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Free cancellation available
Price is €34 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • On this adults-only walking tour, discover how a area once nicknamed Murder Bay transformed into the nerve centre of American power. From 19th-century brothels to Cold War espionage, political cover-ups to presidential indiscretions, this is the side of D.C. that rarely makes it into textbooks.

    You’ll explore the streets where corruption, vice, ambition, and power collided — and learn how these hidden stories helped shape the nation’s capital as we know it today.

Activity location

  • Lafayette Square
    • 16th St & Pennsylvania Ave Northwest,
    • 20006, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 1615 H St NW
    • 1615 H Street Northwest
    • 20062, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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DC R-Rated History Crimes Sex and Scandals

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 18:30
Price details
€33.98 x 1 Adult€33.98
Total
Price is €33.98

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    90 minute guided walking tour
  • Inclusions
    Curated route featuring major city centre landmarks
  • Inclusions
    Small-group experience
  • Inclusions
    Professional English Speaking Tour Guide
  • Exclusions
    Transport to and from tour sites
  • Exclusions
    Service charge for guides
  • Exclusions
    Hotel Pickup and Drop Off

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
    • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Lafayette Square

  • 15m
Lafayette Park, the White House, and the other surrounding building buildings are full of scandals. Find out what dirty secrets the White House has been hiding over 250 years, and about all the murder, drug dealing, sexual escapades, and other scandals all happened on the White House’s front lawn in broad daylight.

Freedom Plaza

  • 30m
In the area now known as petrol triangle, which is generally guarded as DC safest area today, I used to lie murder Bay. This is the site with the highest amount of crime in all of Washington DC just a couple streets away from the White House.

FBI Headquarters

  • 10m
If you’re looking for scandals in DC, look no farther than the FBI building. This department runs on dark secrets, and people uncover them all on tour.

Ford's Theatre

  • 15m
Perhaps the site of DC’s most famous crime, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Although the storey seems well known, there’s a lot of deeper history that often gets overlooked.

Location

Activity location

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    Lafayette Square
    • 16th St & Pennsylvania Ave Northwest,
    • 20006, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    1615 H St NW
    • 1615 H Street Northwest
    • 20062, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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