WalkingTown Tours This Weekend

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, consider WalkingTown DC/BikingTown DC, brought to you by Cultural Tourism DC. There will be over 100 walking & biking tours throughout the city on Saturday and Sunday, including several in Southwest. Some of the SW tours offered include: Southwest Gateway Art Installation Bike Tour, The United States Capitol Grounds - Olmsted Landscape Tour, Anacostia: The Ridge and the River, Tour the National Garden at the U.S. Botanic Garden, Beyond The Lost Symbol – Considering the Mall’s Symbols, and Southwest DC: Renewing Urban Renewal. Check out the website for details on times and reservation requirements.

Walking Town, DC is Coming Up

The spring 2009 edition of Walking Town, DC will take place on the weekend of May 30-31. According to Cultural Tourism DC, which is sponsoring the event, there will be more than 120 free walking and biking tours. Several of those tours will take place in Southwest, including a tour of the waterfront, the memorials on the National Mall, the U.S. Botanic Garden, and the Southwest Heritage Trail. Take a look at the Cultural Tourism DC website for more information on tours and times. Above is a photo taken from the Southwest Waterfront in April 2009.

Walking Town Comes to SW

On Saturday, September 20th and Sunday, September 21st, Cultural Tourism DC will bring back Walking Town DC, Fall Edition to the streets of DC. There will be six tours on Saturday featuring sites in SW, including DC By Foot: Monument Tour, The Southwest Waterfront, The National Mall: What the Memorials Don’t Tell You, Capital Sites by Bike, The Secrets of Federal Center, SW, and Washington Waterfront. On Sunday, there will be three tours, including two DC by Foot: Monument Tours and Bike Tour of the South West Gateway Art Installation. For more information, see the schedule.