Historic Georgetown Walking Tour
Georgetown’s shady lanes and cobblestone streets reflect another side of the Capital. It is Washington’s genteel, southern side where Presidents lived when they were just Congressmen, where the Founding Fathers laid out the plans for the city on a tavern bar top, and where historic churches offer services. Not to be confused with our Ghosts of Georgetown tour, no visit to a pre-revolutionary town is complete without a few scary stories to give you goose bumps. Our Historic Georgetown tour focuses on the houses and sites of a town that still invokes the image of refinement and class after 300 years.
Check out our Guide to Visiting Georgetown for directions, restaurant recommendations and self guided tour options – and join our newest tour, the foodie side of Georgetown: Georgetown Cupcakes & Desserts Tour.
Sights we see or talk about on the tour
- Old Stone House
- Kennedy Homes
- Martin’s Tavern
- Georgetown’s Historic Churches
- Georgetown University
- Tudor Place Mansion*
- Diverse architecture and history of this city older than D.C
*Guests taking our tour get $1 Off Entrance to Tudor Place. Make sure you ask the guide for the pass.
We will discuss the history and development of this neighborhood, along with some of its secrets!
Note: We will view the above sites and homes from the street and will not be entering any residences.
Our own tour guide Canden has published a book on the darker side of Georgetown history! Wicked Georgetown: Scoundrels, Sinners and Spies released by The History Press in Spring 2013.
Tour information
Reservations: REQUIRED. Click here to reserve. Groups of 6 or more must contact us before booking.
When: View our Calendar
Where: Tour begins outside the Old Stone House at 3051 M Street NW (near 30th and M St). The tour ends at Georgetown University campus (36th and O St NW).
Duration: Tour lasts approx. 2.5 hours. Total walking is about 2 miles.
Cost: This tour is free to take, and you get to decide what, if anything, the tour was worth when it’s done. A name-your-own-price tour is a tour for anyone’s budget.
Start: Old Stone House at 3051 M St NW (map)
Closest Metro: Foggy Bottom/GWU (Blue and Orange)
Closest Metro: Foggy Bottom/GWU (Blue and Orange)
End: Georgetown University (map)
Closest Metro: Foggy Bottom/GWU or Rosslyn (Blue and Orange)
Closest Metro: Foggy Bottom/GWU or Rosslyn (Blue and Orange)
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