Day 1 – Board your motor coach and head south to Maryland, and the city of Baltimore. Here, spend time exploring Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The Inner Harbor is a historic seaport, tourist attraction, and iconic landmark. Simply follow the brick promenade through this bustling complex of eateries, museums, entertainment venues, stores and attractions. The Inner Harbor is home to Harbor place, the waterfront festival marketplace, the National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, Fort McHenry, USS Constellation, and more. We are sure that you will find plenty to keep you occupied.
Departing Baltimore, head for the Washington, DC area and your hotel, the Comfort Inn University Center – Fairfax, VA. This 205 room property will be home for the next two evenings. Receive dinner (included) this evening.
Day 2 – After breakfast (Full American Buffet) served daily, depart for Washington, DC and Arlington National Cemetery. More than four million people visit the cemetery annually. Your first stop will be the Visitors Center where you will be able to acquire information about the cemetery. While every government-issue headstone is its own monument and its own memorial, Arlington National Cemetery has points of special interest for the visitor, from the Eternal Flame of the Kennedy grave and the mast of the USS Maine to a cairn to victims of the Lockerbie, Scotland crash.
After visiting Arlington National Cemetery (at leisure), everyone will receive a Tour mobile ticket. Tour mobile Sightseeing takes you on a Washington tour you will long remember. From monuments to museums, from history past to history in the making, narrators will give you information on exhibits, architecture and the people who inspired it all. You can stop where you want, stay as long as you’d like, then re-board and ride to another historic site.
Upon completion of your daytime sightseeing, enjoy dinner at Phillips Seafood. Overlooking the Washington Channel on the Southwest Waterfront, Phillips is the only all-you-can-eat seafood buffet in Washington DC. This spectacular buffet features over 30 fresh seafood selections daily, as well as regional specialties, made-to-order stations and non-seafood options.
Your day is not yet complete.
As the sun goes down, an illuminated drive of Washington’s, DC tops off this exciting day and showcases the memorials and monuments of our Nation’s Capital bathed in floodlights.
Day 3 – On this, the last day of your Washington Experience, explore Mount Vernon, the beloved home of George and Martha Washington from the time of their marriage in 1759 until General Washington's death in 1799. Washington worked tirelessly to expand his plantation from 2,000 acres to 8,000, and the mansion house from six rooms to twenty one. The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association purchased Mount Vernon from the Washington family in 1858 and opened the estate to the public in 1860. You are invited to tour the Mansion house and more than a dozen outbuildings including the slave quarters, kitchen, stables, and greenhouse. Stroll four different gardens, hike the Forest Trail, and explore the George Washington: Pioneer Farmer site, a four-acre working farm that includes a recreation of Washington's 16-sided treading barn. George and Martha Washington rest in peace in the tomb where wreath laying ceremonies are held daily. Upon departing Mount Vernon, we head north, return to your original pick-up location.