Pre-recorded Commentary  

Available on all buses.  

All tours feature pre-recorded commentary, available via complimentary headphones. Red and Blue Loop buses feature commentary in 8 different languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese. Yellow Loop buses feature pre-recorded commentary in English.  

See all the top Landmarks  

Our carefully designed sightseeing tours take you closest to the Washington DC’s famous landmarks.  

Take in the neo-classical grandeur of the USA’s capital city with Big Bus. We’ll take you to all the famous landmarks, including The White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, National Cathedral, and many more. Sit back, relax and capture the sights from our open-top double-deckers, or hop off to explore and visit the city’s world-renowned attractions.  

Authorized National Park Service Concessioner  

Big Bus Tours gets you closest to meaningful monuments and memorials.  

Big Bus Washington DC is the authorized interpretive transportation services concessioner of the National Park Service and National Mall & Memorial Parks. As the official sightseeing tour of the National Mall & Memorial Parks, Big Bus Tours gets you closer to meaningful monuments and memorials.  

Madame Tussauds Admission  

Check out Washington DC’s best collection of celebrities, sports stars and political figureheads.  

Your ticket includes free admission (with speedy entry) to the world-famous Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Get to know Washington DC even better by seeing the people who helped define it. Your free Madame Tussauds ticket will complement your Big Bus tour and city experience perfectly.  

Free Night Tour  

Take in the grand monuments of Washington DC, illuminated after dark. Our 2-hour guided Night Tour departs from Stop #20: White House and Stop #1: Union Station, both at 7:30pm. Please note that the night tour is not a hop-on, hop-off tour.  

Free Wi-Fi  

Offered on all buses.  

Free Wi-Fi available on all buses.  

Free Refreshments  

Show you Big Bus ticket at any Washington DC Corner Bakery Café to receive a free regular-sized coffee, and trade in your Big Bus-Garrett Popcorn voucher to receive a free treat bag of Garrett Mix at Garrett Popcorn.  

Our 3 Washington DC Sightseeing Routes

Experience Washington DC’s most famous landmarks and attractions with Big Bus Tours. You’ll enjoy unique, top-deck views of the capital’s best sights, including the White House, Capitol Hill, Jefferson Memorial, Smithsonian Castle, and many more.      

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Blue Loop

First tour from Stop #23 – 9:00am

Last tour from Stop #23 – 5:00pm

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Yellow Loop 

First tour from Stop #29 – 9:00am

Last tour from Stop #29 – 5:00pm

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Red Loop

Live guides and pre-recorded commentary.

First tour from Stop #1 – 9:00am

Last tour from Stop #1 – 5:00pm

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Blue Loop

Pre-recorded commentary.

First tour from Stop #23 – 9:00am

Last tour from Stop #23 – 5:00pm

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Deluxe Ticket

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Adult 

Child (5 – 15 years) 

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LANDMARK

• The Old Stone House
• Botanical Garden
• Smithsonian Castle
• Hirshhorn Museum
• Sackler / Freer Gallery
• Holocaust Memorial Museum
• The National Gallery of Art
• National Portrait Gallery
• The Exorcist Steps
• The Walter E. Convention Centre
• American History Museum
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Air and Space Museum
• The Renwick Gallery
• Bike and Roll Rental
• Newseum
• National Geographic Museum
• Artechouse
• The Spy Museum
• American Indian Museum
• Bureau of Engraving
• The National Archives Museum
• Woodrow Wilson House
• Smithsonian National Zoo
• St. Matthew’s Cathedral

• Lincoln Memorial
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
• Peace Monument
• Martin Luther King Memorial
• Library of Congress
• James A Garfield Monument
• Ulysses Grant Memorial
• Korean War Memorial
• Union Station
• Washington Monument
• Jefferson Memorial
• WWII Memorial
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• White House
• US Treasury
• Vietnam Memorial
• Rock Creek Park
• Georgetown Canal
• Embassy Row
• Arlington Cemetery
• Pentagon Memorial
• The Bishop’s Garden
• U.S Capitol
• Ford’s Theatre
• Albert Einstein Memorial
• Washington National Cathedral
• Japanese American Memorial
• Madame Tussauds

• Hard Rock Cafe
• Uno Pizzeria & Grill
• Chinatown

• Pentagon City Mall
• M and Wisconsin Avenue shops

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