Historic Georgetown Walking Tour

Georgetown’s shady lanes and cobblestone streets reflect another side of the Capital. It is Washington’s genteel, southern side where Presidents lived when they were just Congressmen, where the Founding Fathers laid out the plans for the city on a tavern bar top, and where historic churches offer services. Not to be confused with our Ghosts of Georgetown tour, no visit to a pre-revolutionary town is complete without a few scary stories to give you goose bumps. Our Historic Georgetown tour focuses on the houses and sites of a town that still invokes the image of refinement and class after 300 years.

Check out our Guide to Visiting Georgetown for directions, restaurant recommendations and self guided tour options. 

Sights we see or talk about on the tour

• Old Stone House
• Kennedy Homes
• Martin’s Tavern
• Georgetown’s Historic Churches
• Georgetown University
• Tudor Place Mansion
• Diverse architecture and history of this city older than D.C

We will discuss the history and development of this neighborhood, along with some of its secrets!

Note: We will view the above sites and homes from the street and will not be entering any residences.

Our own tour guide Canden has published a book on the wicked side of Georgetown history! Wicked Georgetown: Scoundrels, Sinners and Spies  and a pictorial history using vintage photographs, Images of Georgetown.

Check out our audio tours for before or after your visit!

GEORGETOWN TOUR + GLOW LIGHT ART INSTALLATION – In December 2018, we’ve partnered with the Georgetown BID to offer a special evening Historic Georgetown tour that brings you the history through the light art installations that are part of the GLOW exhibit. This unique way to learn about the art and the neighborhood itself. We’ll explore the industrial and some of the oldest residential parts of the neighborhood by the water and along the canal. This special tour is offered Fridays and Sundays at 4pm through December 2018.