Washington DC is one of the most exciting cities in the USA, always under the national microscope, as the capital of the country, and always offering plenty of bargain holiday packages. This is where you see the national identity on display, as well as history, and national monuments. The rhythm of the city is largely influenced by the changing political tides and it’s effect on the people and places. Trips to Washington DC will always present new things to see as a result.
If you are sightseeing, chances are you are on the Mall. The National Mall is a unique National Park, filled with an intense concentration of monuments, memorials, museums, and monumental government buildings instantly recognisable to people all over the world. The White House, the US Capitol Building, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the National Gallery of Art, the Air and Space Museum, the National Natural History Museum, and the Holocaust Museum,are just a few of the top national attractions here, all within walking distance of each other.
While the Mall has more than enough sights to keep you busy, the city itself has plenty of big attractions too. The National Zoo in Woodley Park is one of the nation's most prestigious, and the nearby National Cathedral is an awe-inspiring mammoth. Dupont Circle is home to much of Embassy Row, an impressive stretch of some 50 foreign-owned historic and modernist mansions along Massachusetts Ave, as well as several brilliant small museums, such as the Phillips Collection, the Textile Museum, and the Woodrow Wilson House.
The historic neighbourhood of Georgetown is another great sightseeing destination, full of beautiful old colonial buildings, the 200+ year-old Jesuit campus of Georgetown University, a pleasant waterfront, and the infamous Exorcist steps.
You will always find this city new, exciting, and decidedly cosmopolitan and international, as you are in the Nation’s Capital afterall.