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Seller: WashWalks
(Washington Walks)
Seller Description:
The best way to tour any historic city is by foot. Since 1999, Washington Walks guides have been escorting visitors and locals alike through quaint neighborhoods, along hip urban thoroughfares, and past D.C.’s instantly recognizable landmarks and memorials.
Whether you’re a first-time visitor or long-time resident, the same holds true: if you haven’t been on a Washington Walk, you haven’t been to Washington, D.C.!
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Activity Information:
Activity Description
Joel Barlow named the estate he purchased in 1807 Kalorama for the expansive views to be had from its place overlooking today’s Rock Creek Park. No more exquisitely beautiful enclave exists in America’s capital.
The neighborhood of Kalorama has always been a prime residential area, its glory the urban mansions located on the high ground between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues.
We’ll start by ascending the “Spanish Steps” to reach the heights where Washington’s diplomatic community is evident everywhere you look, many of the original single family homes now occupied by ambassadors or embassy offices.
Former police and fire call boxes punctuate the neighborhood as imaginative works of public art as does a brightly colored panda sculpture.
We'll see if you can identify the oldest house in Washington, D.C. as we pass by.
The walk will conclude at the Woodrow Wilson House Museum where you can pay tribute to the only U.S. president to retire in D.C.
What Is Not Included?
This walking tour does not include an interior tour of any buildings discussed on the walk. Participants are welcome to tour the Woodrow Wilson House Museum on their own at the walk's conclusion.
Meeting Location:
Kalorama (Washington, DC)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
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