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Historic Alleyways Guided Walking Tour of Washington DC

By Off the Mall Tours
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Overview

*2025 Schedule - Tour is offered the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month at 2pm.

Check out one of DC's most unique features, less than a mile away from the National Mall, in the historic Shaw area, near the Convention Centre.

The Alleyways of DC served a distinct purpose as a city planning feature, but they also provided a hidden safe space where escaped enslaved people and the poor could find inexpensive housing and live their lives away from prying eyes. While city officials condemned life in the alleyways as dangerous, dirty and diseased, they were in fact a place where communities sustained each other and provided security.

Tour is 1.5 hours with a halfway stop at La Colombe Coffee.

Activity location
  • Blagden Alley Northwest
    • Blagden Alley Northwest
    • 20001, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • 909 M St NW
    • 909 M Street Northwest
    • 20001, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Sorry this activity isn't available on Tue, 20 Jan
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Up to 2 hours of a unique walking tour experience by a knowledgeable guide.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Coffee and/or Tea

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • 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.

Activity itinerary

Blagden Alley Northwest
  • 30m
La Colombe Coffee Workshop
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
D.C. Alley Museum
  • 5m
Naylor Court Northwest
  • 30m

Location

Activity location
  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Blagden Alley Northwest
    • Blagden Alley Northwest
    • 20001, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    909 M St NW
    • 909 M Street Northwest
    • 20001, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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