Explore The Capital Of The USA With Washington DC Audio Walking Tours
by Tanisha Berg
Every year, millions of people visit the USA's capital. There are many famous sights to see here but it's also a city where history continues to be made. A great way to explore is with the different <A href="http://www.brightpathtours.com">Washington DC audio walking tours</A>. These allow you to see the sights on your own schedule but they give you the background information to make sightseeing a truly fulfilling experience too.
One of the great things about sightseeing in Washington DC is that the most famous sights are all concentrated in a relatively small area. This means that you don't have to worry too much about transportation from one sight to the next. Rent a bicycle or, better yet, put on some good walking shoes and sunscreen, pack some water and go exploring on foot.
Most of the main sights are located along or near the National Mall. This park, shaped more like a strip, is home to many of DC's best museums, among them several Smithsonian Institution museums. In addition, you'll find the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam War Veterans Memorial, the Washington Monument and the US Capitol, among others.
Intersecting with the National Mall at the site of the US Capitol is a famous DC street, Pennsylvania Avenue. It's several miles long but the most significant stretch is the mile and a bit northwestwards from the Capitol. Among the sights here are the FBI headquarters and the Department of Justice headquarters. It's also the street along which US presidents travel from the Capitol to their residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, better known as the White House.
The Civil War was a major event in US history and Washington DC has several interesting Civil War-related sites. Among them are Ford's Theatre, site of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. A Civil War tour will also take you to the office of Clara Barton, who founded the American Red Cross, and you'll have the opportunity to admire architecture from the era too.
As the national capital, Washington DC is the center of US diplomatic relations with other nations. One part of Massachusetts Avenue is known as Embassy Row for all the embassies located here. Aside from the architectural treasures that house the different diplomatic missions, you'll see statues such as those of Gandhi at the Indian Embassy, Winston Churchill in front of the British Embassy and Nelson Mandela at the South African Embassy.
Although it's not technically in DC, you may want to cross the Potomac into Virginia and visit the Arlington National Cemetery too. Among the famous people buried here are Presidents Taft and Kennedy, as well as Kennedy's brothers Robert and Edward and his widow Jackie. General George Patton and actor Lee Marvin are buried here too and there is a headstone to bandleader Glen Miller, whose body was never found. There are graves of ordinary soldiers with extraordinary stories too, including John Raymond Rice, who was refused burial in Sioux City because he was Native American. There are several memorials in the cemetery too, among them one to the Buffalo Soldiers and one to the crew of the Challenger space shuttle.
There are many different audio walking tours available. Some are free. All you need to do is to search online and download them and play them on a device such as a mobile phone as you walk.
You can visit <a href="http://www.brightpathtours.com">www.brightpathtours.com</a> for more helpful information about Get The Inside Scoop With Washington DC Audio Walking Tours.
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