Mount Vernon Tour: Explore George Washington's Estate
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Mount Vernon

Immerse yourself in history at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate. Explore the gardens, tombs, and interact with people from Washington’s world. Book your grounds pass now!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • George Washington’s Mount Vernon - George Washington’s estate, gardens, and the tomb where George and Martha Washington are buried. The site also includes an interactive museum and education center.
    If you would like to tour the Mansion, free Mansion tour tickets are available at the ticket office on a first-come, first-served basis. Mansion tours…
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What's Included
  • Visit to George Washington’s Distillery & Gristmill (Available weekends, April-October)
  • Skip the line at the Ticket Office
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Mansion Tour
Additional Information

Visit George Washington’s Mount Vernon and take a self-guided tour of the first American president’s historic estate. You can stroll through the 18th-century gardens and grounds; visit the Washington family tombs; meet heritage-breed animals; and interact with people from Washington’s world.
The Mansion at Mount Vernon is currently undergoing…

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Location
George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Natalie_r
Nov 21, 2024
Visiting Mount Vernon - The guided tour was good, I was disappointed that most of the house was closed nut that's understandable.
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Terri
Nov 9, 2024
Visit Mt. Vernon! - Worth the drive and money! Excellent history experience. It will be even better when the restoration work is done and the entire home is open for tours. The staff are amazing!!
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Peterkr9759li
Oct 15, 2024
Fantastic experience - This was a fantastic tour I highly recommend it to anyone thinking of going. So much to see there and no problem to spend several hours there so much to see and feel part of this amazing history.
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Tmce4
Aug 5, 2024
Ticket time is Line time not tour time - ***the mansion ticket time is the time you get in line….NOT the mansion tour time… The tour was fantastic but it’s probably 30 minutes in line to enter the mansion. Our tickets were at 11:30am…we entered the mansion @noon. the line is very well organized. They call the times out and check your name off the list.
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Gillo190
Oct 2, 2024
Well worth doing - We prebooked the grounds ticket and mansion tour. A lot of grounds to explore, well labelled with plenty of information. The mansion house tour was well done, with different guides as you went round. They were rather too close together, the tour behind us kept catching us up which meant we couldn’t necessarily ask all the questions we might have wanted to. The guides themselves were very knowledgeable. Altogether very interesting and we learned a lot. Unfortunately for us they’re doing a lot of renovations on the mansion itself so the photos weren’t wonderful and also the weather was misty over the river. However we did get a good idea of how lovely it must be in the sunshine! Before you prebook, do look for discount codes.
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Mrwirknerh
Sep 21, 2024
On the veranda you feel like GW - The property is very large and the main house very impressive. Sitting on the porch and looking over the Potomac, you feel a little like GW 250 years ago. The tour of the house was interesting. Unfortunately, not all rooms were open. Definitely worth a detour
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Tangojohndallas
Dec 5, 2024
A bit disappointing - I think this is rather expensive for what you actually see. I really felt I did not learn much about George Washington because the focus of every exhibit where the staff was telling the history was focused on enslaved peoples. I understand that is part of the history but not the entire story.
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N154rwandyh
Dec 3, 2024
Reduce the price please... - Very disappointed. Found out only one room in the house was open to see AFTER paying full price admission. No notice at the entrance. No prominent notice on the website. To be fair, the admission price should be reduced a bit since the highlight of the tour isn't accessible.
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Julie_n
Nov 3, 2024
Somewhat disappointing - I know the history surrounding General Washington and I knew what to expect when I purchased the tickets. I was very disappointed when we were told that most of the mansion is closed to visitors and even more disappointed when I found out that the key to the Bastille, one of the most emblematic artifact of the estate, and one that I wanted to see, is located in a closed section and therefore, is hidden to visitors. These important pieces of information should be disclosed in advance of purchase.
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S4r2we
Nov 29, 2024
Disappointing “tour” - Very disappointing Mansion “tour” was 2 of the 20+ rooms due to construction, and still charging full priced. We paid over $150 for 6 family members to “tour” the mansion, and it really was a let down to not have any additional supplements to the tour offered and still charged full price.
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