Twilight Tours

The monuments are lovely by day, but they’re positively patriotic at night. Hop a shuttle bus or trolley and learn the behind-the-scenes secrets of your favorite monuments, like the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial and more. Old Town Trolley (historictours.com/washington) and Tourmobile (tourmobile.com) both offer narrated tours of the monuments by moonlight, departing from Union Station nightly.

If you love to bike, you can pedal past DC’s famous landmarks on a Sites@Nite tour with Bike and Roll (bikethesites.com). You’ll learn more about the monuments and memorials along the National Mall and the Tidal Basin as you experience a beautiful sunset.

See the sights as you try one of the coolest modes of transportation around at the same time. City Segway Tours (citysegwaytours.com) and Segs in the City’s (segsinthecity.net) twilight tours let you zip past the White House, the Washington Monument, the U.S. Capitol and even some of the Smithsonian museums on Segways. Note: riders must be at least 16 years old.

Put on your walking shoes for Washington Walks’ (washingtonwalks.com) Memorials by Moonlight tour. Get up-close-and-personal with DC’s most celebrated places as you learn about how each memorial came into being. Or, if you like scary stories, take Washington Walks’ spooky Most Haunted Houses tour (Wed. & Fri. at 7:30 PM).

Get dressed up and see DC’s sights from the water on board a Potomac River dinner cruise. The fun and festive Spirit of Washington and elegant Odyssey set sail from DC’s Southwest Waterfront (entertainmentcruises.com). The Dandy Dinner Boat departs from Old Town Alexandria.

Gray Line DC After Dark tour (graylinedc.com) offers a three-hour tour of breathtaking monuments, memorials and federal buildings flooded in lights, aboard a state-of-the-art motorcoach.

Enjoy a three hour "Twilight Driving Tour" with Washington, DC’s largest luxury chauffeured transportation service. Established in 1971 International Limousine Service, Inc. is pleased to provide sedan, limousine or mini-coach bus service with a professionally licensed tour guide.

On Location Tours offers The Washington D.C. TV & Movie Tour which runs every Saturday at 10am, departing from Union Station. The 2.5 hour tour visits over 30 locations from over 50 movies and TV shows including, Night at the Museum 2, Wedding Crashers, Forrest Gump, The Exorcist, The West Wing, Bones, and many more.