if you only had 5 hours in Washington DC, where would you go?
i will connect flights in DC and I will have a few hours to spare. Where should I go? PS. I´ve never been to DC before. Thanks.
Washington, D.C. - 6 Answers
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1 :
Arlington Cemetery, The Viet Nam Wall Memorial, Iwo Jima...Drive around that and it looks like they are raising the American flag...very touching!
2 :
Pick one of the Smithsonian museums on the Mall or the National Gallery of Art. Depending on your interests one of them will easily fill out your day and they all have easy metro access. I'm assuming you're flying through Reagan National and not Dulles. If you're going through Dulles there's a new Air and Space Museum annex out there. You'll never get into town and back from Dulles.
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Smithsonian Air and Space Museum-the most popular museum in DC. Full of replicas of aircrafts and spaceships National Museum of Natural History Union Station-full of many shops, restaurants, and a movie theater (you won't have enough time for a movie) This is about all you'll see in DC but you'll still have fun
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Depends on which airport you're flying in and out of. If its reagan then I'd say to definitely get down to the mall (the smithsonian metro stop) and just walk around there for awhile. You'll see monuments and memorials, etc. But if you're flying from BWI or dulles, I'm not sure you'll have enough time with traffic and other tourist traps, etc. Enjoy!
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If you are going through Reagan, hop on the metro (blue line towards Largo) and get off at the Smithsonian stop. It will put you on the National Mall - close to the Smithsonian museums and the monuments. I prefer the monuments over the museums and you can easily spend a couple of hours walking around to all of the monuments and the Capital building on the mall.
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wow.. 5 hours is definitely not a lot of time to see such a great place.. and if your at the washington reagan airport your in DC but way on the other side... i wouldnt suggest leaving the airport with so little time.. however if you must.. i would go and see the whitehouse.. and take pictures and stuff its pretty cool.. there are tons of museums but you really need a lot of time to look at everything.. looking at one will take about 2/3 hours min. and your gonna need 30/45 mins to travel from the airport to the heart of DC.. which is where all the stuff is.
