Move
METRO: Metro Washington, known as Metro, is clean and easy to use’ Rates vary according to your travel time and distance’ You can buy a pass for $ 6′50 Metrorail days’ If you are a stay of several days, consider buying a rechargeable SmarTrip card’
While the subway stations are equipped with elevators and escalators, it is best to travel light’ Travel times during peak hours, trains are very crowded metro’ To arrive at a station only to find both the elevator and stairs of service’
BUS: Washington Metrobus system covers the entire city’ Regular bus is $ 1′25 express fare is $ 3′00′ You must pay for their journey with the exact change, a SmarTrip card or bus pass’ One day passes are $ 3′00 and is valid on all regular buses’ You pay an extra $ 1′75 if you take an express bus’
The movement of DC bus will take you to many attractions for just $ 1′00′ A way around the mall, past the Washington Monument and Smithsonian museums (only weekends)’ Another takes you to Union Station to Georgetown trend’ The third moves from the Convention Center and the Southwest Waterfront’ You can pay your trip aboard the bus traffic (exact amount only), get tickets at the circulation several meters along the road or use a SmarTrip card’ A day is only $ 3′00′
Free Washington DC
The National Mall
Spend an afternoon wandering among the presidential monuments and war’ Up to the Washington Monument (the tickets are free, but there is a small charge to book tickets in advance) and look down on the Mall, winding roads, waving flags and colorful flowers’ Walking the length of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and see the love and tributes to the visitors have left the wall’ (Metro station: Capitol South, L’Enfant Plaza, Smithsonian, Foggy Bottom / GWU)
Smithsonian Institution Museums
The museums of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out all aspects of life, from prehistory to the space age and all are free’ The National Air and Space Museum contains the Wright Flyer, the Spirit of St’ Louis and many other famous aircraft and spacecraft’ The National Museum of Natural History, will delight fans of dinosaurs, precious stones and animals’ If you are an art lover, visit the American Art Museum, newly renovated National Portrait Gallery and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, which introduced modern art’ The National Museum of American History is closed until September 2008′ (Metro: Smithsonian or L’Enfant Plaza)
The National Zoo
The famous zoo is best known for its giant pandas’ Zoo Asia Trail animals Regrouped habitats of Asia in September of new construction’ The giant pandas and their cub, Tai Shan, are the stars of the track’ The zoo is also a great place to picnic’ (Metro: Woodley Park-Zoo)