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Old Town Alexandria Tour: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

By VoiceMap Audio Tours
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Price is €5 per adult
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Features

  • 1h 15m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Are you looking for a way to see Old Town Alexandria without joining a tour group? Explore at your own pace with this affordable walking tour.

• Find out how a banker’s wife hid a portion of the George Washington family fortune in her underwear drawer during a Union raid
• Hear from producer Rick Snider, an award-winning Washington journalist and tour guide
• Do it all in an hour or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
• Use the virtual tour option at home

Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.

The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.

Activity location

  • 300 King St
    • 300 King Street
    • 22314, Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 300 King St
    • 300 King Street
    • 22314, Alexandria, Virginia, United States

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Old Town Alexandria Tour: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in English

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 15 minutes1h 15m
    1h 15m
  • Opening hours: Fri 00:00-23:59
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€5.16 x 1 Adult€5.16
Total
Price is €5.16

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Lifetime access to this tour in English
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food/Drink
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Smartphone and headphones
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • 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

Old Town (Pass by)

Three-hundred years of history featuring George Washington, the first martyrs of the Civil War, and a sea captain with 29 children await you in Alexandria’s Old Town, one of the earliest port areas in North America. On this walking tour, I’ll show you where to find traces of this history, from Colonial America to the Civil War.

Alexandria Farmers Market (Old Town Farmer's Market) (Pass by)

Our tour starts in the heart of Alexandria at the Old Town Farmers’ Market, which is as old as the city itself, and still bustles on Saturday mornings.

Carlyle House (Pass by)

On this hour long tour, you’ll also learn how John Carlyle’s House inspired the design of Mount Vernon.

Gadsby's Tavern Museum (Pass by)

You’ll make your way to Gadsby’s Tavern, where George Washington ate and the staff still wear 18th-century costumes.

523 Queen St (Pass by)

As you make your way through this riverside port, you’ll see Spite House Alexandria, a property built to spite its neighbors.

Alexandria's Christ Church (Pass by)

I’ll also show you where America’s greatest president slept when he visited Alexandria, and where he worshiped at the nearby Christ Church.

Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum (Pass by)

As you make your way through this riverside port, you’ll see Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum, a former drug store that cured the ailments of the town’s residents for more than a century.

Captain's Row (Pass by)

On your way towards Old Town Alexandria’s Waterfront, you’ll walk over the historical cobblestones of Captain’s Row, where millionaires now live in homes that were once owned by sea captains.

Torpedo Factory Art Center (Pass by)

The tour ends in front of the Torpedo Factory Art Centre.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    300 King St
    • 300 King Street
    • 22314, Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    300 King St
    • 300 King Street
    • 22314, Alexandria, Virginia, United States

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