beaten-path places that you may have read about on UrbanTurf but never ventured to. (Have you ever been to Brookland? Anacostia? Florida Market?)
A past tour of Blagden Alley/Naylor Court, courtesy rockcreek
The first tours start at 8:30am Saturday morning and the last ones finish at 7pm Sunday evening. The website has the schedule broken down by day, but there is also a convenient PDF brochure which lists all the tours in an easy-to-print format.
In addition to the 90+ walking tours, there are 11 bike tours this year (bring your own bike and helmet; Bike and Roll is offering discounts for those who need to rent a bike).
Here are a few tours that pique our interest:
Saturday Morning
- Explore Florida Market/Capital City Market — 9-10:30am
- Anacostia: The Ridge and the River (bike tour) — 8:30am-12:30pm
- NoMa: From the Beatles to NPR — 10:30-11:45am
Saturday Afternoon
- 16th Street: Avenue of the Presidents — 2-4pm
- Hillcrest and East Washington Heights — 2-4pm
- DC Movie and TV Sites Tour — 3-4pm & 4-5pm
- Southwest DC: Renewing Urban Renewal — 3-5pm
Sunday Morning
- Georgetown Historic District — 10am-Noon
- Shaw: Where DC Comes Together, Part 1 — 10am-12:30pm
- Old Takoma Park — 10am-12:30pm
Sunday Afternoon
- Overview of Brookland History and Architecture — Noon-1:30pm & 1:30-3pm
- Shaw: Where DC Comes Together, Part 2 — 1-3:30pm
- I Heart AU: Campus Tour of American University — 2-3:30pm
UrbanTurf will definitely be attending some of these tours. Hope to see you out this weekend.
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This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/recommended_100_walking_tours_this_weekend/2087.
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