Tour details

Get your chance to discover the famed Capitol Hill. Your experienced personal guide will walk with you, detailing the historical facts related to each building and landmark. In this walking tour, you’ll explore the seat of the legislative and judicial branches of the US Government and its supporting facilities, collectively known as Capitol Hill. Every spot is within walking distance from one another, so you get a chance to see them all with a minimum of time and a minimum of hassle. The area is notable with its distinctive architecture and its rich history of American politics.

With this tour, you will be offered ticket to get inside the Capitol and visit the Rotunda, the Crypt and old house chambers and other areas of the seat of Congress.

You will tour the halls of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building with a live narration by your guide. If you’re a history buff, you will discover there the largest public collection of knowledge in the world.

Please Note: On Mondays, the Library of Congress is not included in the tour as it’s closed. The tour on Mondays will include a survey of the Supreme Court and Library of Congress from outside, before touring inside of the U.S. Capitol’s Visitor’s Center Museum. Tour will also include visiting three historic rooms of the U.S. Capitol building, such as the Crypt, Rotunda and Statuary Hall. The tour experience will last approximately one hour and forty minutes to two hours

What you get on this tour

• 2 hour US Capitol tour
• Tour inside the Library of Congress
• Tour inside the US Capitol
• Tour outside the US Supreme Court
• Thomas Jefferson’s original library
• Capitol Rotunda
• Statuary Hall

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Meet Point

Meets across the street from the Supreme Court on First Street NE. Please arrive 15 min before tour starts.
Metro Stop: Capitol South Metro Station – Blue Line, Orange Line, Silver Line.

Itinerary

Starts at:
9:00 AM

• The Library of Congress
• Tour inside the US Capitol
• The US Supreme Court*
  • Exterior
• Thomas Jefferson’s Library
• The Capitol Rotunda
• The Statuary Hall

Tour Durations (approx):
9:00am-11:00am